For AAPI Heritage Month, we bring you an encore of our 2023 episode "Seeing Signs." With help from the Queens Memory Podcast, we'll learn about "Little Manila," a Filipino neighborhood dating back to the 1970s that still struggles to find its political footing. We also hear from Filipino care workers about their experiences battling COVID 19. This episode first aired on Making Contact in May 2023.

Featuring:

- Potri Ranka Manis: Nurse, Activist and Artist

- Joey Golja: Community Member

- Mary Jane de Leon: Community Member

- John Bahia: Community Member

- Steven Raga: Assemblymember for District 30, Queens, NY

- Jaclyn Reyes: Artist, Designer, and Cultural Organizer

- Gemma Balagtas: Community Member, Nurse

- Zenaida (Ida) Castillo: Community Member and Owner of PhilAm Food Mart

Credits:

Making Contact

Episode host and producer: Amy Gastelum
Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang
Executive Director: Jina Chung
Engineer: Jeff Emtman
Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain

Queens Memory Podcast Team

Producers: Rosalind Tordesillas, Melody Cao, Anna Williams, and Natalie Milbrodt
Mixing and editing by Cory Choy
Music composed by Elias Ravin
Voiceover work by Arianne Arreglado

Learn More:

Making Contact homepage: https://focmedia.org/

Listen to Season 3 of the Queens Memory Podcast:

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