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Featuring: Lisa Villa-Moser
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lisa villa-moser Lisa (b. 1973) is an American contemporary painter and visual artist. She discovered an innate love of art as a child in Manila and went on to develop her talents in Chicago. She studied studio arts at the Chicago Academy for the Arts High School before attending SVA in NYC, SAIC and Parsons…
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Featuring: Aireen Arellano
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Aireen Arellano Aireen’s work explores themes of juxtaposition, Filipino American identity, belonging, healing generational trauma, and pop culture. A child of first-generation Filipino immigrants, she was born in Chicago in 1983 and lived in Marquette Park until her parents relocated her family to the southwest suburbs in the early 1990s. Influenced by the Pop Art…
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Ang Imprentang Humubog ng Kaisipang Filipino Bago ang 1896 Revolution
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Akda ni Ogot Sumulong May isang librong nalimbag nito lamang 2023 na nagbigay ng isang pagsipat sa intellectual landscape ng Pilipinas noong huling hati ng ika-19 na siglo. Akda ito ni Lino L. Dizon na may titulong Imprenta De Ramirez y Giraudier. Ayon kay Dizon, maraming landas ang hinawan ang naturang imprenta (tagurian nating “IRG”) …
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My MOSAAIC Experience: Changing How Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Voices Are Heard in Health Research
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For too long, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities have been grouped as one, and the health guidance we received has not included our voices. It’s time to change that. I recently had the opportunity to take part in the MOSAAIC Study—and it was such a rewarding experience! The surveys were simple to complete,…
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Summer 2025 Tagalog Class just ended
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Tagalog Class offers profound experience of joy and discovery of one’s roots and country The ardent highlight was the stirring rendition of the Triumphal March from the opera “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi. And so the first graduation exercises of Rizal Center’s Tagalog class concluded. Verdi’s “Aida” is the traditional graduation march in the Philippines. Its…
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US exports to Philippines are subject to zero tariff; Philippine exports to US face 19% tariff
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by Connie Triggiano Filipinos will experience an influx of US-made products bound for the Philippines tariff-free beginning this month, August. The very mention of duty-free US imports flooding the Philippines could immediately prompt visions of exquisite gifts at much reduced prices. They are the much-yearned-for stateside goods that satisfy the deep and wistful longing for…
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An Introduction, and Seven Ways that Your Support Improves Our Community
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Kumusta! I’m Ryan Viloria (he/him), the new Fund Development Officer at the Rizal Center and following in the impressive footsteps made by Tita Angela “Ging” Mascarenas! Supporting this work is an honor and feels personal as a full circle moment for me. I have fond memories of my Lola Luz back in the day, bringing…
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Featuring: Marissa Domantay
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Marissa Domantay (They/Them) is a queer Filipino-American illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. They graduated in 2020 with a BA in Art (and minor in mathematics) and received multiple awards for their leadership and artistic practice. Marissa is passionate about telling unique and silly stories through their cute and whimsical art style. Their stories are pulled from…
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A Moral Moment
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by: Gabriel “Jay” Catanus Recently, social media reports surfaced that the federal government was offering six-figure salaries to prospective ICE agents, along with signing bonuses as high as forty-five or fifty thousand dollars— with no educational requirement. The viral complaint tied to this discovery was that an ICE agent’s starting salary far exceeds the average…
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Dalawang Salinwika sa Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa
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Akda ni Ogot Sumulong Agosto ang Buwan ng Wika sa ating lupang tinubuan. Ipinagdiriwang ito at masigasig na itinataguyod ng Komisyon ng Wikang Pambansa sa mga paaralan ang pagsulong ng Filipino bilang Pambansang Wika at ang malusog na pagtanggap, pagtangkilik at pagkalinga ng ating mga Katutubong Wika. Ang English ay isa sa opisyal na wika…
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