Save Philippine Kulintang Music and Dance at San Francisco State University
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Dear Concerned SFSU Community Member,
Due to higher education budgetary cutbacks and constraints, San Francisco State University is about to lose an important part of its academic, cultural, and educational community. Master Danongan Kalanduyan has been teaching the traditional music and dance of the Southern Philippines at SFSU since January of 2003. He is an internationally recognized musician who has won numerous awards such as the prestigious 1995 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, which was presented to him at a formal ceremony at the White House.
Kulintang music has survived for over a thousand years and has been known to be the music of the resistance. It is an important art form that survived Philippine colonization and which promotes and symbolizes the rich heritage of the Philippines. SFSU has a national living treasure in the ranks of its distinguished faculty. It is imperative that the administration acknowledges the enormous value of ETHS/MUS/DANC 545 by reinstating it as a part of its course offerings.
Please show your support of diversity at our campus by helping preserve Filipino culture, art, history and education by signing your name below. SFSUs educational and cultural legacy depends on it. The preservation of our proud legacy depends on it.
Due to higher education budgetary cutbacks and constraints, San Francisco State University is about to lose an important part of its academic, cultural, and educational community. Master Danongan Kalanduyan has been teaching the traditional music and dance of the Southern Philippines at SFSU since January of 2003. He is an internationally recognized musician who has won numerous awards such as the prestigious 1995 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, which was presented to him at a formal ceremony at the White House.
Kulintang music has survived for over a thousand years and has been known to be the music of the resistance. It is an important art form that survived Philippine colonization and which promotes and symbolizes the rich heritage of the Philippines. SFSU has a national living treasure in the ranks of its distinguished faculty. It is imperative that the administration acknowledges the enormous value of ETHS/MUS/DANC 545 by reinstating it as a part of its course offerings.
Please show your support of diversity at our campus by helping preserve Filipino culture, art, history and education by signing your name below. SFSUs educational and cultural legacy depends on it. The preservation of our proud legacy depends on it.
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Goal
350 signatures
Goal: 100
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2 January 2016
31 December 2015
15 October 2015
1 September 2015
347.
Juan G
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Although I am not a Filipino, I would love to see this class continue. I would like future generations to learn and experience the beauty of Kulintang music the way I have.
28 August 2015
16 August 2015
345.
Alyssa Janemt
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As an Asian American Studies major, who has taken this class, it would be a great regret to see this class not availabe to other students.
6 August 2015
13 July 2015
1 July 2015
26 June 2015
24 June 2015
13 June 2015
13 June 2015
31 May 2015
30 May 2015
8 May 2015
30 April 2015
28 April 2015
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2 March 2015
21 February 2015
329.
Nikki S
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We need to learn more about the kind of Philippine culture that is not influenced by foreign ideals like Kulintang music.
6 February 2015
4 February 2015
2 February 2015
326.
Althea Mcgee
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I was planning to take the class. PLEASE SAVE IT!!! I want to be able to take it!
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Elisa Wilkerson
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Petition target:
San Francisco State University President Robert A. Corrigan & Acting Dean of Ethnic Studies Kenneth P. Monteiro
San Francisco State University President Robert A. Corrigan & Acting Dean of Ethnic Studies Kenneth P. Monteiro
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