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Creator. Creative/Healing Justice Organizer. Liberation Educator. Transformative Community Builder.
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WE ARE STILL HERE Honoring Indigenous Resistance on Indigenous Peoples Day We are the descendants of great people Who never stopped singing our songs Dancing our dances and telling our stories Even when those who came to our lands To steal, silence, and erase us from this world Our people stood strong as mountains Even when they banned our language And ripped us from the land we love We continued and we persisted Through the heartache of losing so many And losing more than there are words for WE ARE STILL HERE We are the descendants of the survivors Survivors of genocides and holocausts We are made of their love and their courage WE ARE STILL HERE We are the future ancestors of great people People who will change this world for the better Who will be made up of our love and our courage WE ARE STILL HERE So don’t allow anyone to write or speak of us in past tense Our ways are still living and still evolving We are still dancing and we are still singing We are still protecting this sacred earth with all we got No matter how much they try to force us into poverty and oppression, we will continue to rise together To take care of one another because we got us And all of our ancestors got us too All of our living gods and goddesses got us too We will continue! We are not free until we are all free! Free Palestine Free the Congo Free Sudan Free West Papua Free Turtle Island Free Hawai‘i FREE US ALL! It will always be Landback, Bodies-back, Sovereignty-back, Everything Sacred Back! Kū Kia‘i Honua! May the warriors of this earth continue to rise like a mighty wave! I celebrate our resistance and our continued existence today and every day. Sharing this today because I was living indigenously yesterday at IPD New York. Reflections about returning to that ceremony coming in on the Kona winds. See you on the mauna! #indigenouspeoplesday 📸: @kapzphotography
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I had to get a mammogram this week :/ someone pls invent a new way to check out the health of our boobies that makes us feel like you give an eff about our feelings pls <3 Anyway, I felt pretty ick afterwards and decided I needed to soothe myself so I went on an adventure and finally made it to this Filipina American owned bookstore in Rockland County @sparklebookstore Check out their event this evening to celebrate Banned Books Week or go to their awesome shop anytime. I sat on the floor cross legged snuggling up to different books I was considering to pick up AND made an awesome new friend Saundra and we talked about our fun funds we were using at the book store to love on ourselves :) and talked about Charlie Brown and Peanuts psychology and giving shout outs to Franklin and PigPen <3 I found this book, “On a Magical Do Nothing Day” in the Children’s section and yelled over to her while she was paying for her books. “This is us!”, I said. She purchased the one copy in the store to commemorate our kindred spirit connection :) and we hugged our gagillionth embrace in our short meeting of one another. I also picked up a Blind Date Book which was so exciting when I gifted it to my partner for his birthday. You have no idea what’s inside but there are cute messages on the wrapping paper to help you sense if it may be aligned for a love connection - kinda like online dating, it can be a yikes or yowzers! I also found this cool map of Hudson Valley book stores and this stuffed mushroom that made me laugh. Anyway, it was a great reminder of good things and people in the world! I trust that one day the pillow soft mammogram machine will be invented because books that ignite our imaginations, motivate our spirits, and remind us of art, creativity, history, and our stories are here to help us <3 Go get your sparkle on at Sparkle Bookstore and thank Donna for her service!
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Te Ao Mana Makahiki ʻUmi 🎂🌺🥂 In 2016, Te Ao Mana began with a vision: to create space for our culture, for our people to be seen and heard, and for our stories to be shared and celebrated. Tatou Festival is a reflection of that belief. It’s more than an event on the calendar. It’s a place to dance, create, learn, ask questions, and grow together, face-to-face. More than anything, it’s a home. With over 40,000 Pacific Islanders calling New York City home, we’re here to keep our culture alive and our community strong. Through Pacific Island dance classes, cultural workshops, advocacy, and gatherings rooted in the traditions of Moana Nui, there’s a place for you here, whether you grew up on the islands or in the diaspora. Mahalo nui to our TAM Ohana who has been part of this journey 🙏🏽 This is your milestone as much as ours 🌊 Celebrate Makahiki ʻUmi (10 years) with us at Tatou Festival, October 16-18. 📲 teaomana.org/tickets #teaomana #tatoufestival #moananui #pacificislandfestival #nyc
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When I conduct movement interviews I love asking folks about food! Here is an excerpt of a movement interview where I got to move with and talk to the amazing @jlcreator about her incredible work with youth at @elpuentepresente @elpuenteacademy— El Puente is a human rights institution with a mission to inspire and nurture leadership for peace and justice— JL’s poignant stories and insights are heard throughout the performance “We Don’t Need the Sea to Drown” but in this clip you can hear how @sxipshireyofficial ‘s composition weaves in the importance of plátanos in with answers from other movement interviews on the subject of ecology and our connection to place through food. This is the part of the performance that the audience gets to walk through! It’s very important to me to include stories and do movement interviews with folks who are, or who represent institutions that are, hyper local to the place where the performances take place. WDNTSTD premiered @nationalsawdust in Williamsburg where El Puente has been a pillar of the community since 1982 when it was founded by Luis Garden Acosta, Frances Lucerna, and Eugenio Maldonado. gorgeous video and editing by @jaaaaaaycub #movementinterview #wedontneedtheseatodrown #sxipshirey #cocokarol
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it’s been a minute. i know. i don’t care about an algorithm; however what i do care about is the “importance of protecting sacred space”. this equinox reading comes to you via: @marcellakroll @birdkinmessages @kapwatarot | @jlcreator this spread is a cardinal cross, drawn on the night before Filipino Heritage Month in the US, the night before exiting Suicide Prevention Month, and days after exiting my Uranian return. to the west: (vulture) we are sunsetting the emergence of our toxic family patterns and making room for the authentic. the spaces that still need to breathe, the places that still need tending, the space that is protected at all cost: peace. to the south: (horse) our greatest accomplishments can only be found when we are truly exploring, playing, and finding out how to live and fall in love with our whole selves—child, adolescent, adult, elder. may all versions of you connect to the pilot light of your sacred flame, and burn bright, unapologetically. to the north: (divine masculine) may the direction in which we are inherently oriented always be in alignment with the divine law of protection, building, and guarding. utilizing and calling upon our men to become fathers, and believing they can do so, instead of hanging our heads in shame. the tide is shifting. to the east: (nuno s’a punso - the hermit) may we continue to accept the promise of our Self. that each day we rise, we greet the land, our breath, our sky—our whole self—so that we may be proper stewards to those we serve. this season, this recent Aries full moon, may all beings everywhere find peace, fulfillment and completion in this cycle and the next. #reading #oracle #cross #cards #autumn
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Point Point Joint at @wsa. A celebration of Filipino culture with Chefs @nicoleponseca and @woldykusina at @wsanyc in partnership with @careofchan. With distinguished guests, @zaldynyc and @qween_jean. Hosted by @valeria__moraga . With @tanduayrum
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🌀 a collection on building radical communities ✨ ❤️‍🔥 love our work? Help us plan out next season by sharing your feedback! #linkinbio Slide 11 @greatlakesgreatresponsibility Slide 17 @innercitystruggle
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COMPETITION GUIDELINES - AVAILABLE Dancers: Solos, duets, and groups can review the guidelines for participation and also get an idea of the judging criteria. Some items have slightly changed, be sure to be up to date. Fa’aitoito Tatou and see you all soon in NYC! #tatoufestival #oritahiticompetition #moananuiahiva #heivapasifika #nyc
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* SAVE THE DATE * October 16-18, 2026 Five Angels Theater Tatou Festival is NYC’s Pacific Island festival celebrating cultural heritage and artistic innovation. Highlights include an Ori Tahiti competition, a fashion exhibition, film@screenings, performances, an artisan market, and more. Bring your family and friends, build community, immerse in Pacific Island culture and ignite the future! Photo: @mahinahokustudios #tatoufestival #moananui #pacificislandfestival #nyc #pacificislandculture
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The move is happening. Packing up our 20-foot Madre Tierra is easily one of the hardest parts of leaving the El Puente Williamsburg HQ… For years, she stood wonderfully tall as the heartbeat and representation of our fight for environmental justice. It’s bittersweet to see her come down, but she isn’t staying behind in an empty room. We’ll carry her and what she stands for right into our new chapter. 🌿 Created by the wonderful and our dear friends, Joe Matunis in collaboration with Los Muralistas (Ana O’Keefe, Clara Parker and Jana Lynne Umipig) and Papel Machete/AgitArte, and Sylvia Hernandez. ¡La movimento sigue!
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A beautiful event about grief with @jlcreator and @emmalewisacker. Paraphrasing JL: when we do any work around justice, we are doing work around death. We fight for life. And in order to fight for life we also need to do work around death and dying.
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@elpuentepresente will always have a special place in my ♥️. This place gave me the space and opportunities to become the man I am today , which is someone I can look at in the mirror and be proud of. Performing on this stage for the last time was bittersweet. Biter because it was our last time but sweet because we knew it was our last time & having the opportunity to say thank you & goodbye is the greatest blessing we can have 🫶🏻
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