How Victoria’s Filipino community centre connects generations through arts, food, and passion
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How Victoria’s Filipino community centre connects generations through arts, food, and passion
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Laila Pires joins host Lucky Budd on the https://victoriafoundation.bc.ca/vital-victoria-podcast/ to tell the story of one of Canada’s first Filipino-owned community centres, and how it continues to create space for Victorians...
show moreLaila, the treasurer and a founding member of the Bayanihan Cultural and Housing Society, has won numerous awards for community involvement, including the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012. She discusses her involvement in the region’s Filipino community after her immigration to Canada over 50 years ago. She traces the society’s early roots, how it opened its official community centre in 2001 and paid off the building’s mortgage in just 5 years, and how since then it continues to enrich Greater Victoria through events, food, and arts, in order to break down barriers and create an equitable community for everyone.
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