I spent my Sunday afternoon/evening with Anakbayan Seattle, Pinay sa Seattle, Alay ng Kultura, and PUSO (Philippine-US Solidarity Organization) painting these murals together, eating together, drinking together and playing outside in the sun together.

It was a beautiful process to be apart of - and I can’t wait to see our murals come to life when they’ll be on display at the Gabriela-USA 2nd Assembly and Anakbayan-USA’s Founding Congress in Chicago, Illiniois this May 18th!

Youth and Student Movement in the Philippines

This video was filmed during an exposure trip of July 2011 in the Philippines and featured at the report back multi-media show “Halong” in November 2011. 

An exposure trip is a program designed to expose people to the harsh realities and true living conditions experienced by the people of the Philippines through educational discussions, integrations, mass actions and community organizing.

We had the opportunity to learn about the youth and student conditions in the Philippines and the movement of young people demanding basic human rights for their future. We were able to integrate with various youth and student organizations including Anakbayan chapters at the Univeristy of the Philippines Diliman and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, other youth groups, alliances and fraternities including out-of-school and working youth, as well as youth community-organizing outside of their sector in the womens movement, workers movement, cultural movement, etcetera.

To learn more about Anakbayan Seattle, the Filipino youth and student movement, and the National Democratic struggle in the Philippines, please visit anakbayan.net or email anakbayan.seattle@gmail.com.

Filmed by: Nicole Ramirez
Edited by: Janelle Quibuyen