Pass The Quilt

This was a tribute to Artist Al Robles, whose Filipino Identity was woven into his art although he never ever made it to the Philippines.  This mini-documentary explores a tribute trip to the Philippines to connect with a homeland that

2010 is the year for the big census.  Above is the spread of those identifying themselves as Filipino in 2000.  I’m curious to see what the spread is today…not just in the US, but the read more...

NPR did this story in 2009.  Everything in my title seems wrong.  First, why is Stimulus money going toward Filipino WWII Vets?  Why $198 Million?  Why Filipinos?  and why now? (more than a half century later)

Lots of questions, but

I wrote a passage a while about about how my mother felt about Mexicans. My research was a bit incomplete but I was just writing out of rage. I am allowed to do that, right?
http://www.passthequilt.org/stories/item/my_mother_the_racist/ read more...

August 23, 2010

“A letter from a teenage Filipino to the WHOLE WORLD”
As you are reading this letter, I bet that you have seen/heard about what happened earlier in our country.

Tourists were hostages of a policeman here, Rolando Mendoza.

Original Story by Trixie Cruz-Angeles

When the smoke cleared and the bodies were counted, as Mendoza’s story slowly is spread to a visibly shaken nation, I am shattered by the vicious remarks brought to my doorstep courtesy of Facebook. I

The video posted is an accoustic version of Billionaire By Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars, who happens to be half Puerto Rican, half Filipino from Hawaii.  I like the sound, but the lyrics strike a chord with me in not so much an ambitious