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The day my daughter thought she was going to die: a 9/11 reflection
By Cristina DC Pastor Every time 9/11 comes around, I am reminded of a day of confusion, a day of too much walking, a day my daughter looked up to me as a source of strength, calm and clarity. When it became clear that the planes hitting the Twin Towers was not due to pilot […]
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Inspired by the Philippines’ past, NYC school children create art for the present
By Cristina DC Pastor A paper mâché laptop, repurposed costume jewelry, a bicycle in mixed media. These are some of the everyday objects created by New York City school children, inspired by an exhibit on the Philippines’ colonial past, “Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms.” “To help us understand how Filipinos from a long time […]
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Memorial Day: A time to remember heroes of war, heroes of peace
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. For countless decades now, Memorial Day in this great nation has zeroed in on remembering all the women and men who lost their lives in battle. Thus, the populace has observed celebrations and similar commemorations that focused on the women and men of the military, they who responded to various […]
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Dolly Fernandez: Growing up in a mixed-race family in anti-miscegenation era
By Cristina DC Pastor “It was a scandal, but it was also a happy marriage. They just had so much fun together.” Dolores ‘Dolly’ Fernandez, the daughter of a Filipino valet and a Norwegian hat check girl, traveled back in time and shared fond memories of her parents’ stirring romance amid anti-miscegenation laws which criminalized […]
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Sitdown with Lea Salonga: ‘Allegiance’ is frighteningly relevant today (Part 1)
By Elton Lugay & Cristina DC Pastor After an absence of eight years, Tony Award Best Actress Lea Salonga is back on Broadway. She stars with George Takei and Telly Leung in “Allegiance,” a musical about an imprisoned Japanese American family during World War II. “Allegiance” is a story extracted from the personal experiences of […]
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UN marks its seventh decade as a ‘multitasking’ world organization
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Year 2015 is a milestone for the United Nations (U.N.) founded in 1947. Since its inception, the U.N. has promoted and strengthened involvement of the various leaders of the world’s as active members of the universal organization. The Secretary General of the U.N., Ban Ki-moon, has underscored the role of […]
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Historical film depicts Antonio Luna’s fall and rise
By Joel David By now, any Filipino in any part of the world who has been extensively plugged into the social network of Facebook would have heard of “Heneral Luna,” the celebrated blockbuster on Antonio Luna. Among several ironies, Luna (1866-99) was reluctant to participate in the uprising against Spain but led the revolutionary army, […]
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50th year of Delano Strike to be remembered in Oct 24 NYC conference
By Noel Pangilinan It happened 50 years ago in California, more than 2,500 miles away. But several immigrant groups — mostly Filipinos – in New York City, believe that the events and the lessons learned during the 1965 grape workers strike in Delano, California are worth commemorating and disseminating. “The Delano Strike of 1965 is […]
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Gold exhibit opens; that PHL has the ‘second largest gold deposit in the world’ was a revelation to FilAms
By Cristina Dc Pastor Wearing a floor-grazing lace gown, Loida Nicolas Lewis strode into the Asia Society lobby on September 11 where the Philippine gold exhibit was unveiled before the Filipino community. She was greeted by the rhythmic vigor of the Kinding Sindaw, her face transforming into a wide smile. “The minute I walked in, […]