In our first episode of Kwentong Migrante (aptly named Nandito Kami/We're Here), host Minaho (UBC Science Undergraduate Society's Black, Indigenous and People of Colour working group) interviews mother-daughter duo Erie (Migrante BC) and Lara (Sulong UBC) to talk about how the podcast came to be, our goals for the podcast, and why our groups, including Damayan BC, think a podcast highlighting the stories and issues of migrant workers is so important.

In honour of Family Day, we talk about what family means for Filipino migrant workers who are separated from their families for long period of time, the challenges migrant workers face when they reunite, and the found families that migrant workers create in community with other im/migrants when they organize to fight for migrant rights and collectively struggle to address the socioeconomic conditions that lead migrant workers to leave the Philippines in the first place.

Funded by the Government of Canada and the United Way Lower Mainland.

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Find our groups here:

Migrante BC

• Website: migrantebc.com
• Facebook: @MigranteBC
• Twitter: @MigranteBC

Sulong UBC

• Instagram: @sulong.ubc
• Facebook: @sulong.ubc
• Linktree: @sulongubc

Damayan BC

• Website: damayanbc.ca
• Facebook: @DamayanBC

UBC Science Undergraduate Society Black, Indigenous and People of Colour Extraordinary Working Group

• Instagram: @susbipoc
• Linktree: @SUS.BIPOC