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PDX Relief General Meeting
Relief and long-term rehabilitation in the Philippines is still sorely needed! How can we continue to support meaningful rehabilitation from a grassroots perspective? Share you thoughts with us! PDX Relief Meeting Thursday March 13 6:00-8:00p.m. Center for Intercultural Organizing located at 700 N Killingsworth St.
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Sit Here
Sit Here Last night, you were in my dreams.Much like in real life,In the real time of our friendshipIn the real struggles of our relationship,We were awkward,We didn’t look each other in the eyes.When I saw your downcast eyes,I banished my gaze to the concrete as well. We were traveling somewhere,You chose not to sit…
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Honoring Carlos Bulosan
(Design by Nicole Ramirez) I’ve been re-reading Bulosan’s America Is In The Heart lately. Perhaps its my recent move to the Pacific Northwest, the Fall colors in Oregon, the beginning of the rainy season, or perhaps it because I just need to see these region of the U.S. through different eyes, not mine. My heart…
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Filipino Families on NPR
Filipino Families on NPR
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May 1
Stand with immigrants, workers, communities of color, LGBTQ folks on Wednesday, May 1, 2013!
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We rose, but it won’t stop there
On Thursday, February 14, 2013, I rose and danced. Alongside sisters and brothers, elders and children, across cultural and generational communities, the People’s Power Rising contingent brought together communities of color under the banner of “end violence against women.” More importantly, our banner of violence against women worked to broaden the definition of “violence” to…
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Why I’m Rising
I am rising because of the thousands of Filipina domestic workers all over the world They who face uncertainty daily Walking into the darkness of foreign lands, foreign languages Pushed out of their countries, away from their families I am rising because I carry the legacy of Filipinas who have stood up and fought against…
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Baby Boom in the Philippines
A visual representation for the increasing need for comprehensive Reproductive Health Bill in the Philippines. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/11/09/world/asia/20121109-IHT-manila.html
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Filipino, Migrant, Worker
My new course this Spring 2013 at University of San Francisco!
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Who Cares?
Who Cares?This is a story covering the CARE Project published in the highly regarded and incredibly exciting Asian American magazine, Hyphen. PEEP!
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