Filipino Artisan Marketplace and Incubator in San Francisco Acknowledged as ‘A World Changing Idea’ by FastCompany

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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#FilipinosFeedTheFrontlines Aims To Raise $100K To Provide Meals to Scientists, Healthcare Workers, and Residents of SOMA Pilipinas

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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Homeschool Hustle - Learning to homeschool and run your biz in the middle of a pandemic

Dave and I want to encourage parents that any anxiety they might be going through is normal, understandable but in retrospect is mostly based on pressures imposed by state standards or what is considered “normal”.  We’re here to testify that we made it out of the worry, tears, and doubt that came with our first year, and so can you!

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First Wave of Pilipinx American Immigrants 1910-1940 Reimagined in Multimedia Dance Theater Performance

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 #MeToo experience that became a catalyst for creating PapaLoDown Agency 10 years ago

Last year I was able to be part of the inaugural Entrepinays Summit, and shared a part of the story of how and why I created PapaLoDown Agency 10 years ago. Sharing this video has been something I’ve avoided because of how vulnerable I am recounting how I was sexually harassed and gaslighted by the CEO and co-workers of a company I was working for at the time.

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