Join us in celebrating the Filipino Community of Seattle's
91st Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 31, 2026
at the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington
For 90 years, the Filipino Community of Seattle (FCS) has been a galvanizing force and a cultural touchstone for thousands of Filipina/o/x and Filipino Americans throughout the Puget Sound region. We are building new programs in response to growing needs, and we are sustaining older programs to maintain our commitments to all of our members. Together, we can build a better, more welcoming, and thriving community.
PROGRAM
6:00 PM
Cocktail Hour & Silent Auction
7:00 PM
Dinner & Live Auction
"Fund a Need" Paddle Raise
9:00 PM
Music & Dancing
ARNALDO INOCENTES, EVENT EMCEE
Founder of the Pacific Northwest Cabaret Association and Executive Producer of the Seattle Cabaret Festival. He started with Seattle Men's Chorus SMC) and performed with SMC in major concert halls around the world as a soloist. Arnaldo is also the Co-Executive Director of Pride ASIA, was past co-chair for Filipinos at Microsoft (FAM), and currently an advisory board FAM member. He is also a recipient of the New York Bistro Award (2008), GAWAD Musika Award for Most Innovative Concert Artist in Manila (2014), Filipino Community of Seattle (FCS) Lifetime Achievement Award for Arts & Culture (2016), GenPride Rainbow Community Pillar Award (2022) and recently, the International Examiner's Community Voice Award for Culture & the Arts (2024).
CHRISTINE DECASTRO, EVENT AUCTIONEER
Professional Benefit Auctioneer, is a vivacious go-getter committed to driving fundraising to an entirely new level for well deserving organizations. A graduate of the World Wide College of Auctioneering, a member of the National Auctioneers Association and a Benefit Auctioneer Specialist (less than 1% of Auctioneers throughout North America maintain this specialized designation and training in benefit auctions), Christine loves to have fun and ensures that donors do too! She holds a Political Science degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has nearly 20 years of sales and marketing experience. She is an avid volunteer who is passionate and ready to WOW your donors! Christine believes every benefit auction should leave you with a happy heart knowing that, together, you did your part to elevate your favorite organization to its highest potential.
THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE
We were born out of a time of great racial strife and segregation; when people of color were barred from owning property in many portions of Seattle; a time when communities of color turned to each other for social, cultural and civic support. Over the years, we have helped to shape and enrich the Greater Seattle community we know today, and to provide leadership on many issues of civil rights, social justice, and culturally appropriate and relevant response to basic needs. We are especially proud to be one of our community’s longest-standing, most impactful, people of color-led organizations, and one of the first Filipinx organizations in the nation.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Filipino Community of Seattle would like to acknowledge the Federally Recognized Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, the ancestral keepers of the land we are gathered on today. We thank them for their immense contributions to our state and local, history, culture, economy, and identity as Washingtonians.
