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About Manilatown Heritage Foundation Programs
Our three pillars of cultural stewardship, preservation, and celebration:
Manilatown Archives
This pillar highlights our educational programs, including our I-Hotel Historic Walking Tour and Annual Commemoration; our Manilatown Ancestral hands-on pre-colonial Philippine music, dance, crafts, language and culture workshops and classes; and Manilatown Ancestral Communities of Practice.
Manilatown Academy
It’s thanks to this pillar that this guide and the original exhibition exist! This part of our foundation includes all of our community commemorations; musical, theatrical, and spoken word performances; our popular Club Mandalay jazz nights; and visual art exhibitions.
Manilatown ArTs
As the stewards of San Francisco's Manilatown community and the 1977 International Hotel Eviction legacy, our organization maintains and makes accessible the Manilatown Archives of artifacts, media, documentation, and oral histories related to both historic Manilatown and today's Filipino community.