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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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Legal Trafficking is The Philippines’ Labor Export Policy
Forced migration puts hundreds of migrant workers to Louisiana to work long hours without fair wages and indentured servitude. Their living conditions are cramped in substandard facilities. They are kept from the passports and freedom of mobility, therefore kept from their family. This has got to be a scene out of Django. Nope. Its about…
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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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http://www.interaksyon.com/article/33424/aquino-signs-ilo-convention-to-protect-domestic-workers-rights “The committee is chaired by Sen. Loren Legarda. We must act fast if we want the Philippines to be the second state party of the ILO to ratify the convention, next to Uruguay, (although Uruguay has not deposited yet the ratification instrument with the ILO) … The convention requires at least two ratifications to…
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CARE Project Graduates
The CARE project brings together Filipino caregivers who are immigrants to the US, Filipino American youth, students and professionals. The training for the first part of the CARE Project joined this intergenerational group to learn how to do research for our community around the conditions of caregivers in their workplace. The CARE project is just…
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Justice in the Home: Domestic Workers Re-define the Labor Movement
Justice in the Home: Domestic Workers Re-define the Labor MovementThe coverage of the domestic worker struggle on this radio story is really accurate and sharp.If you’d like to get a quick overview of the issues that domestic workers face and the struggle that is ahead of them, listen to this.
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CARE Project Graduation Commercial
http://vimeo.com/39465285 This video was made by Ryan Leano, a CARE project graduate, about the launch and commencement that we successfully accomplished last week!
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CARE Project Launch
SAVE THE DATE!!! Caregiver Research (CARE) Project Launch Wednesday APRIL 4, 2012 6pm-8pm 35 San Juan Ave. SF CA 94112 (Old FCC Space) Join the Filipino Community Center (FCC) to launch The CARE Project! Filipino caregivers, youth, students and community members have completed an intensive research training to conduct research on the conditions of Filipino…
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