Bannuar Voices

Family oriented, dreamer and scholar, Edwin Carlos (he/him/his) is a 2nd generation Filipino American currently residing on Duwamish land in Renton, WA. Born in FL and raised in HI for 12 years, Edwin began his Filipinx American journeys during undergrad, and is continuing that as he pursues a doctorate in school psychology at UC Berkeley by serving as a chairperson for the Northern California Pilipinx American Student Alliance and an intern at the Bulosan Center. Edwin does research on ethnic-racial identity attitudes in Filipinx American communities, participatory action research with Filipinx workers and caregivers, and Filipinx studies curriculum in K-12 and college.  On the side when he is not busy with his academic work, Edwin is also an avid fan of video games, singing, basketball, tennis and cooking.

What is Kasamahan Co. a platform that not only amplifies the voices of Filipinos in Hawai’i but seeks to serve a purpose in creating stories that empowers the next generation to bring out their creative expression and side to them. By building connections between community members with those in the diaspora and the homeland we hope to foster the next revolutionaries across different industries.

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Friend, Community Organizer, & Leader, Kami was born and raised in the town of Wahiawā on the island of Oʻahu in the occupied Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Kami relocated to Ramaytush Ohlone ancestral lands after spending four years in Duwamish ancestral lands studying, working, and teaching. Kami’s professional and cultural work is influenced by Filipino grassroots organizations in the U.S. and in the Philippines. Kami is also a part of Kapwa Health Collective, a grassroots Filipinx health-centered organizing & education collective.

ABOUT:Kasamahan Co, (previously named Reclaiming FIlipinx Identity)  is a platform that not only amplifies voices of Filipinos in Hawai'i but is also a platform that serves to create stories that seeks to create sustainable outlets that showcases our cultures, contextualizes Filipinx narratives and prompts dialogues. Our conversation speak to diverse experiences, identities and talents that are often overlooked, supressed or erased. By building connections between community members with those in the diaspora, and homeland, we hope to foster the next revolutionaries across the industries.

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creative, archivist, and courageous!, Narizza Saladino is from the Big Island of Hawaii. She is a senior at Columbia University studying Sociocultural Anthropology and Ethnicity & Race Studies on the Asian/Asian American Track. Her work is founded on community values and archiving the oral histories of Filipino/a/x youth. Coming from the Big Island of Hawai’i to NYC, she found her east coast “home” through Liga Filipina and FIND, Inc. where she currently serves as a District III National Director. She is also a social media intern for Filipinx literary magazine, Marías at Sampaguitas and a marketing intern for Start Small Think Big, which empowers and supports small businesses. In 2016, she became a Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America Cohort 12 scholar, where she has cultivated friendships with other first-generation, low-income students. She loves devouring desserts, photography, vibing to music, and watching film  

ABOUT:Kasamahan Co, (previously named Reclaiming FIlipinx Identity)  is a platform that not only amplifies voices of Filipinos in Hawai'i but is also a platform that serves to create stories that seeks to create sustainable outlets that showcases our cultures, contextualizes Filipinx narratives and prompts dialogues. Our conversation speak to diverse experiences, identities and talents that are often overlooked, supressed or erased. By building connections between community members with those in the diaspora, and homeland, we hope to foster the next revolutionaries across the industries.

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Adventurous, passionate and empathetic, Kristiana is a 2nd Generation, born and raised in Oahu, Hawai’i’. Through her passion in poetry, and film photography that help best navigates the confusing aspects of culture and identity. She cares deeply about her communities, water polo and her family. 

Kasamahan Co, (previously named Reclaiming FIlipinx Identity)  is a platform that not only amplifies voices of Filipinos in Hawai'i but is also a platform that serves to create stories that seeks to create sustainable outlets that showcases our cultures, contextualizes Filipinx narratives and prompts dialogues. Our conversation speak to diverse experiences, identities and talents that are often overlooked, supressed or erased. By building connections between community members with those in the diaspora, and homeland, we hope to foster the next revolutionaries across the industries.

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If you want to be one of our BLOG WRITERS for our website, we are currently open for more OP-ED Articles, as well as POEMS, & Mediums that helped define what it means to RECLAIM OUR NARRATIVES, OUR FILIPINX/O/A IDENTITIES.

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Hardworker, Resillient and Kind Hearted, Angelika was born and raised on the island of O’ahu to Filipino Immigrants. Grew up specifically in Waipahu, where she was surrounded by the majority of the Filipino community. Recently graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA with a B.S in Kinesiology - Exercise Science, with a minor in Biology where she was involved in club organizations like Nā Hoaloha O Hawai’i, Asian Pacific Islander Student Association and the Northwest Filipino-American Student Association and held executive positions. She never had an interest in my culture and its rich history until she had left home and attended college. ‘Till this day, She continue to strive and learn more about myself, my family and the history about my fellow Filipino community with hopes of reclaiming my own narrative and the stories of others as well. Mental Health Kwentuhan, "Lets Talk About Filipino Values" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaqPio5M23g  

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Kasamahan Co, (previously named Reclaiming FIlipinx Identity)  is a platform that not only amplifies voices of Filipinos in Hawai'i but is also a platform that serves to create stories that seeks to create sustainable outlets that showcases our cultures, contextualizes Filipinx narratives and prompts dialogues. Our conversation speak to diverse experiences, identities and talents that are often overlooked, supressed or erased. By building connections between community members with those in the diaspora, and homeland, we hope to foster the next revolutionaries across the industries.

SUBSCRIBE for more Kasamahan Co on Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok & Twitter!

If you want to be one of our BLOG WRITERS for our website, we are currently open for more OP-ED Articles, as well as POEMS, & Mediums that helped define what it means to RECLAIM OUR NARRATIVES, OUR FILIPINX/O/A IDENTITIES.

Send us your submission here: https://forms.gle/cKgbYa6THAU1WZqu8

Be part of the Filipinx Mental Health discussion video: https://forms.gle/j6Y7r1wAKiKY5LJt5   Support Kasamahan Co through https://anchor.fm/kasamahancollective/support which helps fund short films and projects!

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Professor, Dad, Friend,  Brother, Grandson, His family is from Badian, Cebu and his great-grandparents left Cebu in 1919. His family is also Japanese, and his great-grandfather left Niigata in 1895. He grew up in Kahului, Maui, and is the youngest of four. He grew up in a working class background. He has been back to the Philippines -- Once to study at UP Diliman and another time to find family in Cebu. He ended up finding family and has got to be one of the most memorial experiences of his lifelihood. During this podcast episode, we talk about from his personal struggles, growing/upbringing experience through diverse conversations of what has been like growing up in Hawaiʻi as a mixed identity of both Filipino and Japanese.  

 BOOKS AND RESOURCES

 mentioned by Dr. Saranillio today:  "Blueʻs Hanging" by Lois Ann Yamanaka 

Asian Settler Colonialism: From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawai'i by Candace Fujikane

  Pasyon and Revolution: Popular Movements in the Philippines, 1840-1910 Paperback – April 1, 1997 by Reynaldo Clemena Ileto 

I Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita Dropping Keys by Haffid 

Visit https://nyu.academia.edu/DeanSaranillio  -- 

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Welcome to Reclaiming Filipinx Identity Podcast Show. Reclaiming Filipinx Identity is an independent Media company that is 100% self funded. Since creating a podcast that not only captures narratives for the Filipinx community in Hawaii. We also wanted to branch to a media company to bridge the gap with the many different Filipinos globally by creating an open space for healthy conversation.

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