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Plantable Seed Paper Playshop

We’re grateful to be back in community to offer this Kapwa Playshop on July 22 and 23, 2023.

Make plantable seed paper and write love letters as an offering to the land 💓🌿 Co-facilitated by members of Kapwa Collective and presented by Musagetes as part of Seed School. This Kapwa Playshop will take place over two days, in an outdoor garden on the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, now known as in Guelph, Ontario at the ReMediate Pollinator Garden. Our intention is to heal ourselves, our communities, and our relationship to the land.

On day one, we will recycle letters, journals and other documents of the past and create plantable paper embedded with native seeds.

On day two, we will write letters to the land including our commitments for the future, and plant the seed paper in a local garden.

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Donning my traditional Maranao clothing for #TBOLIxTO. So good to be connecting to my Mindanao roots here in Toronto. Thanks to #KapwaCollective for making it happen! (at Artscape Youngplace)

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"YOUR EGO IS NOT YOUR AMIGO"

An online sharing by Maria Montejo, supported by Kapwa Collective

Maria Montejo (Mam Jakaltec/Popti Indigenous Knowledge Keeper) will share teachings and guide us in reflecting on our relationships with ourselves, each other, and the land.

Date: Saturday July 18, 2020

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EST)

Format: Zoom Webinar

Limited space. Registration required. Please email Christine at kapwacollective@gmail.com for more info.

Suggested donation: $20 (CAN) or Pay-What-You-Can

All proceeds will go towards the “Your Ego Is Not Your Amigo” Conference to be organized by Maria Montejo

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MARIA MONTEJO (Deer clan) is an educator, motivational speaker, and consultant on Indigenous ways of life and practices. She is a member of the Mayan Popti community of Indigenous people who reside in the Xajla territory of Guatemala.

In addition to her formal schooling, Maria has been mentored from a young age by various Grandmothers, Medicine people and Traditional Teachers on Turtle Island and from Central and South America. Maria has had the privilege of being exposed and participating in various ceremonies and traditional cultural practices that have fueled her passion to develop programming that will bridge the Newtonian/allopathic model of wellness and an Indigenous/multi-dimensional approach.

Maria has facilitated the R.E.A.L. School Leadership and Native Wilderness Survival Skills Development program in various Indigenous communities throughout Canada, United States, San Lucas Guatemala and is currently working on running the program internationally. R.E.A.L. School is an Indigenous scientific based life skills program that uses interactive activities to guide participants through the 7C’s curriculum for the purpose of connecting them to their authentic self (spirit).

KAPWA COLLECTIVE is a group of Filipinx-Canadian artists, critical thinkers, and healers who work towards bridging narratives between the Indigenous and the Diasporic, and the Filipinx + the Canadian.

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Miigwetch Niá:wen Maraming Salamat Tey Bong S'lamat to Great Lakes Water Walk for sharing:

"The Nibi Song - written by Doreen Day - is a song acknowledging and honouring the water. Anishinaabe Grandmothers and walkers will sing Nibi song as part of the Water Ceremony during #GLWW17 🙏🌊

We invite you to learn the song so you can sing with us on Sept 24th and its origin story here": http://www.motherearthwaterwalk.com/?attachment_id=2244

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The Great Lakes Water Walk is an open invitation to all people to join an Indigenous-led Water Walk to honor Nibi (Water). Following Anishinaabe ceremonial protocols, Grandmothers and Elders will make water offerings, sing water songs and make petitions for our water to be clean and pure. The Walk will take place on Sunday, September 24, 2017 along the Tkaronto waterfront with a concluding ceremony at Marilyn Bell Park.

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Kapwa Collective and PACHA Arts co-present WAYS of WEAVING a zero-waste weaving playshop with special guests, Maria Montejo & Cynthia Alberto Date: Friday, April 5, 2019 Time: 6-9 pm Location: 519 Church Street Community Centre, Toronto Suggested donation: $40 (All materials provided) *Proceeds go toward supporting the 4th International Babaylan Conference (www.centerforbabaylanstudies.org) >><< Access: The closest accessible subway station is WELLESLEY. The 519 is a fully accessible building with gender inclusive washrooms. 2SLGBTIQ* Positive space. >><< ***To register, please send an email with your name and send e-transfer to: kapwacollective@gmail.com >><< Playshop Description: Maria Montejo and Kapwa Collective will share stories of Mayan weaving and indigenous weaving practices of the Philippines. Guest artist, Cynthia Alberto (Weaving Hand, NYC) will introduce the concept of zero-waste weaving. She will demonstrate basic weaving techniques, share woven tapestries, and teach us how sustainable weaving practices can benefit the environment. Participants will receive a wooden frame and learn how to make their own looms, then we will weave together! All materials are provided but participants are encouraged to bring recyclable and fabric-based items (i.e. plastic or paper bags, used clothing, etc.) to weave into their projects. Everyone can take their looms home! >><<  Bios: 

Maria Montejo (Deer clan) is a member of the Jakaltec/Popti (Mayan) community of Indigenous people. In addition to her formal schooling, Maria has been mentored from a young age by various Elders, Medicine people and Traditional Teachers on Turtle Island and from Central and South America. Cynthia Alberto is an artist, designer, and founder of the Brooklyn-based healing arts studio Weaving Hand, Cynthia Alberto seeks to bridge traditional and contemporary weaving techniques, drawing inspiration from ancient communities of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Her artwork, performances, and public weaving projects honour traditional and artisanal techniques while also incorporating unconventional materials and a zero-waste philosophy. Throughout her artwork and teaching, Alberto continuously explores the many intersections between weaving and healing, as well as craft and sustainability. Kapwa Collective is a mutual support group of Filipino-Canadian artists, critical thinkers, and healers who work towards bridging narratives between the Indigenous and the Diasporic, and the Filipino and the Canadian. We are co-presenting the 4th International Babaylan Conference on September 20-22, 2019. www.centerforbabaylanstudies.org PACHA Indigenous Arts Collection is a family run business. Pacha (meaning "earth" in Kichwa) aims to showcase the best of indigenous arts and crafts. https://www.pachaarts.com 

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You’re invited to an historic encounter...

The Third International Babaylan Conference co-presented Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Society and the Center for Babaylan Studies will be held on September 23-25, 2016.

Venue: YMCA Camp Elphinstone on the Sunshine Coast Unceded Coast Salish Territories.

Theme: MAKASAYSAYANG PAGTATAGPO (HISTORIC ENCOUNTER): FILIPINOS AND INDIGENOUS  TURTLE ISLANDERS REVITALIZING ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS TOGETHER 

More info: www.babaylan.net

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BY JANA LYNNE UMIPIG

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SALAMAT for two sold out shows, two engaging talk back sessions with The Journey of a Brown Girl cast and crew, great food from Kanto by Tita Flips, and awesome support form our volunteers and community partners.

SALAMAT to Amy Desjarlais (Earthtalker Water Project), Ester DulawanTuldague (Ifugao Association of Canada), Pantayo, and Combat Science - Warrior Arts of Asia for their meaningful solidarity presentations.

Heartfelt gratitude and respect to our ‪#‎JoBG‬ kapwa and our communities for going on this journey with us!

Together we dream this intersectional bridging narrative into action.

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Kapwa Collective presents the Canadian premiere of “The Journey of a Brown Girl”, an Experimental Theatre Movement from New York for 2 SHOWS ONLY!

Friday August 28 & Saturday August 29, 2015 at Toronto’s historic Factory Theatre.

Get advance tickets at: http://thejourneyofabrowngirlto.eventbrite.ca/

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Sneak peek at what is Journeying our way from New York!

Kapwa Collective presents The Journey of a Brown Girl in Toronto 2 SHOWS ONLY: Friday August 28 & Saturday August 29

TICKETS: $15 - $18 Sliding Scale (In Advance) / $20 at the Door. Get advance tickets at: http://thejourneyofabrowngirlto.eventbrite.ca/

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PLEASE SHARE! Kapwa Collective's T'BOLI x TORONTO teaser video. Music by Alexander Junior, "WILD". http://kapwacollective.tumblr.com/post/78244253773

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On Sunday, November 10, 2013 the Kapwa Collective had a retreat Meeting with Our Ancestors facilitated by Lanaape Traditional Healer and Wolf Clan member, Laini Lascelles.

Laini Lascelles, also known as Good Spirit Woman is a Lanaape healer, originally from the Delaware Nation, Moravian of the Thames near Chatham, Ontario. She has worked several years in the First Nations community on and off reserve as a Counsellor in the addiction and mental health field. During this time she gained strength and knowledge through the traditional ways, advocating for success and positive solutions in the First Nations communities.  In Toronto, Laini attended Kokorodojo for Shiatsu training to promote healing and wellness. It was through the healers who recognized the gift in her hands and encouraged her to pursue further development. She now combines traditional counselling with Shiatsu in her life’s work operating her own business, “Good Spirit Healing & Wellness”. Laini shares the wisdom from experience and teachings from traditional beliefs and practices of the Ancestors. She offers this natural healing experience through the gift of finding harmony and balance in the body. 

Meeting with Our Ancestors was a space for the Kapwa Collective to learn with Laini on ways the collective can holistically process the ancestral knowledge received and ways to manifest ideas and dreams within our communities, within our own healing work within ourselves and in working with others.

During our Meeting with Our Ancestors, the collective felt grief and concern for their Kababayans in the Visayan Islands and throughout the Philippines during this sensitive time of the aftereffects of Typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda. Kapwa Collective recognizes the deep and immediate need for relief efforts and sending light & prayer to all people effected by this devastating event.

The Kapwa Collective will be posting community relief efforts and events on the Facebook page as they come. 

With the collective hearts heavy with the what is happening in the homeland, they were reminded by Laini to receive the ‘calling’ or responsibilities with greater attention to self-care, acknowledging our ancestors by giving thanks, and using the medicine that has been taught to us. Our medicine is in our language, songs & music, herbal & plant medicine, rituals, prayers, and can be found in recovering our own personal stories and ancestry.

Miigwech (Thank You) Laini for gifting the Kapwa Collective with your teachings and the sharing of your stories and knowledge of your people. As visitors and settlers of Turtle Island, the Kapwa Collective thank you for sharing this special Meeting with Our Ancestors.

Thank you to Kula Yoga Studio in the Annex for offering your space as a positive meeting space for the Kapwa Collective and Laini Lascelles with our ancestors.The Kapwa Collective hopes to work with you again and to support your positive space initiatives and continue healing within the Toronto community.

Kula Annex offers 50+ yoga classes per week, workshops, family programming & teacher trainings. Kula Annex classes include gentle, hot, restorative, flow, yin, and power classes with an emphasis on alignment and intention. Kula Annex teachers are unique, creative, and compassionate beings devoted to sharing the knowledge they have gathered on their journeys through life.

Kula Annex’s unique programming and positive space initiatives include Yoga with Child Care on Fridays at 5pm, Queer yoga on Wednesdays at 5:30pm and Brown Girls Yoga on Wednesdays at 9pm

To see more:

Kula Yoga Annex Website: http://annex.mykula.org/

Kula Yoga Annex Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kula.annex

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this BATOK poster features three Filipina-Canadians who journeyed to Kalinga to receive the gift for tattoo from Apo Whang-Od, the oldest tattoo practitioner in the region using indigenous designs - come listen to their stories on November 3, 2012

Full event details:  http://kapwacollective.tumblr.com/events