"Who is championing Filipino American literature on a national level? Who is advocating for our writers, with respect to performance, publication, and review? Who is mentoring our emerging writers as they work their way through writing workshops and writing programs, drafting, revising, editing poems, compiling manuscripts, submitting them for publication, and is this being done with respect to the writers’ visions and voices? Is it even possible to champion and mentor without privileging one aesthetic over others? How can this be done with a deep respect for and understanding of our community’s aesthetic, geographical, linguistic, political, socioeconomic, transnational diversity? Who is producing well-written “new,” “trailblazing,” meaningful, interesting work in our community? Who is pushing it all to the center?"