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5th May 2013 | 1,133 notes

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Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1645-52. Located in the Cornero Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome.

Saw this in person. Honestly, a dream come true.

Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1645-52. Located in the Cornero Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome.

Saw this in person. Honestly, a dream come true.

1st May 2013 | 212 notes

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Asian/American Labor Leaders for May Day: Wing Fong Chin (1928- )
Wing Fong Chin immigrated to the U.S. in 1950 with her husband, and when their two children became old enough for her to leave them under her father’s supervision, found a job as a seamstress in a Chinatown garment factory in 1955. Chin worked long hours in sweatshop conditions: workers were paid piece rates, given no benefits, and often worked in uncomfortable or unsafe environments.
By 1982, the garment industry in New York City had reached a critical density, and most shops were organized. However, when it came time to renew a major contract that year, the factory owners were unwilling to sign, thinking their mostly Chinese, mostly female employees too subservient to strike.
Chin and her colleagues proved them wrong: 20,000 garment workers went on strike in July 1982, and the ILGWU swiftly won the contract they had hoped for. Wing Fong Chin was subsequently elected chair of the executive board, the first Asian American woman to lead a major American labor union.
Read more about Wing Fong Chin and the garmet workers’ strike at this great little site from the NYU APA Institute.

Asian/American Labor Leaders for May Day: Wing Fong Chin (1928- )

Wing Fong Chin immigrated to the U.S. in 1950 with her husband, and when their two children became old enough for her to leave them under her father’s supervision, found a job as a seamstress in a Chinatown garment factory in 1955. Chin worked long hours in sweatshop conditions: workers were paid piece rates, given no benefits, and often worked in uncomfortable or unsafe environments.

By 1982, the garment industry in New York City had reached a critical density, and most shops were organized. However, when it came time to renew a major contract that year, the factory owners were unwilling to sign, thinking their mostly Chinese, mostly female employees too subservient to strike.

Chin and her colleagues proved them wrong: 20,000 garment workers went on strike in July 1982, and the ILGWU swiftly won the contract they had hoped for. Wing Fong Chin was subsequently elected chair of the executive board, the first Asian American woman to lead a major American labor union.

Read more about Wing Fong Chin and the garmet workers’ strike at this great little site from the NYU APA Institute.

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1st May 2013 | 208 notes

18mr:

Asian/American Labor Leaders for May Day: Larry Itliong (1913-1977)

Larry Itliong was the president of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and led the 1965 grape strike. Later, he would go on to serve as an assistant director of the United Farm Workers under Cesar Chavez, and was instrumental to organizing Filipino American farmworkers.

This early wave of modern Filipino immigrants were known as manongs and often lived in segregated “Little Manilas” and were offered poor wages for very hard work. After the manongs voted to strike, Itliong approached Cesar Chavez, asking the National Farm Workers Association members not to cross their strike lines. Chavez and the NFWA agreed, forging an alliance that would lead to the United Farm Workers’ formation in 1966.

Itliong was born Oct. 25, 1913, immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines in 1929. He passed away at the age of 63 in 1977.

Read a great profile of Itliong’s son, and his work to have his father remembered in the New York Times.

Filipino Hall photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library’s digital archive.

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18th Apr 2013 | 1 note

It’s 9. It’s time for class….oh wait, its Thursday.

#whyarewenothere? #whyarewehere? #no9amsonthursday
#girlscoutcookies #blueberries #studyabroadlife (at Rome, Italy)

10th Apr 2013

Happy Sibling Day to @dariennicax!!! Love and miss you very much :)

8th Apr 2013

Done!!! (at Cornell in Rome)

2nd Apr 2013 | 167,709 notes

Awesome city, awesome stuff.

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27th Mar 2013 | 337,945 notes

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We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re aproaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter:
‘Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended’ They pay for their order, take the two and leave.

I ask my friend: “What are those ‘suspended’ coffees?”
My friend: “Wait for it and you will see.”

Some more people enter. Two girls ask for one coffee each, pay and go. The next order was for seven coffees and it was made by three lawyers - three for them and four ‘suspended’. While I still wonder what’s the deal with those ‘suspended’ coffees I enjoy the sunny weather and the beautiful view towards the square infront of the café. Suddenly a man dressed in shabby clothes who looks like a beggar comes in throught the door and kindly asks
‘Do you have a suspended coffee ?’

It’s simple - people pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who can not afford a warm bevarage. The tradition with the suspended coffees started in Naples, but it has spread all over the world and in some places you can order not only a suspended coffee, but also a sandwitch or a whole meal.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have such cafés or even grocery stores in every town where the less fortunate will find hope and support ? If you own a business why don’t you offer it to your clients… I am sure many of them will like it.

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this is beautiful

I love this so much