While the COVID-19 pandemic has postponed AHOR exhibitions, including my solo show, I learned to adapt by promoting the online events through which I present AHOR, honing my writing skills through crafting photo essays and newsletters, intentionally using social media to share bits about my practice, and pitching my story to media outlets.
Read MoreAfter months of pivoting in the pandemic, serial restaurateurs Jason Angeles and Ronnie Taylor, partners in several Bay Area businesses have turned a corner, committing to a weekly monetary donation of $1,500 to the Bay Area’s #FilipinosFeedTheFrontlines campaign and support the program expansion to Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown (HiFi).
Read MoreFilipinx-American non-profit Kultivate Labs will host “UNDISCOVERED X,” a 2-day virtual gathering of Filipinx entrepreneurs, creatives and thought leaders, from October 17-18, 2020. With four virtual stages, four streaming hub cities, over 60 key guests and 50+ sponsor & vendor expo booths, “UNDISCOVERED X,” will showcase a range of Filipinx stories, art, music, panel discussions and more.
Read MoreThe creation of this virtual office redefines the world of co-working and social interaction in the tech space. Pinayista disrupts the platform, originally designed for virtual events, utilizing it to continue their efforts in community building.
Read MoreProfessor of Psychology, queer activist and author Dr. Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal publishes his latest book “Queering Law and Order”, a non-fiction book that examines how the criminal justice system affects lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and offers recommendations for queering and disrupting the justice system.
Read More“With the help of over 1,000 donors from around the nation, we were able to hit our lofty goal of $100,000 to stabilize Filipino food businesses and send food to hard-hit communities and frontline health care workers. The only problem is that the crisis is not over. COVID-19 continues to decimate communities and the restaurant industry. Our model of community stabilization works, so we’re going to scale it nationwide, to support Filipino American restaurants across the country, and their respective communities,” shares Desi Danganan, Kultivate Labs Executive Director.
Read MoreI think the biggest lesson for me personally is that mindset is such a huge part of pitching yourself. Several years ago I did a lot of work to get over self-promotion, but after taking this workshop I realize that I still have some ways to go to get over artistic insecurity. I have been examining a lot of the limiting beliefs that are holding me back from diving into self-promotion.
Read MoreThe 2020 Pinays Rising scholarship attracted 115 applicants from across the United States, and raised over $16,000 in donations in just a few weeks.
Read MoreIt has been a super informative process. The education we’re getting through this program is helping us to think about our external communication in a whole new light.
Read MoreI’m using new tech tools that I hadn’t utilized before, like Google Alerts, Google web analytics, Slack, and Zoom. I’m still working up the nerve to be on Twitter on a regular basis because now I know that’s where the journalists are.
Read MoreThe Pinays Rising Scholarship was created by Filipina Rapper Ruby Ibarra and Dr Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, to promote the continuation of higher education while excelling in the areas of arts (visual, performance/music, conceptual, etc.) and/or community service and activism.
Read MoreRepublika — the first retail & event space in the nation dedicated to supporting Filipino business in San Francisco — received an honorable mention in FastCompany’s ‘World Changing Ideas Awards 2020’ in the Social Justice category. The developing project is the result of a collaboration bringing together non-profit Kultivate Labs’ mission to build economic development in SOMA Pilipinas — the city’s newest Filipino Cultural Heritage District — and the design expertise of award-winning Studio O+A.
Read MoreKultivate Labs, an organization that supports Filipino-owned businesses in San Francisco is launching #FilipinosFeedTheFrontlines, aiming to raise at least $100,000 and provide 10,000+ meals for Bay Area healthcare workers, scientists, and Filipino seniors/low-income families in the South of Market neighborhood.
Read MoreKularts Makes Plans for Virtual Events
Read MoreSouth of Market Arts Orgs Balay Kreative and Kearny Street Workshop Deal With New Reality of Social Distancing
Read MoreNew San Francisco Filipino Cultural Org ‘Balay Kreative’ Teams Up With Kearny Street Workshop For Immersive Theater, Pop up Dinner, Poetry and Art Experience.
Read MoreSan Francisco and Oakland World Premiere of ‘In the Belly of the Eagle: Man@ng Is Deity’.
Kularts, the premier presenter of contemporary and tribal Pilipinx arts in the United States, is proud to present the world premiere of SF Legacy Artist Awardee, Alleluia Panis’s In the Belly of the Eagle: Man@ng is Deity; an immersive multimedia dance experience inspired by the lives of the ‘manong’ generation—the first wave of cheap imported Pilipinx laborers who powered the ever expanding needs of the developing United States empire.
Read MoreThe national movement to introduce this history to a Pre-k-14 and beyond audience is rooted in grassroots organizing with educational communities to bring this work to school districts and major universities.
Read MoreCommunity Well is looking for a volunteer to assist with research and admin support to the Community Well Marketing Coordinator. A great opportunity to learn basic PR skills!
Read MoreMeet the “PR for the People” Spring 2020 batch! Excited to announce Hope Meng, Erina Alejo, Dara del Rosario (for SOMARTs Cultural Center), and Jean Chen (for Inkblot Gallery), will be participating in the six-month program that guides each participant through PapaLoDown Agency’s signature PR campaign system.
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