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Take a minute to introduce yourself to your peers. Share your name, your pronoun, and what school you represent.

Include a pic of yourself and answer the three questions about what you bring to our leadership gathering. :

What Filipino food are you bringing to our pamanuan party?

What gift do you bring to our collab - a strength , skill, attitude, or value?

What gift do you hope to receive from our collaboration, i.e., skill, attitude, outlook, or value?

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Here's a slideshare of some of the activities and findings. We aren't critiquing anyone's spelling or grammar - these are what folks wrote on the fly as we tried to capture ideas.

This is an artifact of the beginnings of our collaboration. Evidence of the skills, attitudes, and kapwa we are already manifesting . . .

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I’m a second year student at Napa Valley College.

1.) The food I’ll bring is sinukmani, a sticky rice dessert that is delicious with every bite.
2.) The gifts I’ll be bringing are open-mindedness and willingness to learn.  I am very excited to see what this conference will bring and I’m eager to hear so many stories.
3.) I hope to receive a better attitude in terms of working hard. During a time when my motivation to work hard drops low, I turn to a community full of inspiring people to give me the push and drive to succeed.

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I'm a first year student in Bayan Learning Community at Southwestern College in CA.

1. The food that I'll bring is my homemade sushi bake that I've seen PH make. They're layers of white rice, imitation crab with kewpie mayonnaise, and topped with seaweed. As for dessert, I will bring buko pandan! Sarap!

2. The gift that I'll bring in this is a good attitude and willingness to listen and pay attention.

3. The gift that I hope to receive are inspirations, new learned valuable skills, and values.

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Hi folx! I'm Darzelle Oliveros, and I am working with the City College of San Francisco Philippine Studies Department this year. I have also taken a couple of classes under the department and have been a part of the TULAY Filipinx-American Student Success Program since 2017.

1. A Fil Food that I'd bring would be a queso de bola (or cheese ball) since it's basically Christmas season already in the PI. Also because people say I'm pretty cheesy. And that my face is pretty round.

2. A gift that I  would bring to the collab would be my open mind.

3. A gift that I would like to receive would be your great energy.

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Hello everyone, this is my second year at Southwestern College. I am part of the Bayan Community as their Director of Recruitment and I am also a Peer Mentor for First Year Experience.

I would bring Turon because it's my favorite snack back in the Philippines and until now. I believe everyone should try turon.

A gift that I would bring is my active listening skills. Also, i want to be able to bring positive energy to everyone.

I hope to receive inspiration and motivation from everyone. I hope to receive some opinions and ideas on how to be a better leader.

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Mabuhay! I am the Director of Student Life and Leadership at Fullerton College. I am also a current doctoral candidate from Cal State Fullerton getting ready to conduct a dissertation study on the only 3 Filipino Learning Communities and Student Success Programs in California Community Colleges.

I will bring dessert, the best homemade bibingka from Tony's BBQ at West Covina (better than Manila Sunset's bibingka!).

The gift I bring to this group is inspiration. I hope to inspire all to continue our servant leadership journey and give back to our Filipinx community no matter where we are in life, no matter how hard life gets, or how joyful life is---we still serve each other.

One gift I hope to receive from this phenomenal collaboration is insight. So as an administrator, with the insight received from this group, I hope to continue breaking through those bamboo ceilings!

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I am also a first year student in Bayan and college in general, I go to Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA

1. I'm Mexican and a horrible cook but I guess I can try and make you fellas some spaghetti(Because it seems good and hard to mess up;)

2. One gift I can bring is positive energy, I'm usually pretty cheerful, and willing to listen.

3. I hope to receive lots of knowledge and past experiences from yall, Wisdom!

Ye I'm sorry bout the picture not being too good.

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Hi everyone! I am a second year student at Southwestern college and a current board member of the Bayan Student Organization.

1. The food I'll bring is lechon kawali!  Lechon kawali combined with rice is a favorite meal of mine whenever I go to any Filipino restaurant. It's nice and simple but filled with flavor.

2. One gift I bring to our collab is friendliness. I feel that I can radiate energy that can bring the group together into one cohesive unit that has quality conversations.

3. The gift I hope to receive is motivation. I feel that a lot of my energy stems from speaking with others so I hope this event will heighten my motivation as the semester comes to a close.

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Hi everyone! I am a second year student Southwestern College! I am currently the Vice President of the Bayan Learning Community! I look forward to meeting everyone! :D

1. I would bring a homemade dessert of Cassava Cake! This dessert is great for eating after the main course and talking over with friends and family!

2. The gift I bring to this group is positive energy! I love sparking conversations with new people and making new friends! I will also bring the gift of understanding, empathy, and an open-mind as we discuss topics with one another.

3. A gift I hope to receive from everyone is a profound new perspective. I'm excited to hear and see everyone's unique story and what they have to share. I also would very much love the gift of friendship!

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I'm a veterans counselor from Palomar College in San Marcos, CA.

I'll be bringing is pancit palabok, with extra chicharron and lots of boiled eggs! I love how there's different kinds of pancit, but this one is my favorite!

The gifts I bring to our discussion are passion, empathy, and patience. As a counselor, these are the skills that come naturally for me, and I love to listen to where people are experiencing success, and try to support those who are striving to do better. Meeting you where you are is my gift!

One gift that I hope to receive from this space is productive energy. Community work has always been a great passion of mine, and it's so easy to get burned out doing our work! The camaraderie and mission centeredness of community work does motivate me to work harder!

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Hi All. I am the Coordinator and Counselor for the Bayan Scholars Learning Community at Southwestern College.  I also teach Personal Development courses.

I'll be bringing bibingka, mainly because I love dessert.

One gift that I'll be bringing to our collab will be encouragement. Encouragement to step out of our comfort zone, be brave and make new connections.

The gift I hope to receive is inspiration from voices new and familiar to continue to provide me motivation to serve our students and community.

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Hi everyone! I am a first year student at Southwestern College. I am a student representative/worker for Bayan in the Student Equity Program.

I'll be bringing sisig from Tita's or make a homemade sisig.

The gift I'll be bringing to our collab is my good attitude and my best listening skills. I will also be open minded about what we discuss.

The gift I hope to receive from others is inspiration and motivation to continue through life.

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Hello Everyone! My name is Eli Bagaporo and I am the BSO President and I am a Sociology Major at SWC.

A food that I am bringing is homemade Turon!

The gift I will bring is on open mind and an attitude ready to learn!

The gift I hope to receive is wisdom from my fellow peers!

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I'm the English professor for the Bayan Learning Community at Southwestern College in Chula Vista Ca.

The food I'll bring is my pop's karne norte - greasy, fatty, corned beef with onions and cabbage over a scoop of garlic fried rice.

My gift bag for this collaboration is full of attentiveness, a willingness to listen with both ears and my whole heart.

One gift I hope to receive from this meet up is hope. Every time I participate in gigs like this, I leave with a hope. I need some right about now . . .

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What up y'all! My name is Doris Garcia and I'm a Counselor for Promise Scholars at College of San Mateo (Bay Area ayyye!). And an advisor for Katipunan student organization.

I'm bringing over some kare kare - a dish I never liked until I was an adult!

I hope to bring the gift of hype, perspective, and heart work.

I hope to feel that gift of kapwa grow with each new individual/college/org that steps into this space ready to rock!

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Greetings, folks! I am the Coordinator of the Kababayan Learning Community and the Advisor for the Filipino Student Union at Skyline College in San Bruno, CA. I teach the English courses: first-year composition, second-year composition, Filipino American literature, and applied English skills in cultural production a.k.a. “the Pilipino Cultural Night class.”

The food I’ll be bringing is my sinigang chicken wings with steamed rice! Super easy to make: coat the wings with olive oil, add your Mama Sita or Knorr mix, and pop ‘em in the air fryer for 8 minutes on each side.

The gift I bring to this collaboration is my experience: I’ve been the coordinator for the KLC since 2003, and I’d love to share what I’ve learned over the past 17 years as a teacher, a mentor, an advisor, and so much more.

The gift I hope to receive is the people power you all bring to tonight’s event. I tell my students every semester that I learn from them as much as they learn from me, and I look forward to seeing that in action tonight, too.

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Hi yalls!  I am a community/youth worker of Solano/Napa counties and adjunct faculty at Napa Valley College.  I teach F/Pilipinx/a/o/@ Heritage/Hxstory at NVC.

The food I'll be bringing is ginataan sitaw at kalabasa (coconut milk stew with long beans and squash).

The gift that I bring to this collaboration is my experience with youth in different parts of the Bay Area and teaching Pilipinx American Studies for over 15 years from Kindergarten - Community College level.  Also I love all my students :)

The gift that I hope to receive is collaboration from folks to get Pilipinx Learning communities in all of the community colleges :)

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Eyyo! I'm Sheane, I'm from Skyline College and the President of F.S.U.

I'm bringing "bibingka" with the original Bisaya recipe.

I believe/hope I can bring the gift of willingness to learn .

I hope to receive all the energy that I'm about to get from this gathering that we're having. :)

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Hi, everyone! My name is Von Torres and I'm an English & Reading Professor at Clovis Community College in Fresno!

I'm bringing some pan de sal to dip into your sauces and dishes while you eat.

The gift I'll bringing to our collab is listening, finding ways and possibilities to make things happen, and laughter.

I hope to be in community and care with folks who have and are going through the community college system to realize their dreams for freedom.

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Student, Southwestern College
1.The Filipino food that I would bring was Sisig because thats my Favorite Food in the Philippines and I want them to try it.

2. Something I would bring was the hospitality type that all Filipino acquired since I was in this event we need to be hospitality in order to all to share something.

3. Some group that I hope to receive was to get to know more people because im too friendly

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Hi Everyone! I'm the Kababayan Learning Community Counselor at Skyline College.

I'll be bringing some love and hype to the space!

The gift I hope to receive is the high of being surrounded by people with open hearts and minds.

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How's it going! Im Tyler from CSM and Vice President of Katipunan CSM.

I would Bring Sizzling Sisig to a party.

I would say that a gift I would bring is my ability to experiment and try new things.

Something that I would like to receive in this collab is to be able to learn and experience new things no matter what they be.

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Hello everyone! I'm Noah Tapia from Diablo Valley College!

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I’m a first year at Skyline College representing the Kababayan Learning Community.

I’m definitely bringing my lola’s kare kare to the party tonight.

The gift i’m bringing is my optimistic attitude and my bright personality.

I hope to receive different viewpoints and perspectives from other fellow Filipinx leaders that are my age.

Sooooo excited to get to know you all tonight! :,)))

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Mabuhay! I am Student Trustee of Fullerton College, and I look forward to meeting everyone!
Feel free to connect with me via instagram @kaloe_

1. I would bring a homemade  Bicol Express. It is my favorite home-cooked meal my dad and I make together. We freshly fry up chicharon to top it off as well!

2. The gift I bring to this group is love, welcoming and positive energy! I am a huge extrovert and I love making new connections! In addition, I will also bring the gift of empathy, and an open-mind as we discuss topics with one another.

3. A gift I hope to receive from everyone is collaboration and friendship! I look forward to meeting you all! <3

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Hi, everyone! I'm a first year student from Southwestern College.

1. I would bring palabok or lechon kawali.

2. A gift I would bring is respect for everyone and having patience.

3. A gift I would like to receive is knowledge and new relationships.

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Leland Simpliciano | (He/Him/His) | LA Harbor College - Asian Pacific Student Success & Financial Aid Counselor

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Leland Simpliciano | (He/Him/His) | LA Harbor College - Asian Pacific Student Success & Financial Aid Counselor

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1) I got y'all on chicken adobo
2) My pasalubong for you all is my space. You are welcome to be your holistic self.
3) Now welcoming community, opportunities, and good vibes. Salamat!

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Hey yall! My name is Angeli but everyone calls me Ange. Im representing College of San Mateo and the Filipinx student org Katipuan!

Def bringing Cheesy Ube Pan De Sal  :))

I'd love to give the gift of presence, encouragement, collaboration, empathy! I'm all about working together and I look forward to meeting all of you~

The gift I hope to receive is Kapwa <3 and hoping that we can all just share the love, inspiration, and energy!

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Dr. Lily Ann B. Villaraza (She/Her/They/Them/Siya)

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Dr. Lily Ann B. Villaraza (She/Her/They/Them/Siya)

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Magandang Gabi! I'm from the Philippine Studies Dept at City College of San Francisco.

1) Filipino food: Champorado
2) Gift to give: Active listening and willingness to walk through processes and problems with folks. 3) Gift to receive:  lifting folks up and witnessing folks feeling encouraged and empowered. :)