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

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?
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I saw the embedded video about Imelda Marcos earlier this year. Through it, I was able to learn more about modern Filipino people in general. Many Filipino people share the same idealism that is just like hers. I think it’s really just not

My Mother hates Mexicans she thinks she’s better than all of them for some reason. She hates my husband, screamed out of the top of her lungs that he is Mexican trash. That Mexicans are dirty and lazy. Shame. If she only knew that the

Story of the Scouts.  No preparation.  No artillery.  No time to react.  But they fended off the orchestrated violent take over and were the American’s best resource on the read more...

As we memorialize the dead who have sacrificed for the USA, it’s also important to keep our promises to the living who have sacrificed for our freedom, both here and abroad.  It’s a long time coming for the Filipinos who fought alongside