Archives: Projects
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ANG DIARY NI JOAQUINA
“Alam ko, hindi gawain ng isang mabuting binibini ang lumiham sa kanyang iniibig. Ang mabuting binibini ay naghihintay at tumatanggap ng mga liham at hindi sumusulat ng mga ito.” Ang Diary ni Joaquinani Joi Barrios Sa pagsusulat natagpuan ni Joaquina ang kanyang sarili, ang kanyang nais, at ang kanyang gustong tahakin bilang babe. Puno siya…
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BINHI NG PAGLAYA
Dahil hangga’t ikinukulongat pinapatay nila ang mga naglilingkodsa mga mahihirap at magsasaka,walang puwangpara sa siphayo o panlulumodahil kami,tayo ay mga muntingbinhi ng paglaban. – mula sa “Binhi ng Paglaya” Binhi ng PaglayaAmanda Socorro Lacaba Echanis “Patunay ang aklat na ito na kailanmaý di masasagkaan ng rehas at mataas na pader ang mapanuring kaisipan at malikhaing…
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PANAGLAGIP
Here are memories of people who live in Northern Luzon during the Marcos dictatorship, but lived the tyranny not in being by it but by resisting the stranglehold. All of the writers were young then, usually students in the various schools and universities. They write of memories about joining political demonstrations, spending their free time…
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DEAR MEG
I believe we also foster courage when we pursue things bigger than ourselves. A passion to get lost in — the arts, a vocation, and for many people I know, a cause. As you lend more of yourself in one, you see, then get rid, of the superfluous, the excesses. A life pared down to…
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CATipunan
CATipunan: Furrtraits (Vols. 1-3) For International Cat Day (August 8), we released a call for submissions to a zine collecting text and black-and-white image portraits of the most beloved of animals, cats. The submissions were collected into three volumes. Volume 1 – illustrations and some textVolume 2 – photographs and some textVolume 3 – texts…
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SULATAN
Mag-iisang taon na pala sa December, mag-iisang taon nang nakakulong. Pero, ‘yung sabi ko nga dati, ‘yung parang mabilis na mabagal ‘yung panahon. Mabilis kasi, ‘yun nga, isang taon pa lang, pero siyempre mabagal dahil napakabagal ng usad ng kaso ko. Mag-aapat na buwan na nga, hindi pa ako nagkaka-hearing. Although may schedule na, pero…
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SA AKING HENERASYON
Dahil ang tula, hindi ba, sa simula’y gumagapang,Makakakita’t titindig, makikinig at tatapang,Tumatanda, may alaala at may tiyak na asinta.…Dahil mapanlinlang ang panahong lumilikhang litong talinhaga,At ang tula ang siyang dapat na lumikha sa makata. – Mula sa “Introduksyon” Sa Aking Henerasyon: Mga Tula at Saling-Tulani Kerima Lorena Tariman Tinitipon sa koleksiyong ito ang lahat ng…
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NECESSARY CONTEXTS
THE CEREMONY of remembering the dead is in full flower even as the living continue to be restricted by the pandemic. On television reportage on the rise and fall of the costs of cut flowers deemed needed for the ceremony bordered on the trite, as did footage of the pedestrian flow — children and elderly…
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PALAYAIN ANG AKING NANAY!
Palayain ang Aking Nanay!Kuwento ni China de Vera, Guhit ni Ilena Saturay Palayain ang Aking Nanay! is about the experience of a child whose mother is a political prisoner. The book is part of the campaign calling for the release of Amanda Echanis and her 1-year old son Randall. Peasant women organizer Amanda Lacaba Echanis…
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MAKISAWSAW Vol 2
Solidarity is coming together and saying that we have failed as a society when the survival and existence of a group of people depend solely on charity. It means that we raise our voices to demand that this should not be so. Solidarity shows us the power of compassion and individual agency to help each…