CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Friday, September 27, 2019
**POSTPONED** 6:00PM – 8:30PM | Emil Guillermo performance
Vanderholf studio theatre in Mondavi Center
Saturday, September 28, 2019
UC Davis Conference Center
7:00AM – 8:00AM | Check In
8:00AM – 9:00AM | Introduction/Opening Remarks
Dr. Robyn Rodriguez, UC Davis Asian American Studies, Director of the Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies
Tracie Noriega, President of Filipino American Educators Association of California
9:00AM – 9:50AM | Plenary #1, Ethnic Studies Advocacy
Dr. Robyn Rodriguez, UC Davis Asian American Studies, Director of the Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies
Artnelson Concordia, SFUSD ELA Core Curriculum /Humanities
Dillon Delvo, Little Manila Rising Co-Founder & Executive Director
10:00AM – 10:50AM | Breakout Session #1
"The Underrepresentation of AAPIs in Higher Education Administration and How to Fix It"
Cirian Villavicencio
Roundtable: "Asian Americans & Globalization:Oral History Projects"
Dr. Marie Lorraine Mallare-Jimenez, J.D., LL.M, S.J.D.
Roundtable: "Formative Experiences for Filipinxs in Higher Education"
Reuben Deleon, Lauren Higa, Angel Trazo, and Wayne Jopanda
Panel: "Silent Sacrifices Revisited: A Look Into Filipinx Mental Health in Napa and Solano Counties"
Nicollette Morales , Napa Valley Education Foundation
Ricardo Iglesias III, Fighting Back Partnership Vallejo
Workshop: Building Leadership Capacity in the Filipino American Educators" Dr. Ramon Cusi
11:00AM – 12:00PM | Plenary #2, Ethnic Studies Curriculum and Pedagogy
Dr. Allyson Tintiangco Cubales, San Francisco State University Asian American Studies, Founding Director of Pin@y Educational Partnerships
Jaynee Ruiz, Tennyson High School
Tina Bobadilla Mastel, New Haven School District
12:00PM – 1:00PM | Lunch
1:10PM – 2:00PM | Breakout Session #2
Roundtable: "A Retrospect & Revisit of Silent Sacrifices: Voices of the Filipino American Family"
Judy Patacsil, Psy.D. Professor/Clinician President FANHS National
Marc Pescadera San Diego State University Graduate Student Vice President - FANHS San Diego
Language Panel: "Filipino Language Movement in California"
Ivy Daulo (Council for Teaching Filipino Language and Culture)
with co-presenter Jairus Ramos (Asian American Studies, B.A.)
Marie Lorraine Mallare-Jimenez J.D., LL.M, S.J.D. (Ethnic Studies, California State University, Sacramento)
Combined Panel: "Malasakit: The Unexamined Emotional Care Work of Pin@y Educators Promoting Mental Health Among Pin@y Adolescent Students" Hillary Peregrina; "The Significance of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion on the Well-Being of Filipino-American Young Adults" Roderick Penalosa
Panel: "Lakas Mentorship Program: Implementing a Community-Based Leadership Development Model in Suburban Los Angeles" Lakas Mentorship Program 2019 Staff
Workshop: "Navigating Our Intersectional Identities and Perspectives as Filipinx American Educators" Sarah Day Dayon
2:10PM – 3:10PM | Plenary #3, Hip Hop Education
Kuttin Kandi, Turntablist, Deejay, Activist, Hip-Hop Advocate
Matt Ledesma, Adviser for CIPHER, (Center for Innovative Practices through Hip-Hop Education and Research)
Dr. Mike Viola, Associate professor at Saint Mary’s College of California Justice, Community, and Leadership and Affiliate faculty at Saint Mary’s College of California Ethnic Studies
Paulskeee, Founder of Mighty4 Arts Foundation
3:20PM – 4:10PM | Breakout Session #3
Workshop: "Teaching Filipino Youth About Healthy Relationships" My Sister's House and Nilda
Workshop: "Classroom Frameworks of Empowerment focused on Mental Health"
Dr. Lily Ann Villaraza, Dr. Raju Singh, Dr. Rod Penalosa, Maica Porcadas
Workshop: "100 Years of Filipinos in US History, Know History Know Self" Terry Teresita Bautista
Presentation:"Clinical and Educational Implications of Research on Filipinx Americans Sense of Self and Belonging"
Cory Reano, MA, Ed.D. (2020)
Jean-Arellia Tolentino, Psy.D.
Adeleine Conanan Liang, Psy.D.
Jacqueline O. Jimenez, Psy.D.
Workshop: "Teaching and Exploring Pin[a/x]yist Pathways to Liberation"
DJ Kuttin Kandi and Dr. Amanda Solomon Amorao
4:20PM – 5:10PM | Breakout Session #4
Workshop: "More Than Just Jollibee and Lumpia: Representation of Filipinx Foods in Communities, Cuisine Industries, and Ethnic Enclaves "
BRIDGE Pilipinx Outreach and Retention and Celin Corpuz
Workshop: "Remain Ahead of the Curve: Innovating Tech in the Classroom" Kevin Casasola
Workshop: "We're Not Dance Suites!": Addressing Katutubo/American Identities & Issues Outside of Folk Dances & 'Decolonized' Filipinx Spaces" Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez
Workshop: "Into, Through, and Beyond: Promoting Filipin@ Student Success with the Kababayan Learning Community at Skyline College"
Liza Erpelo
Joedel Peñaranda, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant
Crystal Ayop, Counselor and Kapatiran Seminar Instructor
Workshop: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Filipinx Youth and Their Families in schools"
Robin Castel Navarro, SFUSD School Social Worker
Freedom Siyam, Balboa HS Principal
Jerel Baldomero, African American Achievement & Leadership Data Analyst
5:10PM – 5:50PM | Transition to Cocktail Reception/Dinner
6:30PM – 10:00PM | Dinner & Dance ft. DJ Jon Reyes
PERFORMERS:
Kultura Kapwa
This dynamic ensemble presents the pre-colonial music, dance, and attire traditions of Mindanao, Southern Philippines and Kalinga, Northern Philippines. All trained in the traditional manner by indigenous Philippine culture bearers, the Kultura Kapwa musicians and dancers take pride in introducing young people to the joyful and unifying power of tribal Philippine polyrhythmic percussion music, song and dance.
Emil Guillermo
Teaser from his show "Journalist and former NPR host Emil Guillermo - winner of an American Book Award - takes his stage in an often funny and poignant one-man show about race, colonization, Filipinos, NPR, Harvard, and justice in America.
Sunday, September 29, 2019
UC Davis Alumni Center
8:00AM – 9:00AM | Check In
9:00AM – 9:50AM | Plenary #4, Issues in Education
Lily Ann Villaraza, City College of San Francisco Philippine Studies
Noel Abalos
10:10AM – 11:10AM | Plenary #5, Legislative Advocacy
Angelica Cortez, Founder of LEAD Filipino
Cha Vang, Executive Director of Hmong Innovating Politics
Cat Nou, Chief Consultant for the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus
11:10AM – 11:30PM | Closing Remarks
11:45PM – 1:00PM | Lunch & Lobby Day Training and Strategy Session (For Participants Attending Monday Advocacy Day)
1:10PM – 3:00PM | Bulosan & Asian American Studies Department Mini Tour
Hart Hall
Monday, September 30, 2019
Advocacy Day
9:00AM – 9:30AM
Welcome and Meet at State Capitol Steps Facing L Street
9:30AM – 3:45PM
Lobbying
3:45PM
Closing Remarks
**Schedule subject to change**