http://salimahvaliani.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/briefing-note-an-analysis-of-the-recently-reformed-live-in-caregiver-program-in-canada/
Read an analysis of Canada's recently reformed Live-in Caregiver Program by Salimah Valiani, PhD.
http://salimahvaliani.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/briefing-note-an-analysis-of-the-recently-reformed-live-in-caregiver-program-in-canada/ Women's Self-Defense Course for Live-in Caregivers & Friends SATURDAYS November 1, 8, 22, & 29, 2014 This 4-week self-defense course is specially designed for Live-in Caregivers to learn how to create safety in their workplaces and communities. Please visit our event page for more details. Kwentong Bayan Collective are Artists-in-Residence at Art City St. James Town this summer! We will share how we work as a collective to make comics and produce collaborative art with children from the St. James Town neighbourhood. Our series of after-school and weekend workshops will explore themes of community, belonging, and friendship. This program is funded by the Toronto Arts Council in partnership with Art City Toronto. Kwentong Bayan is proud to co-present Labour + LOVE - A Celebration of Caregivers in collaboration with the Mayworks Festival. This event features storytelling, spoken word, and musical performances. Kwentong Bayan and CCESO (Caregiver Connections) will share stories by caregivers blended with live illustrations, projections, and audio soundscapes. Special guests include Mahlikah Awe:ri, Lishai, Han Fernandez, PANTAYO, Zak’isha Brown & Randell Adjei. Please visit our event page for more details. Kwentong Bayan Collective is excited to be Artists-in-Residence with the FLAME: Fruit Loopz Art & Mentorship Program for April and May 2014. We will share our process for making comics and facilitate a series of arts workshops for LGBTQI2S* Spectrum youth under 29. Themes include self care and community building. Our workshop series is named, Comics For The People, inspired by June Jordan's Poetry for the People. This art & mentorship program is presented in collaboration with S.O.Y. (Supporting Our Youth). All programs are free with limited spots available. Please register HERE On Sept 26, 2013, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. This victory will have a real impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers. We congratulate all the groups including Mujeres Unidas y Activas, the Women’s Collective of Dolores Street Community Services, Filipino Advocates for Justice and the National Domestic Workers Alliance for making a difference in the long journey towards justice for domestic workers. We attended a screening of ILO ILO at the Toronto International Film Festival and met director, Anthony Chen. He spoke about how Filipina domestic workers endure negative stereotypes in Singapore and how he wanted to humanize the portrayal of "Auntie Terry" as a complex and resilient person despite life's challenges. Thanks to everyone who came out to TALES FROM THE FLIPSIDE: OVER TIME, OVERSEAS - it was so good to see so many caregivers, community leaders, allies and artists, old friends and festival first-timers in the audience. Thanks to our community partners Carlos Bulosan Theatre (CBT), Kapisanan, and the KULTURA Festival; Leon Aureus, Artistic Producer and Martha Ocampo, co-founder of CBT for sharing their words; CBT playwrights, Fely O. Villasin and Bea Palanca for sharing their talents with the community; CBT actors, Karen Ancheta, Victoria Marie Sawal and Leon Aureus for sharing the stage with us; Artists, Leila Pourtavaf and Agata Mrozowsk from OCAD University's Public Action Thematic Residency for presenting their work and announcing our upcoming partnership for this fall; Ed Cortejos, our technician for lighting our stories; The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and Haudenosaunee Peoples for having newcomers and settlers as guests on their traditional territory; and our families/chosen families, friends/kaibigans who love and encourage us. Maraming Salamat Po, to the hard-working and generous caregivers who contribute so much to our community.
We honour your labour. May you be surrounded by love. Althea & Jo Illustrating and Writing Team Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love Carlos Bulosan Theatre (CBT) in partnership with KAPISANAN and with special guests Kwentong Bayan proudly present Tales from the Flipside : Over Time, Overseas as part of the 8th Annual KULTURA Filipino Arts Festival.
Carlos Bulosan Theatre presents a retrospective sampling of their past works featuring the stories of Filipina caregivers working overseas in search of better lives for themselves and their families. Tales from the Flipside: Over Time, Overseas - will feature scenes from one of CBT’s earliest productions – If My Mother Could See Me Now / Inay Kung Alam Mo Lang (1989), written by one of CBT’s founders and past Artistic Directors, Fely Villasin. This will be followed by a staged reading of Sana, a short play developed within CBT’s Novice Play Creation Unit and written by Bea Palanca, one of our community’s bright new voices. To conclude the program, CBT is honoured to be joined by the creators of Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love, a community comic book in collaboration with Filipina migrant workers in the Live-in Caregiver Program. Artists, Althea Balmes and Jo SiMalaya Alcampo will be speaking about their project and the current state of Philippine migrant workers in our community today. How much has changed? How much has stayed the same? Tales from the Flipside: Over Time, Overseas is part of Carlos Bulosan Theatre’s ongoing efforts to reconnect with our roots as they celebrate 30 years of producing theatre that reflects the social and political issues affecting the Filipino-Canadian community. They are striving to rediscover and redefine their company for the present and future and invite you to join us as we share and commemorate the stories of our people. "This is your theatre company." Date: Saturday August 10, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM Location: KAPISANAN, 167 Augusta Avenue (Toronto) Venue Accessibility: Basement with stairs, no elevator. Accessible washroom. For more info call (416) 979-0600 fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/523587011022012/ Maraming salamat to migrant worker advocacy group, Fuerza/Puwersa and Migrant Matters Radio for interviewing us about our community comic book for The Peak. Thanks to The Peak Collective for including our project in their latest publication: http://guelphpeak.org/vol52/2013/07/kwentong-bayan-illustrates-the-strength-of-filipino-caregivers-to-canada/
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