UHM Center for Philippine Studies

Indigo Child explores the effects of historical injustice on individuals - but now that we know, what can we do about it? On March 17th, come and watch CPS Co-Chair Dr. Patricia Halagao in conversation with Dr. Raymund Liongson for a pre-show talk story on "Learning and Taking Action Around Unjust Histories". Join us for a fruitful discussion on how they have used education as a tool for the youth to understand Filipino and Filipino-American history and connecting it to community sharing, advocacy, and organizing here in Hawaiʻi.

STUDENTS!! The Center for Philippine Studies is sponsoring a limited number of student tickets for March 17th, so sign up for your free ticket now! Link: https://forms.gle/yc26h4RFTAMmtPcRA!

General ticket sales
https://taghawaii.net/indigo-child

Our. Student Scholarship Application form is now available. Apply for assistance with projects and travel. Deadline is April 1.
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/philippine-studies/student-scholarships/

Join us on Saturday, December 13 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Hawaii Plantation Village

Sakada Day celebrations to honor contributions of Filipino plantation workers The Sakadas were courageous Filipino laborers who arrived in Hawaii beginning in 1906.

🌺 Honor the Legacy, Celebrate the Community! 🌺
Saturday, December 13, 2025 (10 AM - 2 PM) at Hawaii’s Plantation Village

Join us for the 2025 Sakada Day Celebration, a FREE event for all!
Come explore the powerful stories of the Sakadas, Hawai’i’s Filipino plantation workers, as uncovered by students from the Filipino History and Culture course.

Event Highlights:
• Explore insightful student projects
• Live performances
• Filipino food trucks
• A brand-new Fashion Show!

PLUS, you’ll have a chance to WIN A FLIGHT to the Philippines! ✈️
More information: bit.ly/sakadaday

Our first weekend of shows have been wonderful!
Buy your tickets for next weekend:
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/ditd/

UH Manoa dance production shares global Filipino experience, awakens cultural roots ⬇️

FAUW is proud to be a sponsor of Dancing in the Diaspora on Sunday, November 23, 2 p.m. at UH Manoa's Kennedy Theatre. We encourage all FAUW members, family, and friends to attend the Sunday performance, one of many events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the UHM Center for Philippine Studies.

✨ Get a piece of history ✨
In celebration of our production, limited edition Souvenir Program Booklets are now available for pre-order. Booklets will be available for pickup Nov 21-23.
Maraming salamat for your support as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary.

Order: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTEadecNA7VxFZoQdZsHlNpkjN36T9R1qlc49hEp6nJa0XKA/viewform

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Center for Philippine Studies and the Philippine Collection at Hamilton Library, the Cartographies of Skin and Soil: Tattoos, Resistance, and 1500s Philippine Colonial Maps exhibit was launched from Oct. 15 to 17 with a workshop series and traditional tattoo sessions. The exhibit will remain on display in Hamilton’s Asia Collection Reading Room through February 2026. The events at Hamilton Library drew more than 100 participants, who explored how Filipinos have long marked memory and resisted erasure through traditional tattoos, archival materials—including letters in classical Ilokano from the Philippine Revolution, underground papers from the Marcos Regime—and rare, original 1500s Philippine maps. These materials, preserved in the library’s Philippine Collection, highlight the ways cultural memory endures through both paper and skin. Elena Clariza explained that "hosting this workshop and exhibit within the library allows us to rethink what an archive can be, not only a repository of books and maps, but also a living space where ancestral knowledge and traditions such as tattooing are recognized as equally important" Salamat to all of our incredible speakers and attendees! Thank you to Elle Festin, Zel Festin, Kristine Angeles, and Ronna Ventigan of Spiritual Journey Tattoo Shop, and the Tatak ng Apat na Alon (Mark of the Four Waves) members—Cypress Bautista, Katrin Gabriel-Bloom, Margaret Nazareno, Paul Baretto, Dion Montero, Rob Daluson, and James LaPierr—along with Ben West and Maiana Minahal, for sharing your knowledge and for perpetuating traditional Filipino tattooing and history. This event was co-sponsored by the Spiritual Journey Tattoo Shop, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and the Center for Philippine Studies. Read the full sotry at go.hawaii.edu/mE7 #hamiltonlibrary #uhmānoa #uhmlibrary #hawaii #filipinotattoo #traditionalfilipinotattoo

Dance becomes a vessel for healing, connection, and cultural pride in "Dancing in the Diaspora." In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Center for Philippine Studies, let us honor the past while moving toward the future.

Info and link for tickets - https://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/ditd/