Women at the Forefront

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Before anything else, please join us for our webinar, "Nurse Unseen" on Thursday, April 4 at 4 pm. Filipino nurses have been at the forefront of caring not just during the pandemic but every day, in hospitals and other health settings. They are also facing dangers, including anti-Asian hate. If you are a nurse or you have a nurse in your life, this webinar is for you. You will also get to watch excerpts from an award-winning film of the same name. See below for the flyer and registration details.

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This week we are privileged to feature the series "Women Workers of 19th Century Manila" by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP). Informative and delightful, the series was posted one at a time in NHCP's Facebook page. We are consolidating the posts into two parts, the first six in this issue, and the second five next week. NHCP has retained the 19th century word spellings and has illustrated each post with old postcards, vintage images and 19th century art from acclaimed painter Jose Honorato Lozano.

More interesting, accomplished women are in our spotlight. In addition to the second installment of the Filipina Women's Network's Movers and Shakers list, we're shining the light on the women creators of a groundbreaking children's book, Dancing Hands: A Story of Friendship in Filipino Sign Language. Written originally in Filipino by Joanna Que and Charina Marquez, with illustrations by Fran Alvarez, the English version has already won two awards. Claire Mercado Obias tells us the story behind the making of the book. 

A surfer who is also a film maker is the subject of PF Correspondent Anthony Maddela's story this week. Satya Sullivan, who is doing her master's in Marine Affairs in Rhode Island, has founded a nonprofit called Colorful Lineup that offers surfing clinics to girls and women of color. She has also won awards for documentary filmmaking and cinematography. Quite impressive creds for someone who is only in the US temporarily. 

Here's a historical story worth reading again: We have published a substantial number of stories on Filipinos in Hawaii and the West Coast but not enough on the pioneering Filipinos in the Gulf Coast. So here's one on Filipino trappers and shrimpers in Louisiana in the early- and mid-1900s: "Life on the Bayou," by Carmelo Astilla. 
https://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/life-on-the-bayou

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