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Calendar.
March 3-6. Presbyterian Church (USA) campus. Louisville, Ky.
June 22-July 2. 227th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Milwaukee, Wis.
August 30. Speaker. Fourth Presbyterian Church. Chicago, Ill.
October 6-21. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Announcements.
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Gerry marches against gun violence in Milwaukee as Commissioner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Gerry is a proud member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Chicago Headline Club.
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Recent reading.
Did you know? Gerry reads every single day for at least one hour. Like Gerry, you can borrow ebooks from your local public library. And support independent booksellers by going to Bookshop.org.
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The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
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Sea People by Christina Thompson
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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Death in the Haymarket by James Green
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Above the Salt by Katherine Vaz
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The Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston
President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club 2025-26
Recent writing.
The Unseen Passenger: An Ilocano tradition of pre-voyage cleansing
Rooted in the ancient lore of gulgul, a familiar family custom uses water as a final boundary line when leaving ancestral soil behind.
The sacrament of saimin broth
Coming home to Oahu means more than just escaping the fall Chicago chill. It means gathering over a piping hot bowl of plantation saimin and remembering the laborers whose survival forged a culture.
Whales, gods, and the Bishop Museum after dark
Escaping family stress for a night at the museum turns into a deep dive through ancient gods, whaling ghosts, and the modern Honolulu skyline.
Why the blood pressure runs high in an Asian’s childhood home
Non-Asian friends look at this family dynamic and see an open door. They do not see the invisible, steel cables of a cultural machine that has been running for thousands of years.
Save Your Kisses for Me: The soundtrack of my Ilocano childhood in Hawaii
People have been asking me about an obscure song I often use to back my video posts. There’s a long story behind it.
What Harold Washington meant to us Asian Americans and the rest of Chicago
When I see Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th) do her job, a fellow Filipino American, I think, “He helped pave the way for her, for us.”
I don’t often tell people why I really return to Hawaii once or twice a year
The weather itself has been a poetic illustration of this internal state: an alternating mix of sunshine and rain, both falling simultaneously from a half-blue sky.
A bitter taste of betrayal, racism at Liliha Bakery
As someone whose professional work involves defending Asian American Pacific Islanders, I found myself in the unexpected position of having to advocate for an African American patron against racist comments from staff.
Jacob Vijandre and the price of a voice in America
People have been wondering why I’ve been wearing a keffiyeh more often. I do so in solidarity with a fellow Filipino American Muslim young man caught in the ICE raids.
Colonized by America: Fourth of July is an insult to many
On July 4, 1946, the U.S. officially recognized the independence of the Philippines after nearly 50 years of American rule.
Shadows of my heritage as I walked Argyle on the Third of July
I took in the scene, and suddenly, I saw not just the present but the past.
I am endorsing Hoan Huynh for Congress in the Illinois ninth district
This endorsement is personal and not in my capacity as an officer of any civic organizations, publisher and writer of any publications, director of a social service provider, elder of a Church.
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