The Philippine Social Security System (SSS) Representative Office in Los Angeles will conduct onsite SSS services for Overseas Filipinos in the Bay Area and Northern California on 30 November-1 December 2023 at the Philippine Center, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94108.

UC Berkley is hosting a book talk with journalist Patricia Evangelista on November 17, Saturday, 6pm at the Morrison Library. Join Evangelista and Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies faculty member Lisandro Claudio to learn more about Evangelista’s experiences reporting and writing this book, which the New Yorker’s David Remnick acclaimed as a “journalistic masterpiece,” and author Andrew Solomon noted, “reveals the nature of unbridled cruelty with an insightfulness that I have not encountered since the work of Hannah Arendt.” Details here

Our Stories Our Histories 2023-2024 scholarship is now open. Deadline to submit application is December 15, 2023.

Two Events: November 14 at the Massy Arts Gallery in Vancouver and November 28 Ben MacNally Books in Toronto

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of its citizenship collaborative, San Francisco is launching a series of events to encourage eligible green card holders to take advantage of the free resources available to apply for citizenship.