Coming home to where the writing began.
Coming home to where the writing began. IYAS La Salle National Writers Workshop invites all alumni (Batches 2000–2025) to our Silver Anniversary Homecoming on May 14–16, 2026 at the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod. Be part of 25 years of IYAS stories—reconnect, celebrate, and come home. Register here: https://forms.gle/32AVw3ZP4PzxbCM8 #IYASHomecoming #IYAS2026[READ]
Congratulations to the IYAS 2026 Fellows!
Fellows! Filipino writers are central to the task of nation-building and protecting the nation, and IYAS stands out for its role in supporting our people’s forest of writers thrive, so that they may question, shape, reimagine, inspire, and provoke change among our people. Mabuhay, IYAS 2026 Fellows, and congratulations to the wise[READ]
Binondo Day
We celebrate Binondo Day by sharing the post of a group that's very much involved in nation-building. As ignorance fuels hate, so must we feed our senses - with history. If you haven't tried one of their tours yet, we encourage you to seek them out. They're mostly young folks from different[READ]
Nothing New in the World
Renato Redentor Constantino, The Poverty of Memory: Essays on History and Empire (FNS-2006), p. 52-55 Nothing New in the WorldThe winding path the United States took to September 11th. “Memory says, ‘I did that,'” Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote. “Pride replies, ‘I could not have done that.’ Eventually, memory yields.” Three years ago[READ]
Day Two: Lester Rodriguez Leads Watercolor Workshop with Sagay Youth
Lester Rodriguez, distinguished artist from Binangonan, begins the day with a watercolor workshop with Sagay youth. It's a great platform - later, we'll lead a workshop with teachers on how to use art in appreciating and interrogating history and science.
Opening Daybreak of the 13th Nature Encounter Arts Month in Sagay
Sunrise just before the 13th Nature Encounter Arts Month Celebration opens in Sagay, Negros Occidental. Themed "Duta, Tubig, Hangin," the festival was initiated in 2013 by the celebrated artist Nunelucio Alvarado. Festivities commence early morning at the coastal spot of Kape Albarako, with body painting, dancing, performance art, and kites flying against[READ]
The Snap Revolution: A Post Mortem
The past is always present, but often concealed or costumed. Letizia Roxas Constantino wrote this in March 1986, less than a month after EDSA:“The portentous events of February followed one another in rapid succession involving many millions of Filipinos in accustomed actions of commitment and courage and evoking in the whole nation[READ]
We’re in this month’s Enrich Magazine of Mercury Drugstore!
Hooray! We hosted the lovely Batch 68 of St. Theresa's High School in October 2024, and one of the participants (thank you, Eve Angcanan!) wrote an essay about the exchanges. The Foundation certainly had a great time, one made memorable because of a particular quality that stood out among the women[READ]
