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05/09/2008
Filipino Orgs at Toronto’s Labour Day Parade
Posted by alexfelipe under Filipino Community, Toronto | Tags: aware, caregivers, filipino, immigrants, independent workers association, labour day, migrante, migrants, parade, unions, united steelworkers |Leave a Comment
29/08/2008
“Tell Me About Filipinos”
Posted by alexfelipe under Arts & Entertainment, Filipino Community | Tags: alex felipe, canadian, community, culture, filipino, identity, kapisanan philippine centre, kpc, kultura, photography, pride, shame, youth |[5] Comments
A few weeks back I asked Filipino youth to tell me what they liked and hated about their people. During Kultura last Saturday, I did this again. (more…)
27/08/2008
Photos From Kultura
Posted by alexfelipe under Arts & Entertainment, Filipino Community, Toronto | Tags: alex felipe, hooded fang, kapisanan philippine centre, kensington market, kpc, maylee todd, michelle turingan, minerva, patac, photography, romeo candido, sick sound syndrome, soul disciples, tito gorilla, yfc |[2] Comments
Yeah, yeah! KPC’s 3rd annual Kultura Festival was last Saturday and it was ridiculous! In this set of pics I’ll show some of the afternoon events in the park across the street from the centre in trendy Kensington Market in downtown Toronto. There was music, dance, spoken word, visual art and installations, Filipino street food–and on site hair stylin and massage! (more…)
25/08/2008
Juana Tejada: A Celebration and a Campaign Launch
Posted by alexfelipe under Filipino Community, Toronto | Tags: canada, filipina, filipino, immigrant, immigration, juana tejada, lcp, live-in caregiver, migrante-ontario, ndp, new democratic party, olivia chow, patac, peggy nash, temporary worker, women's rights |1 Comment
Olivia with Juana and her husband Noli.
Yesterday Migrante-Ontario, the Independent Worker’s Association (IWA), and associated groups celebrated Juana Tejada’s successful fight to gain permanent residence status. Juana is the live-in caregiver (LCP) that was denied status twice after she was discovered to have terminal cancer and deemed a burden to the Canadian healthcare system. (more…)
22/08/2008
I See Filipinos, But I Smell Wet Dog
Posted by alexfelipe under Commentary, Filipino Community | Tags: american, canadian, culture, filipino, mainstream, pride, race, self-hate, shame, struggle |[9] Comments
A while back I went to a Filipino event at a large Toronto venue. It was an outdoor event and unfortunately it was raining, though luckily the venue had large open air tents to keep the people dry—but for some reason I smelled wet dog.
I was reminded of my youth when I was ashamed of being Filipino. (more…)
20/08/2008
Kultura is THIS SATURDAY!!!
Posted by alexfelipe under Arts & Entertainment, Filipino Community, Toronto | Tags: arts, culture, filipina, filipino, film, jen maramba, jr punzalan, kapisanan philippine centre, kensington market, kpc, kultura, maylee todd, photography, romeo candido, sick sound syndrome, spoken word, theatre, tito gorilla, Toronto, youth |1 Comment
poster designed by Christine Mangosing
Hey Toronto Peeps! Come out this Saturday (23 Aug) for Kultura, and see how Filipino youth put on a festival! This is not your Tita and Tito’s Fiesta, this is ours.
I’ll be exhibiting here, and I have an photo installation that will be ongoing throughout the afternoon. Plus check out what local professional Filipino artists are putting together.
spoken word/music performances in the park, arts & crafts vendors, Pinoy street food what?! fishballs, banana-Q anyone!? play readings by Filipino playwrights & actors, shorts films by Filipino filmmakers. Represent!
All happening at Bellevue Square Park on Augusta & Dennison, and at KPC 167 Augusta Avenue
18/08/2008
Celebrate with Juana Tejada
Posted by alexfelipe under Filipino Community, Toronto | Tags: canada, cic, human rights, immigration, juana tejada, justice, law, lcp, live-in caregiver, women's rights |[2] Comments
Juana Tejada, the Filipina caregiver with terminal cancer that fought against her deportation and won, is an inspiration to caregivers and the Filipino community at large. Come celebrate her victory with her next Sunday (24 Aug), and join in the new campaign to ensure what happens to her doesn’t happen to anyone else. (more…)
12/08/2008
Want to Call Yourself Canadian? Assimilate–or Else…
Posted by alexfelipe under Commentary, Filipino Community, Toronto | Tags: alex felipe, canada, canadian, charter of rights, citizenship, culture, filipino, immigrants, immigration, lcp, live-in caregiver, racism, xenophobia |[8] Comments
Just a little gentle prodding and Canadians are tripping over with racist glee. All someone had to do is use the right politically correct code words for racism in the 21st century.
Canadians are too polite to tell the gooks to go home, that just wouldn’t seem right. (more…)
11/08/2008
Migrante Camping Weekend
Posted by alexfelipe under Filipino Community, Toronto | Tags: alex felipe, feminism, human rights, immigration, independent workers association, lcp, live-in caregiver, migrante-ontario, social justice, women |[6] Comments
It was wet, really wet, but I’m glad I was there to spend some time with some of my kababayans [countymen] at a campsite near Guelph, Ontario.
There were about fifty people there, caregivers on their one weekly day off, and members of Migrante-Ontario (and it’s member groups). It says alot about the Filipino people how high spirits were despite the weather and the difficult lives in which they live.
Filipina’s make up over 95% of the live-in caregivers in Canada, despite their struggles, most Canadians (including Canadian born Filipinos), know little about them. (more…)
03/11/2008
The Dead, River Spirits, & a Magic Hat
Posted by alexfelipe under Commentary, Filipino Community, The Philippines | Tags: culture, legend, myth, The Philippines |[3] Comments
Miarayon, Mindanao.
Filipinos don’t celebrate Halloween, they instead have a day dedicated to the dead on 1 November, the Araw ng mga Patay [Day of the Dead]. It’s a holiday that is the perfect metaphor for Philippine spirituality: an imported Catholic holiday that hints at an animist past. (more…)