Author: RC Editorial Staff
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Uncommon Memory
by Gabriel “Jay” Catanus Recently, Garden City Covenant Church had the privilege of welcoming Dr. Melba Maggay, a well-known scholar, writer, and Christian activist from the Philippines. Given that Garden City is a primarily Filipino American congregation that draws from Christian faith in its work for mercy and justice, this was a real treat for…
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Money Remittance is a Lifeline of Support
By Willie Jose Wherever we are in the world—in the US, Canada, Australia, or Middle East countries—far from our families back home, they are always in our thoughts. We remain deeply rooted in their lives, and whatever comfort or success we experience abroad, we naturally want to share those blessings with the loved ones we…
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CIRCA Pintig is proud to share the third annual Chicago Filipino American
Theatre Festival, performing at the historic Rizal Center. This year’s festival theme is PASABOG–a common Filipino slang term to express how showstopping, brilliant, or extra someone or something is. Our selected plays are spectacular, explosive, and revelatory about the Filipino diaspora and the cultural themes that center the Filipino and Filipino American experience. This year’s…
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Featuring: Indigo Field
Indigo Field is a rising sophomore at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus on fibers and material studies, as well as fashion. Based in Chicagoland, her work explores the Filipino-American diaspora experience through a feminine perspective, using materials like lace, rhinestones, and found…
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Featuring: Dr. Peter Stover
Dr. Peter S.T. Stover is an educator, artist, ethnographer, and transformational leader and coach. Half-Filipino, born in Tacloban City, Philippines, and raised in small towns across Michigan and Colorado, he harnesses human potential through creative, collaborative, experiential learning that fosters mutual growth of both teacher and student. Driven to address the world’s numerous contemporary crises,…
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Help Us Build Kusina ng Bayan: The Community’s Kitchen
Chicago’s Filipinx/a/o community has faced significant challenges this year, from rising costs and economic uncertainty to reduced access to essential services and growing pressures on immigrant communities. This past summer, much of Rizal Center’s time, resources, and fundraising has focused on necessary improvements to make our building safer, more accessible, and better prepared to serve…
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A Legacy of Resistance: Filipino Americans, Martial Law, and the Fight for Democracy
By Grace Fitzgerald As we approach the 54th anniversary of President Ferdinand Marcos’ proclamation of martial law over the Philippines, we must remember the hostile political state that drove hundreds of thousands of Filipinos to seek sanctuary in the United States, and we should recognize the courageous, innovative FilAm activists who persistently fought against the…
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Covering News during Martial Law Years
By Willie Jose Working in a newspaper during those early years of martial law in the 70s was not so hard or fearsome; all the papers had to do was publish “positive stories” about the workings of government and the country —and follow Malacañang’s directives. Those martial law years were the heyday for press releases,…