We're Building Community!

 There is one place in Chicago that is considered by many Filipino Americans as their “home away from home”. This place is called Rizal Center which is named after the Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal (1332 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL 60613).

For the last five years, the facility became hostage by a litigation between two factions of the board of directors. After all is said and done, the facility’s upkeep, to say the least, was neglected and is now loudly begging for a deep clean-up.

The Rizal Community Center is a multicultural, multigenerational community and cultural center located in Chicago's Lakeview neiighborhood!  But it's more than a building. It's a revitalized way of thinking about who we are and how we engage with our community, our neighborhood, and our city.   

The Rizal Community Center is a welcoming, dynamic place for people of all backgrounds to come together and participate in cultural experiences that nourish by inspiring learning and dialogue; foster bridging, appreciation, and understanding; celebrate our vibrant, diverse communities, and place in pluralistic American society; and call upon us to help nurture a more just and equitable society. 

We do this through relevant programming in arts and culture, civic engagement, public policy, community education,  and Filipino life;  meaningful service to combat food insecurity and to empower people. 

The Rizal Community Center  operates under the aegis of the Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago, one of the oldest cultural organizations in the nation.