Mission
“The Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture is a grassroots organization in Toronto/Tkaronto that uses arts and culture as a way of critically engaging Filipino/a/x youth and their meaningful role in society. Acknowledging our presence on Turtle Island as racialized settlers and our histories as colonized peoples, we ground our work in the values of decolonization. Kapisanan supports the professional and artistic growth of Filipino/a/x youth through the provision of art programming, mentorship, and leadership development.”
VISION
“The Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture is committed to the development of creative leaders of Filipino descent who work for equity and sustainability in the country known as Canada /Turtle Island and beyond.”
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the land upon which much of Kapisanan’s work takes place: the traditional territories of the Mississaugas, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. Acknowledging our presence on Turtle Island as racialized settlers and our histories as colonized peoples, we affirm Indigenous nationhood and ground our work in the values of decolonization. We are grateful to do our creative work on this land, the present-day home to numerous Indigenous nations. We respect the continued connections to the past, present, and future in forging decolonial relations with Indigenous nations, other diasporic people, and settlers within Canada, the Philippines, and beyond.
Kapisanan would like to acknowledge the generous support from
