Bakas-Bukas Podcast - Open Mic Talk #001 - Tina Alejo & MC Canlas

Bukas-Bukas Podcast is an open mic talk approach in storytelling which is inspired by StoryCorps' mission to record, preserve, and share stories of Filipinos in their journey and in search for "sarili, kapwa, and bayan" wherever they may be. This is a story sharing of MC Canlas and Tina Alejo on their work in SoMa Pilipinas in San Francisco. It was taped on May 1,2011. Among the topics shared are parenting in this environment as immigrant family; The concept of Kapwa as immigrant Filipinos; the school system and Galing-Bata; sikolohiyang Pilipino and pantayong pananaw in history; building community and activism; bilingual education, and Filipino Education Center; The sense of longing and belonging.