The 2020 Pinays Rising scholarship attracted 115 applicants from across the United States, and raised over $16,000 in donations in just a few weeks.
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It has been a super informative process. The education we’re getting through this program is helping us to think about our external communication in a whole new light.
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I’m using new tech tools that I hadn’t utilized before, like Google Alerts, Google web analytics, Slack, and Zoom. I’m still working up the nerve to be on Twitter on a regular basis because now I know that’s where the journalists are.
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The Pinays Rising Scholarship was created by Filipina Rapper Ruby Ibarra and Dr Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, to promote the continuation of higher education while excelling in the areas of arts (visual, performance/music, conceptual, etc.) and/or community service and activism.
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Republika — the first retail & event space in the nation dedicated to supporting Filipino business in San Francisco — received an honorable mention in FastCompany’s ‘World Changing Ideas Awards 2020’ in the Social Justice category. The developing project is the result of a collaboration bringing together non-profit Kultivate Labs’ mission to build economic development in SOMA Pilipinas — the city’s newest Filipino Cultural Heritage District — and the design expertise of award-winning Studio O+A.
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Kultivate Labs, an organization that supports Filipino-owned businesses in San Francisco is launching #FilipinosFeedTheFrontlines, aiming to raise at least $100,000 and provide 10,000+ meals for Bay Area healthcare workers, scientists, and Filipino seniors/low-income families in the South of Market neighborhood.
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Kularts Makes Plans for Virtual Events
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South of Market Arts Orgs Balay Kreative and Kearny Street Workshop Deal With New Reality of Social Distancing
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New San Francisco Filipino Cultural Org ‘Balay Kreative’ Teams Up With Kearny Street Workshop For Immersive Theater, Pop up Dinner, Poetry and Art Experience.
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San Francisco and Oakland World Premiere of ‘In the Belly of the Eagle: Man@ng Is Deity’.
Kularts, the premier presenter of contemporary and tribal Pilipinx arts in the United States, is proud to present the world premiere of SF Legacy Artist Awardee, Alleluia Panis’s In the Belly of the Eagle: Man@ng is Deity; an immersive multimedia dance experience inspired by the lives of the ‘manong’ generation—the first wave of cheap imported Pilipinx laborers who powered the ever expanding needs of the developing United States empire.
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The national movement to introduce this history to a Pre-k-14 and beyond audience is rooted in grassroots organizing with educational communities to bring this work to school districts and major universities.
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Community Well is looking for a volunteer to assist with research and admin support to the Community Well Marketing Coordinator. A great opportunity to learn basic PR skills!
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Meet the “PR for the People” Spring 2020 batch! Excited to announce Hope Meng, Erina Alejo, Dara del Rosario (for SOMARTs Cultural Center), and Jean Chen (for Inkblot Gallery), will be participating in the six-month program that guides each participant through PapaLoDown Agency’s signature PR campaign system.
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Nick’s on Mission opens their doors today at 996 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103, serving Filipino plant based cuisine in the heart of San Francisco’s Filipino Cultural Heritage district, SOMA Pilipinas.
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From this PR campaign I am looking to bring a greater expanded awareness of prosperity in communities of women of color. I want to start a conversation that looks at prosperity as a multi-dimensional conversation that includes fulfillment, purpose, wellness, spirit, joy, and money through media channels that can help to amplify this message.
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Back in May of this year, I successfully ran a 30-day Kickstarter campaign and raised $23,350 USD for the production of this book. I’m now in the midst of making that book real and planning for its official launch on November 21st in Toronto and on December 8th in San Francisco.
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My PR Campaign aims to raise visibility about an augmented reality pop up that I’m hosting on October 19th, 2019 at Undiscovered SF. The series of interactive photos shares unique and meaningful stories from Filipino-American womxn and extends invitation to others to share their own stories.
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Through learning all of these different PR strategies with PapaLoDown, I've been able to enhance my marketing skills, and am generally more aware and in the loop of what is happening in the APA community, both locally and nationally, and that feels good!
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In general, I'm more aware now, of what themes are being written about in media, and to think about how those themes might relate to my own work. I'd also say that the role of PR has changed in my mind, from something vague and mysterious, to "story doula." It's about facilitating stories into existence.
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NBC News published an article this week, highlighting the impact Kearny Street Workshop and the 20th Anniversary of the APAture Festival has had on Hollywood’s APIA representation!
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