UCLA Department of Gender Studies

UCLA Gender Studies Senior, Pamela Gwen Ramos a.k.a Mango Gwen is honored to invite y’all to BULYO NING YATU, a fundraiser to provide earthquake relief and rehabilitation to victims of the recent 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 and 6.9-magnitude earthquakes that erupted in Cotabato in Mindanao, Philippines. In Kapampangan, “bulyo ning yatu” translates to “Screams of the Earth.”
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I urge us to build unity on the faultlines and frontlines. The lands of Cotabato are screaming in tectonic combustions. To answer our land’s outcry, I call us into battle. Together. Let us weave together our talents, skills, resources, and diverse experiences. All proceeds will go to ’s upcoming earthquake relief missions in affected areas.
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✊🏾Unite with us on Saturday January 25, 2020 at , a multi-disciplinary, autonomous space run by a collective of Zapatista inspired El Sereno residents, for.....
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🥭A teach-in hosted by about the organizing work of , a grassroots organization comprised of Lumad (indigenous) womxn of Mindanao, Philippines
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🥭A Kapampangan opening circle honoring Tongva land, Cotabato, Eastside Cafe LA, and the 4 directions by and
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🥭Performancence art by & drag queen performance by glam rockstar
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🥭DJ sets by .nestalgic
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🥭Music by the Bay Area’s .wave
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🥭QTPOC Core & Punk music by my band , , and
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🥭Live screenprinting by (bring your own clothes/tote bags to print!)
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🥭Art (Zines, Stickers, Prints, Paintings, & more!) by , , and + Tea by
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🥭Delicious Filipino food by & vegan Filipino baked goods by
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🌴DONATIONS AT THE DOOR DOOR: $10-20 // NOTAFLOF
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🗓Kindly save the date and share event information for BULYO NING YATU with your circles & trusted networks! RSVP link is in my bio!
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🌏Flier by the incredible NY-based motion designer ! @ Eastside Café

Hello beloved QScholars team!
Welcome back to UCLAlalala Land.

Let's reconnect & begin planning the QScholars 2020 of our wildest most liberatory, equitable, and transformative dreams! :~~~)

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So excited to co-organize such a special planet with you all!

Doodle: Winter Quarter QScholars 2020 Community Meetings Hello beloved QScholars team! Welcome back to UCLAlalala Land. Let's reconnect & begin planning the QScholars 2020 of our wildest most liberatory, equitable, and transformative dreams! :~~~)

Mirrored Fatality is Q***r brown femme performance art duo, Pam Gwen and Samar Mirrored Fatality honors metamorphosis as ritual. They share their ancestral wisdom, rage, and regeneration through experimental and healing punk. Mirrored Fatality curates portals centered on healing and transformative justice. Influenced by their experiences as musicians in the Los Angeles DIY punk scene, transnational grassroots organizers for prison abolition and anti-militarism, UCLA Gender Studies undergraduate students equipping Q***r theory as praxis-Mirrored Fatality ignites your long awaited catharsis. Grounded in radical love, Mirrored Fatality builds a community of artists, healers, organizers, and activists as they travel and tour. Will you join them in imagining the future we’ve all been waiting for? Experience Mirrored Fatality’s reflections and bear witness to your highest, truest self.
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Undergraduate Gender Studies students Pam Gwen & Samar present their collaborative honors thesis “Biomimicry Q***r Transmutation” and perform as Mirrored Fatality for Azza Basarudin’s Introduction to Gender Studies 10 class. Join them at 11:30am at Bunche 1209B!

Urgent Call for Earthquake Relief Funds:
Venmo // Paypal paypal.me/sabokahan → Add note “[Your Location] x Earthquake Relief”
All donations welcome! Every $30 will provide basic relief (food, water, and medical supplies) to a family. $700 will rebuild a family’s home. -----
LIYANG NETWORK MINDANAO EARTHQUAKE UPDATES!

Sending so much gratitude to folx donating relief funds to the earthquake victims of Mindanao. Thanks to your transnational solidarity and efforts, we have fundraised $1,326. The donations have gone towards providing relief to individuals and families in to Tulunan, Kidapwanan, Digos, Makilala, and Magsaysay in Cotabato, Mindanao. However, the effects of Mindanao’s 6.3, 6.5, and 6.6-magnitude earthquakes and landslides continue to devastate communities.
As of November 12, 261,700+ people were affected, 24 were killed, over 562 were injured, and 36,000+ houses have been destroyed. 1,398 schools in Mindanao have catastrophically crumbled. MISFI Academy in North Cotabato, an alternative, community-based Lumad school already facing militarization and government attacks, is among the affected schools.
The education of millions of children is in danger. Shaken up and fearful students refuse to attend class in Mindanao’s makeshift learning facilities in tents and Lumad (indigenous) schools and evacuation centers.

Victims are starving, dehydrated, and struggling with PTSD and depression. Folx refuse to sleep inside their rooms, sleeping in tents and common areas of evacuation centers so they can easily run if more earthquakes transpire. Anxious folx struggle to recover, riddled with fear and uncertainty of unpredictable earthquakes.

Lumad communities and Sabokahan politically choose to evacuate their homes to protest the militarization and human rights violations of their communities. The Mindanao human-induced earthquakes caused 109,800+ to evacuate- desecrating victims, forcing them to evacuate without a choice. @ Mindanao, Philippines

UCLA Graduate Department of Gender Studies at The National Women’s Studies Association 2019! @ Hilton San Francisco Union Square

LIYANG NETWORK: URGENT CALL FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUNDS!

Between October 16 and 31st, 6.3, 6.5, and 6.6-magnitude earthquakes struck Cotabato in Mindanao, Philippines. We must weave together our talents, skills, resources, and diverse experiences to provide earthquake relief to victims.

Mindanao has 1.3 trillion mineral resources. Mindanao’s abundance of silver, nickel, iron, gold, copper, chrome, limestone, and more constructs the island as the “Mining Capital of Asia.” Mining and dams produce the deadliest earthquakes and highest number of human-induced earthquakes worldwide.

Reservoir-induced seismicity (RIS) and the drilling of earth in Mindanao ignites tectonic strain, catalyzing earthquakes. Multinational extractive industries mine and build dams and railways in Mindanao, displacing and killing its local people.

In the barangay Makilala alone, the earthquakes destroyed all of the 357 households. Misfi Academy, a LUMAD school in North Cotabato already facing militarization and government attacks- tragically collapsed.

As of November 5, the earthquakes affected 231,200+ people, killed 21+ folx, injured 421+ people, caused 36,100+ to evacuate, and destroyed 22,279+ houses and 1,075+ schools.

The Philippine Department of Education declared it will take one year to rebuild public infrastructures.

Liyang Network urges us to build unity on the faultlines and frontlines.

Our Earth is screaming in tectonic combustions.

We must passionately support the self determination of Lumad land defenders protecting their ancestral lands through environmental justice.

Provide support and solidarity by donating earthquake relief funds to feed and provide medical support to Tulunan, Kidapwanan, Digos, Makilala, and Magsaysay in Cotabato, Mindanao.

Venmo or Paypal: paypal.me/sabokahan and add the note “Earthquake Relief.”

Be inspired to repost these posters and blast this information with your loved ones and communities.