Pushing The Envelope: PAA 2011-2012

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The UC Berkeley Pilipino American Alliance general yearbook for the 2011-2012 academic year.

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“Pushing The Envelope” is a phrase that was first used in the field of mathematics. It is a reference to a barrier or border, called the envelope, created by intersecting lines. Over the years, this phrase has evolved into a reference towards limits. To push the envelope is to push the preconceived limit of performance - to go beyond a boundary.

This phrase was chosen to be the theme of this yearbook because it embodies the 2011-2012 academic year for both the Pilipino American Alliance and for the larger Berkeley community. From Occupy, to Little Manila field trips, to legacies, and to individuals, this year was all about breaking through barriers and reaching for the stars.

The Introduction

Core

Internship

Sex-Ed

Kuya-Ate-Ading/Grace Asuncion

Little Manila

Pilipin@ American History Month

Occupy

Our Legacy: Ang Ating Pamana

A Letter from Publications

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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s

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CORE 43This year, PAA 43 _____ embarked on a journey to define and explore its academic, cultural, social, and political pillars. Within Core, the members explored their passions and visions for PAA with retreats and workshops, devising ways to be as innovative and creative as possible. Within its work in the community, PAA has covered a variety of issues through general meetings and programming. In the fall, they explored the reproductive health bill in the Philippines, invited a Baybayin artist to present to the com-munity, delved into what “tradition” means, and explored food in our culture and community. In the spring, they dived right into

PCN season for PCN 2012- Our Legacy: Ang Ating Pamana, exploring stories of community members, and honoring a valuable PAA alumnus and community member, Grace Rualo Asuncion-- an individual who left an incredible impact on the Berkeley campus. PAA also delved into the issue of environmental justice and launged a legacy video project. “Overall, we have accomplished a LOT in this past year, and words cannot describe how much every core member has grown in this year with love, passion, and in-vestment in PAA,” said Executive Chair Lili-beth Clelo. “PAA will forever be a part of every single one of us.”

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Executive and Vice Executive- Planned the fall and spring core retreats- Facilitated core meetings & workshops- Represented PAA in different spaces - Collaborated with the other Pilipino organizations on campus

- Ensured that PAA remain connected to the larger community - Ensured that PAA as a whole upholds our academic, cultural, social, and political pillars

This year, PAA CORE spent its Fall retreat in close quarters in Vice Executive Chair Angelo Ma-caraeg’s living room, and found refuge in Lake Tahoe for the Win-ter retreat. There, they strength-ened bonds, created unforgettable memories, challenged each other, and challenged themselves.

PAA alumnus, Terry Bautista speaks about Pilipino American Hystory Month while presenting a 32-feet timeline of PAA’s history at a general meeting. PAA always strived to maintain connections with alumni and bring them back to bestow history and vision upon the incoming generations of PAA members.

The community participates in a hugging icebreaker during the Spring First General Meeting. Each semester, PAA held three general meetings, at which various community members came out to support.

Retreats

Beyond PAA

General Meetings

Lilibeth Clelo and Angelo Macaraeg, 3rd years

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New in the sPAAce

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C h i e f o f S t a f f - Acted as the main liaison among interns and core- Coordinated and facilitated the intern class- Coordinated the tabling schedule- Existed as a mediator, mentor, and friend : )

Sydney Macapagal, 2nd year

Pictured above (L to R): Nicole Barcega (1st year), Daniela Plasencia (3rd year), and Justin Bauzon (1st year)

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New in the sPAAce With each semester comes a new intern class, and in both semesters of this year, what stood out was the diversity of people within each intern class. There were 5th years and 1st years, humanities and science and business majors, all with different experiences and perspectives to share. The amount of creativity and the willingness to learn and to work together was and still is amazing. The Chief of Staff, Sydney Macapagal, created new activities to promote learning and exploring within the sPAAce, including a memory stick activity and an intern scramble.The “Memory Stick” activity was designed to make the intern experience as tangible as

possible. Each intern wrote down their favorite part of an intern meeting or something new they learned on a large popsicle stick. The intern scramble allowed each intern to work with a component that he or she expressed some interest in on their applications at the beginning of the semester. Other activities include Core’s active participation in intern meetings. They even infused their own creative perspectives in the process by presenting workshops of their own craft (i.e. music, Baybayin, and values). Other guest facilitators included Stief Interns Aurora Doreza and Jennifer Rafael in the Fall, and Daniela Plasencia in the Spring.

The Fall interns perform a trust activity which requires both physical and mental relience upon each other. Intern Development Day introduced new interns to PAA, assigned them to their individual components, and allowed them to meet the other interns for the first time.

Freshmen Trixy Manansala, Justine Velasquez, and James Work facilitate the Fall Intern-Run Gen Meeting on Filipino food. At the end of each semester, PAA interns lead a general meeting to foster leadership development, allow team building, and learn the process of organizing a general meeting.

Intern Development Day

Intern-Run General Meetings

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I Got Sex-Ed

Friendship Games, an annual picnic/competition between over 40 Fili-pino organizations, was held for its 26th year at Cal State Fullerton on October 22, 2011. PAA rolled deep with over 100 attendees, all repping this year’s theme “Sexual Education”. With the infamous phrase , “I got Sex-Ed”, the Berkeley representatives spread awareness of the Reproduc-tive Health bill occurring in the

Philippines, along with other sexual-health related issues. The Roll-Call emphasized the importance of safe-sex. SPUF heads kept the spirit alive all day long, pumping everyone up with catchy, clever cheers. Though Berkeley did not place this year, the game teams put in “werrrrrkk” and won 1st place in their hearts.

Julius Orejudos (3rd year) leads his team to a 1st place victory in Ground-hog. The game involves teams racing to a finish line by linking and crawling under fellow teammates. Once a player reached the front of the line, the team yelled, “Sex!” Irina Hermoso (3rd year) and Mark Arganda (2nd year) were this year’s Groundhog coaches.

UC Berkeley’s Spirit Pride Unity Friendship (SPUF) team performs a skit hypothesizing situations in which sexual ed-ucation is and is not allowed. This year’s SPUFHEADS were sophomores Tesha Laurente, Lorraine Mosqueda, and Christian Rodriguez.

Go! Sex!

Political SpiritAnthony Bonco plays The Nasty at the Friendship Games Info Session. Participants perform a relay race with a pipe placed between their legs. Seniors JP Quiocho and Valerie Afroilan were this year’s coaches.

So Nasty!

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I Got Sex-Ed

Social- In charge of bringing the community together through social events; “We essentially help bring the FUN to the community. With fun comes getting to know one another, and that is what we encourage the everyone to do.”

- Friendship Games- IM Basketball- AfterPAArty- PAAnihilate- End-of-the-Year Banquet- All the ice breakers for general meetings

Scott Nguyen, 4th year, and Marylou Adriatico, 2nd year

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Part of the PAAmilyThe Kuya/Ate/Ading Mentorship Program serves to provide a network of social and academic support for all incoming Cal students. Many sophomores, juniors, and seniors who apply to become mentors, Kuyas (big brothers) and Ates (big sisters) vary in interests, majors, and backgrounds. They are here to serve as counselors, confidantes, and above all, friends. Kuyas/Ates share their experiences, contacts, academic/social advice, and suggestions to help their adings make the best out of their time here at Cal. This collection of pictures depict the Fall and Spring KAA revelations.

Pictured below (L to R): Alyson De La Rosa (1st year) and Maria Vallarta (3rd year)

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Academics- Was in charge of the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 KAA - Communicated with alumni to ensure the success of the annual Grace Asuncion Memorial- Created a Common Course List so that students could either ask other students for course

recommendations or so that students could find each other and join forces to earn good grades in a class

In Memory Of...

Irina Hermoso, 3rd year

Grace Rualo Asuncion, born on October 5, 1971 has been a prominent figure in the Pilipino community throughout her life. In honor of all that she had done for not only the Pilipino community on campus, but for the greater campus community, a bench and tree were dedicated in her memory. Every year, Grace is remembered through an annual memorial service and a scholarship in her name. She is survived by her parents and her siblings John, Mark and Danielle.

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Get a little historicalVince Albano already had the plans for Little Manila in mind as he stepped up to run for Community Liaison in the 2011 PAA Elections. He wanted folks from the Pilipin@ community at Berkeley to get a first-hand look at all the historical landmarks in the area, to recognize the impact Pilipin@s have made, and he could think of no better place than Little Manila in Stockton, his hometown. Little Manila was once a thriving area which attracted so many Pilipin@ immigrants to Stockton. However, due to the construction of the crosstown freeway as well as other businesses, many of the buildings that served this community were demolished. What the Little Manila Foundation aims to do is preserve the buildings that are left, as well as the stories and history that comes with it.

“...seeing the awareness develop in the folks not from Stockton that my hometown isn’t a statistic in a stupid Forbes report. It’s unfortunate that my hometown has a bad reputation NOW but it nevertheless has a rich history, especially in Pilipin@ history. But even more than that, it made me realize that the history of my city is in danger. I hope the folks from Berkeley saw how fragile history can be, especially when city officials don’t recognize the impor-tance of historical landmarks, ESPECIALLY in immigrant history.” -Dominique Siquian (3rd year)

“...the banners attached to the posts by the streets. I mean, seeing people who look like me in banners [publicly displayed in] an American city? Espe-cially when all the billboards and all the advertisements I see by the road sides anywhere else are usually people with white skin? Yeah, I was excited.” -Justine Velasquez (1st year)

W h a t w a s y o u r f a v o r i t e p a r t a b o u t t h e L i t t l e M a n i l a f i e l d t r i p ?

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Get a little historical

Community Liaison - Pilipino American History Month in collaboration with Ourstorians - Community Dinner- PCN Community Project: The Galing Bata program in the SoMa district of San Francisco is the only Tagalog-English after school program in the nation, and serves

Vince Albano, 3rd yearPilipin@ youth ranging from 1st grade to 8th grade. The idea behind the Community Project was for cast members to provide their knowledge and talents as their own “pamana,” so that the children would have the means to answer their own questions about their culture and identity.

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Pilipino American Heritage Month (PAHM) 2011 was an opportunity for Ourstorians to show CAL PAA’s strong brown footsteps on this cam-pus. PAA took over Sproul stage with performances from PCN Fall Mod-ern, Trad, and Choir. Ourstorian and Community Liaison interns topped it all off and hosted the “Cross the Line” activity to show the commu-nity the common struggles faced despite being a diverse community.

One workshop during PAHM was led by a special guest, Christian Cabuay, founder of Baybayin.com, who came to UCB and taught PAA the history of Baybayin while leav-ing each individual with his or her own nametags in Baybayin writing. For Spring, the Pilipin@ News Net-work, a YouTube newscast, was born and was used to update the Pilipin@ community at Berkeley on Pilipino Cultural Night and PAA.

Christian Cabuay hosts a Baybayin workshop in Dwinelle Hall during Pilipin@ American Hystory Month. Baybayin is the ancient writings of our Pilipin@ ancestors, and was featured during PAHM as a pathway to our past.

Baybayin

Students participate in the Line Game on Sproul Steps during PAHM. The Line Game involved stepping over a line if a state-ment said applid to you, and it demonstrated the solidarity in the community. It was facilitated by Ourstorian intern Justine Velasquez (1st year).

Solidarity

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Ourstorian- Preserved PAA archives- Planned & initiated Pilipino American Hystoy Month (PAHM)- Educate community about Pili-pin@/Pilipin@-American hystory- Recorded minutes for meetings

- Networked and collaborated with Filipino American National Historical Society (FAHNS)

Joanna Padua and Aldrin Carreon, 2nd years

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Ang Ating Pamana

OCCUPY

The overarching Occupy movement began on Wall Street in New York. The overriding purpose was to battle social and economic inequality, corruption, and the influence of corporations on our govern-ment. The Occupy movement adopted a slogan, “We are the 99%” to refer to the increasing dispar-ity and equality between the greater population, and the wealthy “1%” at the top of the population. This movement began to take root in other areas around the United States, and eventually took root on the UC Berkeley campus in the form of the Occupy Cal movement. Similar principles of the Occupy Wall Street movement emerged, but much of the demands emphasized the importance of public education in improving society and equal-ity, and Berkeley’s issues, including, but not limited to: tuition increases, the realignment of jobs and departments due to “Operational Excellence,” and overall, the budget cuts that have taken a huge

toll on the public education system as a whole. Throughout the years, the Pilipin@ community remained heavily involved and present in larger political movements. When the Occupy Cal move-ment reached its height on campus, the commu-nity stood in solidarity and spoke out about how the issues affect the larger Pilipin@ and API com-munities. One of the protests was led by PAA Core members Romeo Ferrer and Vince Albano, who performed a spoken word piece revolving around the meaning of Isang Bagsak and how it applied to the Occupy movement. In further protests, com-munity members facilitated teach outs revolving around the movement’s connection with Pilipin@ hystory and the Pilipin@ community. Overall, dif-ferent communities and the larger multicultural community came together, organized, and learned more about the issues in order to show support and solidarity for the movement as whole.

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Our Legacy

Ang Ating Pamana

OCCUPY

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Pilipino Cultural Night at UC Berkeley is an an-nual theatrical and community production, hosted by the Pilipino American Alliance. It is the longest-running culture show on campus and the second-longest running PCN in the nation. PCN aims to showcase the Pilipin@-American experi-ence through political, cultural, academic, and social lenses. In addition, PCN strives to bring together individuals inside and outside of the Pili-pin@ community at UC Berkeley for a one-time experience to celebrate the Pilipin@-American culture through the performing arts. This year heavily emphasized the meaning of our legacy and what we leave behind as a pamana to the future generations. We hope that after this 36th year, PCN will continue to uphold and stretch beyond its potential as a vehicle for visibility, awareness, and cultural celebration of the Pilipin@(-Ameri-can) community at Cal and beyond. Although PAA and PCN have been hystorically noted with many firsts among culture shows on campus, this year’s production left its own legacy and has a list of its own firsts: a rigorous Production Committee application process, a Fall Modern dance group, an active Traditional Folk group and a series of acting intensive workshops during the Fall semes-ter, and Fall 2011 auditions for current students and community members.

The pictures above depict traditional folk, jazz/contemporary, and modern dancers practicing at Haas Pavillion and Dwinelle Plaza. These three com-ponents served as a chance to explore both familiar and unfamiliar territo-ries for cast members. Traditional Folk Dance was headed by Michael Baroja (4th year) and Honnie Diala (2nd year); Jazz/Contemporary was headed Jacqueline Cueavs (2nd year); Modern was headed by Julius Orejudos (3rd year) and JP Quiocho (4th year). This year’s dance directors continuously collaborated with each other for both efficiency and support.

Get yourself movin’

P C N P r o d u c e r sRomeo Ferrer and Chelsea Largoza, 4th years

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Finance

The cast members band together on Lower Sproul during P-week to help paint a five-panel backdrop for the Immaculate Mother (IM) vignette. John Simon (3rd year), the visionary for this piece of art, was also one of the lead actors in IM.

Jazz/contemporary, Band, and Choir components rehearse “Hear You Me/Right Here” for the Faith and Grace piece. This year’s PCN components extensively inte-grated with each other, following a trend that has been developing over the past several years.

Visualize

General Meetings

Fia Castillo, 3rd year

- Oversaw the expenditures of PAA funds- Prepared the projected an-nual and semester budget of PAA- Made CHANGE

Immaculate Mother’s director and writer Alan Uy rehearses with his actors on Dwinelle Plaza during one of the run-throughs. PCN reached a new level of storytelling with duologues, memorial pieces to commemorate Grace Asuncion and Marissa Genove, a movement piece by {m}aganda staff, and a PCN trailer publicize the show, as well as give a taste of the story arc.

General Meetings

Marketing Director, Andrew Frando, hosts a marketing workshop for the Galing Bata Program. PCN collaborated with PASS’s Youth Mentorship with Galing Bata in San Francisco to share its “pamana” with the next generation.

For the children

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From Publications to the Community!

We, as Publications Co-chairs, hope that this yearbook has been what you expected it to be. It highlights the many different programs that the Pilipino American Alliance has performed this year, and how each component of the Coordinating Committee, fondly known as “Core,” builds up the base of our organization. We wanted to display the achievements of the Pilipin@ community and how far we have come as an organization and individuals. By “pushing the envelope,” we have shown this year that we are still growing and that we continue to strive grow further. In regards to the production of the yearbook, we would like to thank our lovely interns, who have done so much work for us. We would like to thank Paolo Rigo for designing our beautiful cover and working so hard this semester. Also, we would like to thank Nicole Barcega for designing the template for the yearbook, which has been extremely helpful in streamlining the production process. Both of you have done a wonderful job, and we hope to

see you continue your involvement in this space.

We would also like to thank Core, with whom we have worked so closely with over the past year. From making flyers to designing apparel, it has been a long but fruitful journey as your Publication Co-Chairs. You have all allowed us to have so many memories to cherish for years to come. You have challenged us, supported us, and helped us grow. We will never forget the many experiences from this past year. We hope that you all enjoy this yearbook and keep it for the many years to come. The products of your blood, sweat, and tears are spotlighted in this publication. It shows WHY you did the things you did, and just how amazing you are as a community. Thank you again for a wonderful year.

Jacqueline Cuevas and Andrew FrandoWith love,

Lilibeth Clelo, Sydney Macapagal, Romeo Ferrer, Vince Albano, Irina Hermoso, Joanna Padua, and Marylou Adriatico for contributing articles.

Fast Imaging for printing this publication.

Julius Orejudos and Chelsea Largoza for contributing pictures.

Irina Hermoso for being our Publications Fairy Godmother. <3

Additional Thank You’s

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From Publications to the Community!

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