“What’s your perspective on being a youth activist, specifically? Being a young person in activism?
CB: I think that it’s very moving. I think a lot of it, too, is unlearning that you’re just obeying the government or obeying these powers, but also being confident in your voice and just confident in how you move through the world. It’s also inspiring, in that we can think about the next generations and how we want … how the next generations can live and see the world as more open and liberating for all, all people.”
Christie Bernados is the current chairperson of Sulong UBC, an organization of Filipino-Canadian and allied youth and students with a national democratic perspective. She is a current student at the University of British Columbia in Sociology.
Learn more:
Sulong UBC on Instagram @sulong.ubc
Anakbayan Canada on WordPress @anakbayancanada
Next steps:
Listen to Kwentong Migrante, a podcast featuring intergenerational conversations between Sulong members and Filipino migrant workers.
Take action in solidarity with the Filipino people to Junk the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.
Christie is interviewed by Isabel Carlin.