Author Cecilia Brainard Talk University of Santo Tomas CCWLS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Y0aSYxs3Q

Filipino FilAm Author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard gives a talk for the University of Santo Tomas Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies. This is part of their UST International Writers and Scholars Series.

This same video can be viewed in the Facebook site of UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies:

https://fb.watch/9ZIg1qMcNg/

Following is the transcript of Cecilia's talk:

Celebrating Writing and My Selected Short Stories

For the International Authors Series of UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies

by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, copyright by Cecilia Brainard

Literature as a Coping Strategy by Cecilia Brainard, delivered at the Int'l Conference on Literature Education 2021, LEAP, Inc

 

Talk Delivered at the International Conference on Literature Education

Literature Educators Association of the Philippines (LEAP), October 28, 2021 

Literature as a Coping Strategy

by

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Copyright 2021 by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

 

PART 1

GREETINGS – WHO AM I? – CHALLENGES TODAY – TRUTH – SELF-EXPRESSION & CREATIVIY

Greetings from California. I’m Cecilia Manguerra Brainard here to talk to you about Reading and Writing Literature as a Coping Strategy. Thanks to Dr. Christopher Yap-Wright for inviting me. I would have wanted to be with you, in person, as it is always nicer to see people face to face. But given the limitations of the pandemic, I am still glad that I can address you from my office here in Santa Monica.

 

Philippine Embassy U.S. Press Release Panel Discussion Filipino & Fil-Am Women Writers

 

Here's the YouTube link of the March 8, 2021 Panel Discussion of Filipino & Fil-Am Women Writers, hosted by the Philippine Embassy of the US.

Moderator is Aileen Cassinetto; panelists are: Cecilia Brainard, Miggs Bravo Dutt, Luisa A. Igloria and Gayle Romasanta. Deputy Chief of Mission Renato Villa gave the Opening Remarks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eQNIenrhXc

PRESS RELEASE from the Philippine Embassy in the United States, Washington D.C. 
WDC-10-2021
9 MARCH 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. –

The Philippine Embassy in the United States marked International Women’s Day on 8 March 2021 with a virtual program entitled, “A Panel Discussion with Filipino and Fil-Am Women Writers” featuring Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Luisa A. Igloria, Migs Bravo Dutt, and Gayle Romasanta. The poet laureate of San Mateo County, California, Aileen Cassinetto, moderated the event.  

“It is the first time that the Philippine Embassy is putting the spotlight on women writers

and today’s event proves to be more exciting as we will hear and learn from the stories

of the storytellers. We have been more familiar with foreign authors, foreign books, writings, and literature for far too long, especially in a foreign country where knowledge and access about the works of Filipino authors are neither popular nor accessible. Fortunately, we have been seeing an increasing number of Filipinos making a name for themselves in the global publishing scene and making their mark on the printed page around the world,” said the Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission Renato Pedro O. Villa in his opening remarks.

The speakers read excerpts from their published works and shared their respective journeys as Filipino migrant women, including their influences, sources of inspiration, and challenges. They spoke about how being Filipino or Filipino-American played a role in their writing and how they navigated various social issues that the Filipino diaspora has faced over the years.