Magkasama Reading Group 01: Bas Umali
When: Tuesday 15 February, 6.00 - 8.00pm
Where: Community Room, Siteworks [accessibility map]
Audience: Saluhan members / Filipinx/o
Cost: Free / Light refreshments provided
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Facilitated by Saluhan artists, Magkasama Reading Group is a casual, open-invitation reading group for Filipino community to engage in a social catch-up and reflect on a chosen text by a Filipino writer. Open to all genres, including novels, essays, poetry, and everything in-between. This edition’s MRG will focus on the work of Bas Umali, a long-time community organiser and writer based in the Archipelago. Pangayaw: Decolonizing Resistance in a Network of Communities in the Archipelago explores the concepts of decolonization, anarchism, and social movements of the global south.
Accessibility
This event will be held in-person at Siteworks. Access COVID-19-related event information here.
If you have specific access or adjustment requirements, please reach out to the organisers via email.
Gate access (Saxon St.)
Entering the venue: Use the double gate closest to Blak Dot Gallery.
Exiting the venue: Press the ‘green’ exit button located on the brickwall approx. 2m from the gate to open it.