Filipino American Community Health Initiative of Chicago (FACHIC)

09/18/2025

In Skokie!

Flu shot clinic appointments are now open—don’t wait, spots fill quickly! Use the link in this story to schedule your appointment. Getting vaccinated is one of the best ways to protect yourself and reduce the severity of illness.

09/13/2025

Get your flu shots!

📆MARK YOUR CALENDARS📆 My team and I will be hosting our FALL SENIOR FAIR & VACCINE CLINIC on Thursday, September 25th!

This FREE resource fair will connect any senior citizen with services they need and offer flu, shingles, COVID-19, and other immunizations. If you’re interested in getting vaccinated, please bring your Medicare card.

09/09/2024

Flu shots and health screenings for seniors

07/17/2024

05/27/2024

12/20/2023

We are pleased to co-host a webinar TOMORROW, Thursday, December 21st with Council of Young Filipinx Americans in Medicine and FYLPRO -- join us for “Kalusugan para sa lahat: Uniting against COVID-19, Flu, and RSV” webinar at 6PM PT/9PM ET via Facebook Live/Zoom! Register to join the conversation via: tinyurl.com/cyfamcovid23

10/13/2022

Please join WHIAANHPI, Biden-Harris Administration leaders, elected officials, and community leaders for a virtual Filipino American History Month celebration on October 20.

Together, we will mark 30 years since the first Filipino American History Month was celebrated — and honor the essential role our community has played in writing the American story.

👉 RSVP here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PQmIcizBQUi3dKvtft289Q

07/07/2022

Family vaccination clinics at City Colleges of Chicago will offer Pfizer and Moderna for children 6 months through 4 years old, as well as Pfizer vaccines and booster doses to all Chicagoans. All clinics will be open 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Registration is recommended and is available at the links below. Walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows.

Saturday, July 9 – Malcolm X College and Truman College
Saturday, July 23 – Kennedy-King College
Saturday, July 30 – Richard J. Daley College and Wilbur Wright College
Saturday, August 6 – Malcolm X College and Truman College
Saturday, August 20 – Kennedy-King College
Saturday, August 27 – Richard J. Daley College and Wilbur Wright College
Saturday, September 3 – Malcolm X College and Truman College

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) Blue Door Neighborhood Center sites will host family vaccination clinics for anyone 6 months and up. Pfizer and Moderna will be offered. Back-to-school and/or routine pediatric vaccines are also available. Reservations are recommended but walk-ins are also accepted. Visit the links below to view the schedule for each location and register.

Morgan Park – 11840 S. Marshfield
July 14, July 23, July 26, August 11, August 20, September 8, October 6
Pullman – 756 E. 111th St.
July 13, July 16, July 28, August 4, August 10, August 13, September 1
South Lawndale – 2551 W. Cermak
July 29, August 3, August 27, August 31, September 6, September 24, October 4

Family vaccination clinics at Arturo Velasquez Institute in partnership with Alivio Medical Center five days a week (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays-Saturdays) at 2800 S. Western Ave. Walk-ins welcome. Call 773-254-1400 or text AMCPILSEN to 773-305-6064 to schedule a vaccine appointment.

Protect Chicago At Home has expanded to vaccinate anyone 6 months or older. Up to 10 people can be vaccinated at a time for free, offering a great opportunity for the entire family to get up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations and booster doses. Make an at-home appointment at Chicago.gov/AtHome or by calling 312-746-4835 – weekend and evening appointments available.

Standing CDPH immunization clinics will also offer Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for anyone 6 months and up by appointment only. Back-to-school and routine pediatric vaccines are also available.
Uptown WIC, 845 W. Wilson Ave., 2nd Level (call 312-742-3227 for an appointment)
Greater Lawn WIC, 4150 W. 55th St. (call 312-745-1477 for an appointment)

Need help finding a vaccine near you? Visit Vaccines.gov, a free, online service that you can use to search for pharmacies and providers or call the City’s COVID-19 call center at 312-746-4835. COVID-19 vaccines are free, no government-issued ID or insurance is required.

06/03/2022

The MAGPABAKUNA na Tayo (“Measuring and Gathering data on Pilipino/a/x American Behaviors, Attitudes, and Knowledge Understanding the Novel CoronAvirus vaccines”) study is a 20-minute survey that will be conducted online and via telephone by Tayo and community partners the Council of Young Filipinx Americans in Medicine (CYFAM).

The survey is available in English and Filipino. All Filipino Americans aged 18 and above are encouraged to take the survey regardless if you have received the COVID-19 vaccine or not.

Access the survey here: https://redcap.link/FYLPROTayoSurvey

Analysis of results is expected in late fall 2022.

For more information visit: https://bit.ly/TayoVaccineSurveyInfo

Led by Dr. Melissa Palma, a board certified preventive medicine and public health physician in Chicago, IL, the survey team includes CYFAM members Abigail Ahyong, MD, Gianna Kaye Apoderado, Neille John Apostol, Siegried Chen, Diana Del Rosario, Sheena Faye Garcia, Samantha Sumait, Matthew Roces, Mericien Venzon, and Megan Yee, with additional support provided by FYLPRO board members and Tayo core leaders Mark Calaguas and Jobel Vecino.

The survey is generously supported by a grant from the CDC Foundation.

Help us improve data about the community by participating in this survey.

06/01/2022

"Filipino nurses have been in the United States in large numbers for six decades now. And yet, the general public views them as perpetual foreigners."