Founded in 1999 and formerly known as Sigaw ng Bayan, Radyo Kapwa is an inclusive Filipino/a/x community and cultural radio show that celebrates the diversity and difference of people with roots to the Philippines. With three historical colonial invasions, multiple waves of migration worldwide, and over 7000 islands, we recognize and honour that Filipino/a/x/s are not a monolith. We provide a wide range of programming, music, and discussion topics to reflect this diversity.

Radyo Kapwa aims to share their platform with grassroots community organisers and organisations, as well as interviews with inspiring members of our community. Our framework is based on values rooted in decolonization, and restorative and transformative justice. Our mission is to create an anti-patriarchal, anti-racist, anti-homophobia, anti-transphobia, faith inclusive, non-ableist, trauma-informed space.

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Every Wednesday 2 - 3pm (EDT)

November 15, 2023: Ep. 68: Blessyl Buan, Chiropractor & Dancer

Stay tuned and listen to Dr. Blessyl Buan utilizing her extensive experience as a chiropractor, dancer and mother to inform her artistic work. By drawing on her knowledge of anatomy, somatic movement, spirituality and human behaviour, she creates dance works that are both physically and emotionally impactful. In her current project, “Rara: Reweaving Diasporic Futures”, she explores cultural reclamation, identity, and ritual through the interplay of raffia strands, Baybayin (pre-colonial script), projection and dance. Buan is inspired by Philippine Indigenous traditions and the concept of “Kapwa”; the interconnectedness of Self in relation to Humanity, Land and the Cosmos.

If you are interested to get to know Centre Kapwa or want to stay connected, please follow us on our Instagram @CentreKapwa or send us an email at centrekapwa@gmail.com

@radyokapwa
@centrekapwa
@ckutmtl

Host(s):
@francestohner
@des.escalante
@strumming_violin

Guest(s):
Blessyl Buan

Sound Team:
@lorrakida
@pearpush
@fennycristo
@hirayaproductions

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