Ethan Chua '20

I was an intern at the Filipino Community Center in San Francisco, a non-profit dedicated to providing direct services in the areas of migration, workers' rights, and youth education to the Filipino community of San Francisco and the US more broadly. As an intern, I provided interpretation and legal services to clients seeking assistance with immigration concerns; assisted in organizing protests against human rights abuses occurring in the Philippines; updated know your rights materials for the Center's workers' rights program; and designed a teach-in on housing inequality for Stanford workers.

As part of the Filipino Community Center's workers' rights program, I researched labor laws at both the city and state level, compiled relevant laws into an infographic and brochure, and worked with one of my fellow interns to design and print the infographic and brochure for distribution at a local church. This project wouldn't have gotten done without my involvement. Given my proficiency in Tagalog, I also did interpretation work at the FCC's front desk and assisted in providing direct services to clients; one of my main commitments was providing legal and interpretation support to an undocumented client who had received a notice to appear from Customs and Border Protection. In addition, I assisted in phone banking, prop making, security, and planning for a protest outside the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco calling for an end to human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.