A Silent Revolution

Our webinar last week, "Our Climate, Ourselves," was both an enlightening expose on the nitty-gritty of plastics and toxic pollution of the earth's marine life and environment, and an inspiring call to action to fulfill our shared responsibility to take care of the planet and of each other. If you missed it or you want to see it again, you can watch it here.

Shared responsibility is also the motivation behind the sprouting of community pantries all over the Philippines, a phenomenon that was started by a young woman, Ana Patricia Non, who felt compelled to do something to help those struggling to survive the covid pandemic. "Give what you can, take what you need" should be a simple and basic human instinct but, in a divided society with trigger-happy (both verbal and physically violent) elements, the missive has been politicized and stigmatized. PF Correspondent Criselda Yabes brings us up-to-date in "Community Pantries -- A Silent Revolution?"

We have an array of fascinating stories this week: the evolution of the yo-yo (not invented by a Filipino, as commonly believed), the Filipino art of naming food, a review of the delightful book by a Fil-Am named Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and, to commemorate the 17th death anniversary of arguably the greatest Filipino writer Nick Joaquin, a repost of the memories of someone who knew him well, the poet/writer Marra PL. Lanot. 

Our Stories This Week

[Webinar Video] Our Climate, Ourselves

Community Pantries – A Silent Revolution? By Criselda Yabes

Pedro And The Yo-Yo: Man And Myth By Myles A. Garcia

Using Beauty To Overpower Racism By Anthony Maddela

The Filipino Art Of Naming Food By Vicente Salas

Read Again: http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/remembering-nick

Video of the Week: Why Italy Loves Filipinos

In The Know

The Philippines’ drug war is putting more pregnant women behind bars. What happens to their children?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/06/women-jail-births-philippines-duterte/?fbclid=IwAR0uFE54V4q4S1qMwkUUfHwZwzXpB_W2eP6u5_udyu2LcZe-i_pU7Ex40GY

How Veganism Helped This Filipina Recipe Developer Reconnect With Home
https://www.livekindly.co/veganism-filipina-recipe-developer-reconnect-home/?fbclid=IwAR1yL76Bbp7iOg7GfvMRrUDhQBOOgQkZ0COwx5ydJlGJNrdjoQJYvca243w

Long Pushed to the Margins, Pacita Abad’s Art About the Immigrant Experience Gets Global Recognition
https://www.artnews.com/feature/pacita-abad-artist-tate-walker-art-center-exhibitions-1234589919/?fbclid=IwAR06aRYm5hKOq7iLKjN0hFtIEu3Va6Xp0aM-Jw1vzXlgjOOq2di-4RCUYB0

Enduring Legacies: The Bautista and Santos Ancestral Houses of Malolos
https://bluprint.onemega.com/bautista-santos-ancestral-houses-malolos/ 

Historian: 9 things to learn about Philippine culture from P-pop group Alamat
https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/2021/04/20/2092434/historian-9-things-learn-about-philippine-culture-p-pop-group-alamat