June Is Filipino Heritage Month and on June 12, Filipino Communities Across the World Will Celebrate 122Nd Philippine Independence Day
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Celebrating Filipino Heritage Month and 122nd Philippine Independence Day! JUNE 5-20, 2020 | VOL 34 NO 11 THE PULSE OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY SINCE 1987 JUNE IS FilipinoJournal.com FILIPINO HERITAGE MONTH Mabuhay! June is Filipino Heritage Month and on June 12, Filipino communities across the world will celebrate 122nd Philippine Independence Day. Due to COVID19, many events, festivals and celebrations have been scaled down, postponed and cancelled. 2019 was the first year Filipino Heritage Month was celebrated across Canada. In Winnipeg, June was shaping up to be an extremely busy month full of celebrations, parades and festivals. The Manitoba Filipino Street Festival, Philipine Heritage Week, Food Trip and the inaugural Kultivation Festival are among the popular events that have been cancelled. 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FilipinoJournal.com THE PULSE OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY SINCE 1987 June 5 - 20, 2020 3 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CELEBRATE FILIPINO HERITAGE MONTH? his month would have been Filipino community have been ▪ The Manitoba Filipino Street Festival is ▪ The inaugural two-day How are you planning on quite busy for our entire postponed and cancelled. the largest Filipino community gathering Kultivation Festival was celebrating Filipino Heritage Tcommunity. As we can continue to get in the province - parades, floats, food supposed to take place this Month with your friend, family It's the 2nd annual national together in small groups, while vendors, entertainment, and so much more. month in the Exchange District. and community during COVID19? celebration of Filipino culture in practising social distancing, we are ▪ The Filipino Journal also hosts performers ▪ plus many more community Share your plans with us by email Canada. Due to COVID19, many going to miss the events, especially and artists on the Red River Ex community association events! or on our social media channels events and festivals within the the following: stage. to be featured in our next issue. Let’s get social FilipinoJournal.com 4 June 5 - 20, 2020 THE PULSE OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY SINCE 1987 20 Filipinos Kevin Solis Filmmaker Judianne Jayme Dhabba to Watch Educator by Karla Atanacio After high school, Kevin Solis had how my film impacted them. With a concrete plan to go college and my profession, I find it really cool s an educator, blogger, mentor, behind their ideas and voices, and I am receiving a lot of feedback get a traditional high-paying job – that I can inspire someone I’ve and innovator, Judianne encourage them to take action. from educators and families alike but his mom convinced him not to. never met before. AJayme Dhabba has worn of how this is helping them cope Instead, she asked Kevin to many hats in her life. The daughter For the blog, it thrills me when people with these changes. follow his passions and find a Tell us a story about an obstacle of Filipino immigrants, she grew up tell me that they took my advice on fulfilling career he would love. you faced and conquered. in a Filipino-Canadian community a destination, or they are getting Tell us a story about an obstacle From there, he moved to a different My parents immigrated to Canada for that fostered her passion for helping hit with a sense of wanderlust to you faced and conquered. city and studied filmmaking. a better life and never got anything others. She found her calling at explore more on their own as a solo One of my biggest obstacles was Today, at the young age of they wanted. Times were hard for Winnipeg School Division, where traveler, or to visit a place they’ve just creating Dalagita. It hadn’t 22, he is a well-known Winnipeg them so they didn’t get the chance she served as a teacher for seven never been before. been done before. People thought filmmaker and music producer, best to explore their passions. That years. She has recently taken up a it was a beauty contest (it’s not). I known for his music videos and being said, it wasn’t easy choosing professional support role within the What impact have you witnessed was receiving feedback like “But work with Refresh. His personal my career since I wanted to make Division in February. Outside of from your work? people won’t get it,” or “It won’t Youtube channel where he shares them proud. Filmmaking is usually teaching, Judianne is best known I am so proud of my Dalagitas. A work.” There were people who his passion and work has nearly looked down upon as a career choice as the founder of judimeetsworld. few examples: one of my first group certainly laughed at the idea of a 140K subscribers and his most and just seen as a hobby since it’s com and Dalagita Winnipeg. of girls is currently the President- public speaking program, questioning popular video on his channel has not guaranteed you’ll make money Judianne takes pride in creating Elect of the University of Manitoba why would any young person care over 26 million views. from it. So I crossed out that career opportunities for herself and others. Student Union. Another girl created about this type of growth. It was choice at that time in my life. In 2015, she combined her love her own fundraiser to bring school disheartening. Tell us about yourself (personal, After graduating from high of writing and travel by creating supplies to improve the situation business, and passions). school, I didn’t know what I wanted judymeetsworld.com, a blog dedicated of a school in her hometown in the I knew that the purpose of Dalagita My name is Kevin Solis. I was born to do with my life. My mom saved to documenting her journey around Philippines. Another Dalagita has (empowering young women, developing and raised in Winnipeg. I currently most of her income so I can further the world. The following year, been opening shows with her singing young leaders in our community, work as an Assistant Editor for my education, and I didn’t want that Judianne founded a public speaking talent, and another has gone on to and building sisterhood) was beyond my full time job and on the side to go to waste. I decided that I’ll just and leadership program for young represent Manitoba nationally for my own fears. I learned to be I film and edit music videos for study a college course that will give Filipinas in Winnipeg called Dalagita Miss Teen Canada. These are all resilient, and to find the right people local artists. In my spare time, I me a high paying job. But my mom Winnipeg. “ I created [Dalagita] as phenomenal young women, and I who understood what I was doing. produce hip-hop/rap beats. didn’t want me to go through what a way for young women to learn have loved being their Ate to come While I do have a wide range now she’s been through, so she told me to use their voices, that their ideas to for advice or questions. There of people who support the program, What excites you most about to study what I was most passionate matter, and that you can create a are also countless young women I must acknowledge that the very what you do? about and to not do it just for the sisterhood of encouragement and who are not official Dalagitas, but start, the supporters were primarily What excites me the most about money. That’s when I figured that support for one another,” she said. have approached me as a “go to” women who, like me, wished this my profession is that I can inspire I wanted to make my filmmaking resource for encouragement when program was around when they or have an impact on people. hobby into a career. What excites you most about they’re about to do something bigger were younger too. That, in itself, The next few years were tough. what you do? than they ever dreamed of - and was the biggest encouragement to What impact have you witnessed I moved to a new city for school. For the young women I work in that solidifies who I try to be for help me conquer my own fears of from your work? There were many sleepless nights through Dalagita, I get to be a part this generation. failing and to show up, and make it Since I post most of my content of filming and editing, but what was of their journeys as they become happen. Isn’t that what sisterhood is on social media, I receive many satisfying about the whole process immersed in community, school As for JudiMeetsWorld, I have used all about? Now we are able to teach reactions from different people.