New York, NY
West Side Theater
New Jersy City, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ
Brooklyn, New York
“You do not heal from the madness of the past (and present) if you aint willing to confront it head on. The Journey of A Brown Girl does not just confront - it knocks the legs off the table and builds a new one”
- Kevin Powell, BKNation.com
“Not only were we educated but I feel ike we were spiritually enriched. We invited them into the stage, but I felt like we invited them into our hearts,”
- Venida Rodman Jenkins
New Jersey City University’s Women’s Center Director
"It was beautiful to witness Filipina womyn take ownership of their stories and peel off the layers of the injustices that deny them living and loving their true
selves."
-Yadira De La Riva, Actor
After the show, I approached Umipig, and thanked her for such a moving experience.
“It was like you were telling my story,” I admitted to Umipig.
“That’s because it is your story,” she assured me.
–Ryann Tanap Rappler.com
Los Angeles, CA
Broadway Barkada Lumipad 2014
New York, NY
Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
New York, NY
Community Stages
Green Light District 1st Annual MANIFST! Woman's History Month Festival 2015, Af3irm Af3irm's 16 days Against the Murders, Abuse and Trafficking of Wom*n and Children Opening Ceremonies at Foley Square, Women’s History Month Feminist Sankofa Gathering @ The Brotherhood, Sister-Sol, Da Poetry Lounge in Los Angele, California, The 23rd Annual Festival for Philippine Arts and Culture @ Grand Park, The Philippine Consulate in NYC- Filipino American History Month Opening Ceremonies 2014, BKNation March 2014 Forum “If Women and Girls Ruled the World,”, Celebrating DJ Kuttin Kandi @ Paperbox BK, “The Empire of Funk” Launch @ El Puente , “The Journey of a Brown Girl Community Launch” @ The Living Gallery, Tagalogue 3.0 “Honoring Our Ancestors"
Colleges and Universities
The 2014 FACT Conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Asian Pacific American Fair 2014 at Hunter College, NYAAASC Conference @ NYU, Women’s History Month Celebration 2014 at Borough of Manhattan Community College, “The Journey of a Brown Girl Workshop Series Launch”- International Filipinos Association NYU, Kababayan @ UCIrvine Conference 2011, The 1st International Babaylan Conference 2010 @ Sonoma University, New York University, Center for Multicultural Studies “Ism Projects”- Pinayism
Articles and Press
Balitang America, Voices of NY, Pinay.com, KCET, LA18- Halo Halo w/ Kat Iniba, WHCR 90.3 “Let Your Voice Be Heard” (May Feature for“Dreamers and Doers”), BKNation, The Rappler, ENSPIRE Magazine, AsianInNY- .com, FilAmNY, FilAmSF, Bakit Why, UniPro.com (Pilipinos for Unity and Progress), The Communiterina, MsStyleSetter.com, Accademia della Arte (Arezzo, Italy)
