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2024 Queer Filipinx “Lakbay” Summit | Workshops
Check out the descriptions for the workshops happening at our summit.
Camp Lakbay:
Tayo Na, Besh!
Saturday, June 22, 2024 | Updated: 6/22/24
Workshop Block 1
Quietly Queer is a regenerative, “smol” gathering to remember that we’re enough. We as co-conspirators flow through and engage in dialogue regarding the complexities of queerness, representation, and allyship in our households, community spaces, and in the Filipina/x/o diaspora– especially in the context of living and being in the Bay Area. We hope to co-create a sacred and artistic space (including portrait photography for your personal use) where we feel at home with many transitions we each have in our identities.
This workshop will discuss “invisible disabilities” and critique why folks with mental health disabilities and chronic illnesses are often disregarded, silenced, and left behind. Participants will discuss how disability and ableism shows up within Filipino culture and examine how it intersects with race, class, gender/sexuality, religion, and more. We will examine how the disability rights movement has historically and currently centers white, physically-disabled citizens. We will then compare disability rights to the disability justice movement which values collective liberation and aims to holistically address disability in a dystopic, individualistic “post-COVID 19” world. Participants will leave the workshop with a stronger grasp of disability topics and learn practices of harm reduction, accessibility, and access intimacy.
Join us for an insightful exploration of the intersection between culture, family dynamics, and financial literacy. Discover how the concept of “Utang na Loob” influences the financial choices of immigrant families and gain practical strategies for navigating these complex dynamics while achieving personal financial goals. Learn how to balance cultural values with financial independence in this empowering and informative workshop.
Workshop Block 2
Celeste Francisco and Christine Santos are leading a one-hour experimental abstract drawing workshop that emphasizes keywords from Queer Filipinx Literature. The text, Queering the Filipina Body: Contested Nationalisms in the Filipina/o Diaspora by Gina K. Velasco will be highlighted. Velasco’s work critiques the cultural stereotypes of Filipina labor through a feminist and queer lens which this workshop will explore through the diasporic formation of words/language and annotating them together. Simple drawing/mark-making demonstrations on clear acetate will be provided, using a range of media such as Speedball India Ink, paint pens, and crayons. These drawings are intended to interact with the pre-printed body of texts hand-selected by Celeste. Stay till the end of the workshop for a fun surprise. All levels of drawing skills are welcome!
In this workshop, attendees will explore their voter power and determine their “why” for exercising their constitutional right to vote, especially during an important election year. After examining the history of obtaining our right to vote, we’ll take a deep dive into how policy affects our lives from the lens of gender affirming care. We’ll utilize local case studies and actual proposals that exemplify civic engagement and power building, and later empower ourselves to take next steps in civic advocacy such as voter outreach, volunteer opportunities, and ways to stay informed about local government.