FWN's 4th Annual Filipina Summit "Shaping the Filipina Image" - A Future Search Conference 

A Search For Our Future: Coming Together As A Community On How To Advance Filipina Women in the U.S. Workplace

The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created. Created first in the mind and then created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but MADE, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination. - John Schaar

PURPOSE

Every year, the Filipina Women's Network (FWN) brings together Filipina women, corporate America's untapped source of leadership at a time when economic, social and political challenges demand new levels of talent and innovation. 

The FWN Summit is held in October in celebration of Filipino Heritage Month.  2006 is significant as it marks 100 years of Filipinos in the U.S.  It is a most appropriate time to honor our accomplishments and contributions to American society.

FWN strives to meet this demand by providing Filipina women the knowledge and resources and by building a network of women who dare to change the landscape of the leadership in today's workplace.

At this three-day gathering, Filipina women and its stakeholders will come together as a community to convene a Future Search Conference. We will articulate a progressive agenda to develop new strategies, expand and enhance current personal and professional situations, and
share ideas about “re-invention” as a vehicle for social change.

The future search conference will explore the:

• PAST: Milestones in society, self, and the Filipina community over three decades
• PURPOSE: Experience similarities, share facts of each others’ worlds
• PRESENT: External forces shaping our lives and out community right now
  
• PURPOSE: Talk about same world, find common ground, confront chaos, take responsibility
• FUTURE: Ideal scenarios and common ground
  
• PURPOSE: Translates dialogues into aspirations, discover common ground
• ACTION PLANNING
  
• PURPOSE: Increase probability of aligned actions

Please join us in three days of compelling conversations on what it takes to lead change and initiate re-invention.

Realizing that there has been no formal planning in the Filipino community about how to navigate the complex nature of the second largest Asian Pacific American (APA) group, the Filipina Women’s Network is going to reach out to the mainstream U. S. community as well as the Filipino community, in two ways:

1. Convene the 4th Annual FILIPINA Summit on Oct. 27-29, 2006 in San Francisco
2. Publish the FWN Magazine: FILIPINA Resource Guide & Membership Directory (November)

SCHEDULE:

Oct. 27, Friday 12:00pm - 7pm

Oct. 28, Saturday 9:00am - 7pm

Oct. 29, Sunday 12:00pm - 5pm

For more info about the Filipina Summit's Future Search, go to

http://www.ffwn.org/www.ffwn.orgFutureSearch.htm 

Summit Fees:

Early bird discounts until Sept. 30

Register online at http://fwnfuturesearch.mollyguard.com

For more info about the Filipina Summit, go to:

http://www.ffwn.org/FWNFutureSearchFactSheet.htm

Crowne Plaza Hotel special room rates available:

- $170 Single / Double, and $20 each additional person

- Call 1-888-218-0808 and ask for the "Filipina Women's Network" special rate.

American Airlines Travel Discounts:

• Low-rate "Zone Fares"
• 5% off the lowest applicable fare or 10% off the full coach fare
• For reservations, call 1-800-433-1790 and reference
• STARfile # 18968
• You can earn AAdvantage miles for your trip. Enroll online at www.aa.com.

Avis Car Rental Special Rates:

• To reserve a car, contact Avis at 1-800-331-1600 and use your Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) number J995209.
• Or click to reserve online.

Cancellation policy

Attendees may cancel up to 30 days prior to the FWN Summit and receive a 50% refund, less an administrative processing fee of $50.  No refunds will be granted within 14 days or less of the Summit.