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How to help bail out  BLM protesters when you live in the Philippines (and probably other countries)

Avoid large fees or get around accounts’ international transfer restrictions by donating with cryptocurrency to The Bail Project.

1. Set up account on cryptowallet service. Example: coins.ph (also has mobile app). You will need to verify your account with a phone #, government ID photos, and  selfie of you holding the ID. A warning that creating an etherium wallet with them comes with a small fee of 80 PHP, but it seems their Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ripple wallets don’t cost anything. I just use the Bitcoin wallet.

2. Transfer money into wallet through bank transfer (Metrobank, Landbank, Eastwest, PNB, etc.), over-the-counter at Union Bank, remittance centers (Palawan, M Lhullier, Tambunting), touchpay/posible kiosks, and other E-wallets (PayMaya, GCash). Instructions available in-app. You will need to verify you account first through ID and photo to access bank transfer, but I don’t think you need to verify for kiosk and remittance cash-in.

3.Convert cash to cryptocurrency.

4. Send to The Bail Project. Scan the QR Code (all available coins.ph currencies) or copy-paste the Bitcoin wallet address.

5. Choose amount, and send.

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So let it be known, if you don’t already: Pinays have always been part and parcel, if not imperative and critical to the struggle. Filipinas are no strangers to wielding our own power. Of all the privileges that exist in this world--none of which you may be a benefactor of--There is at least one you bear. And that is the privilege of having been born a Filipina. Your DNA contains building blocks made from the mud of over 500 years of resistance and survival. And when you are ready, sis, we’ll be right here.

--Faith Santilla

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On my way to work and god decided to bless me with his microaggression presented by an Asian woman and white man. Honestly how disrespectful can nonblack people get like y'all audacious and disgusting as fuck

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05/31/17

Actress Asia Jackson Wants to Take on ‘Colorism,’ Redefine Filipino Beauty

Last October for Filipino American Heritage Month, Jackson wanted to start a social conversation challenging whitewashed beauty standards. She developed a hashtag around the phrase “magandang moreno/a,” which in Tagalog translates to “beautiful brown skin” and is inclusive of all genders.

She repeated the hashtag again on May 5 for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), getting a following from Filipinos both in the U.S. and Philippines. People were posting selfies, loving and embracing their morena skin, mixed ethnicities, and tan bodies, she said.

“I didn’t know there were so many people like me…it made me emotional,” Jackson said. “A lot of people were telling me their experiences growing up were similar. Now I know I have to be more vocal about this sort of thing.”

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KABUL EXPLOSION

There was a huge explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed dozens of people. As of now, 80 people have been killed and over 300 injured, but the death toll will most likely rise. The motive behind the explosion is not yet released, but this is known to be the deadliest attack in the Afghan war. The explosion was so big, it shook the city’s center.  Here is a recent update from the NY Times: 

Just because this didn’t happen in a western country doesn’t mean that it doesn’t deserve a lot of attention. If this happened in Europe or America, it would be on the news for days. Please keep Afghanistan in your thoughts and prayers, and know that terrorism targets ANYONE. 

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Pinoy Problems

Have you ever asked for ketchup and your magulang just chopped up a tomato and sprinkled some salt and krill on it?

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Lessons from Nanay Eudocia’s Life: Slavery and the Filipino Obligation

On a somber note to end Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, let’s remember that the fight for justice in our communities hasn’t finished just because some of us fit the model minority stereotype. You’ve probably read the story about Eudocia Tomas Pulido, a Filipino woman who spent 56 years of her life in slavery for the Asuncion-Tizon Family, who called her Lola. Her story has brought out outrage and tears from an international audience. We shouldn’t forget Nanay Eudocia’s life because hers is the story of so many.

You might have thought her story to be an anomaly. But how many of you know of Filipinos, especially women, getting employed as caregivers and not getting paid and put in inadequate living quarters? Or being forced into an arranged marriage to secure a life abroad for her and her family? Or on the other side of matters, how many of you know of Filipinos who own those carehomes or have encouraged or arranged those marriages? How many of you know of Filipino landowners with exploited tenant farmers who are kept in poverty? How many of you have family who hit their katulong?

When we take these experiences into account, we realize that slavery isn’t far off from any one of us. We have family that are both oppressors and the oppressed.

You might get told by the “casual” racists that slavery is in the past, so there’s no use in getting upset about it now. But the righteous anger you feel when coming across stories like Nanay Eudocia’s is a sign that your sense of compassion and justice is working. It’s telling you to take action against systems of oppression and exploitation, including cultural attitudes that excuse acts of physical and economic violence. Because the effects of slavery aren’t just in the past. The victims of slavery and their descendants exist now. And now is when we should take action.

Report slavery in the UK 

Report slavery in the US

Report slavery in Australia

Report slavery in New Zealand

Report slavery in Canada and other resources

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Still Star-Crossed on tonight

ABC is showing episode 1 “In Fair Verona, Where We Lay Our Scene” again tonight at 10:00.

So if you missed it on Monday now is your chance. If you caught it on Monday and you loved it as much as I did maybe give it a rewatch before next week’s episode.

Also it is available at abc.com if you can’t catch it tonight either. Let’s show them how much we love this show!

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"I bite into my mango."

Literally every diaspora kid ever: “I was caught between two worlds; unaccepted in each. I was a foreigner wherever I went, only partially belonging to any land or people. The monsoon rains shed the tears that I cannot. I bite into my mango, letting the juice drip down my chin. The sticky sweetness of it clinging to me like my grief. I am a wanderer, belonging nowhere and everywhere. I blast the latest Coldplay, wondering what will become of me and the dissonance I was born into”

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Our fellow Pinay, Nicole Scherzinger, performs “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” for a 2017 version of Dirty Dancing.

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Hi J. How are you? Hope you're safe there in Mindanao. God bless and stay safe always!

I woke up late today, and I still feel the sting of the pain from yesterday’s news. Only 100 km away from my hometown, the small city of Marawi—the capital city of the province of Lanao del Sur on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines—was attacked by a violent extremist group who pledged allegiance to ISIS. Marawi is only approximately a two and a half-hour drive away from here. We are two and a half hours away from chaos and uncertainty. Two and a half hours away from the gunshots and burned down buildings.

Martial law was declared for the whole island of Mindanao last night, effective immediately. This will go on for 60 days at least. But today, I brushed my teeth anyway, and I put my heart on my sleeves. Although I am aware that our constitution was already crafted to protect the people after the Marcos regime, I am still unsure how to feel about it. But I am okay. 

Who’s not okay are the people in Marawi. I have friends, and friends of friends who are still stuck somewhere in the city since last night, unable to go home or evacuate as there are still gunshots heard from time to time. I do not know them personally, but I do know this: In these moments of darkness, we shine brighter. In these moments of sorrow, we are one with them. I am not religious, but for now, I continue to #PrayforMarawi. It is the least we can do. But it may be the most we can do as well. 

Thank you for thinking about me. I hope you think about our brothers and sisters in Marawi too. They need our prayers and help now more than ever. 

Click this link to know how and where you can help. Follow our social campaign, I am Mindanao, on Facebook for updates. 

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We are Filipinos!

We might be divided by the islands, by the cultures, the languages and religious denominations but it does not mean we will leave each other behind.

I pray for the safety of my fellow men on the south. They do not deserve such mistreatment anf cruelty.

#prayformarawi

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Sorry po na may ganyan na walang awa para sa inyo. Pag-asa ko po na safe kayong lahat.

MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO

Please stop discriminating us here in Mindanao. Not because hindi kayo taga rito, not because hindi kayo tumatamasa ng mga ganitong bagay e mas dinadown nyo kami. Ano tingin nyo saming mga taga Mindanao ? Peste dito sa Pilipinas ? Mga tao din kami. Sa nagsabing dapat hindi kami pagtuonan ng pansin ng pangulo dahil wala naman kaming silbi sa lipunan, may God bless your soul po. Kahit dasal na lang i ambag nyo para makatulong samin. Sapat na para samin. Nakakasakit kayo ng damdamin. Konting malasakit naman po. Pinagdarasal po naming mga taga Mindanao na hindi nyo matamasa ang ganito.

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Ways to help out Marawi survivors:

If within the Philippines

Donate supplies or money. Things like 

Ready-to-eat, canned goods (halal)

Hijab fully-covered clothes

BlanketsToiletries, sanitary napkins

Medicine, first-aid kids

Many of the evacuees are Muslim, so make sure foodstuffs are halal, allowable to their faith. Explanation here by Islamic Da’wah Council of the Philippines. Locally produced is better for reasons discussed below. If outside the Philippines: If possible, donate money. Find an organization that will accept money. Sending goods not made and sold in the Philippines may hurt the economy of the region even more. If you can’t confirm the legitimacy of any organization’s efforts and wish to send physical goods, consider buying things made and sold from the Philippines, especially from Mindanao. Social Products sells Mindanao black rice, for example. 

As always do your due diligence by researching the organizations you wish to donate to, so that you know that donations will actually go to the people who need help.

Relevant links: http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/170756-groups-call-donations-relief-operations-marawi

http://www.scoutmag.ph/section/culture/news/help-affected-fighting-marawi/

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WHAT YOU SHOULD DO/NOT DO

Always assume that they (Maute Group) are also on Social Media. This is not private real estate. Information is vital for them and our military.

If you know accounts who have posted information that may have compromised their location, ask them to delete those posts.

The people’s safety should be your priority. Anything that keeps people hidden will help them. We know the situation is dire as it is.

Do not share information that is from the active zone on social media. Gov’t operatives on the field will know this already and it will be of no use to us (private citizens). 

There have been a lot of incidents where Social Media has failed us –  the Zamboanga Siege and the Manila Hostage Crisis. 

Do not inform the public. Inform your loved ones. Choose life, please.

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Some compassion in the face of violence, Lanao del Norte opens itself up to the citizens of Marawi escaping Maute. A reminder of the good to be found in humanity and the pakikipagkaisa of the Filipino peoples, despite those who oppose our diversity.