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MALAYA - the Tagalog word for "free" - seeks to broaden U.S.-based support for the cause of freedom and democracy in the Philippines.

09/30/2026

‼️ CASTING CALL: Malaya Baltimore is making a short film on the fight of political prisoners in the Philippines, and we need your support! We are looking for Filipino actors and non-actors to play various roles. (Note: These roles are volunteer-based).

📅 SHOOT DATE: Friday, October 2 (8 AM – 9 PM)

📍 LOCATION: Near Laurel, Maryland

🎬 SYNOPSIS: Having fallen ill while in detention, Grace, a demoralized young Filipina political prisoner, faces relentless interrogation and coercion to self-surrender by the Warden. When she hears Ate Juvy’s story, a long-time prisoner, she finds the resolve to keep fighting until her release.

Inspired by community organizers Christina Pasion and Binay Serrano, who were arbitrarily detained on July 30, 2026. We continue to fight for their release!

📲 HOW TO APPLY: Check the last slide of this post for instructions on how to submit your info! DM Malaya Movement Baltimore if you have questions.

Please share, repost, and send to your friends, family, and the broader Filipino community across the DMV. Let’s bring this story to life! 🇵🇭✊🏽

This film will partner alongside another film for 's Exonerate David Black campaign.

09/25/2026

‼️ Join Malaya Baltimore for our next General Body Meeting on Saturday September 26 at 6:00PM! DM us for the address.

✊🏼 We will go over our efforts so far in the Release Christina and Binay campaign, as well as review our other local campaigns to grow our movement and push for genuine democracy, sovereignty, and human rights in the Philippines.

09/01/2026

‼️ Join Malaya Baltimore for our next General Body Meeting on Thursday September 3 at 7:00PM! DM us for the address.

✊🏼 We will go over our efforts so far in the Release Christina and Binay campaign, as well as review our other local campaigns to grow our movement and push for genuine democracy, sovereignty, and human rights in the Philippines.

🎥 We will also be hosting a watch party at 8:00PM for Malaya USA’s national webinar on the greedy politicians that perpetrate corruption in the Philippines. We’ll also examine the systems that allows for one-sided policies, like Pax Silica, to rob our natural resources and displace families and communities.

08/30/2026

CHILDREN OF THE DIASPORA
A pop-up group show centering Filipino-American Identity, migration, and longing for our homeland. Specially featuring artwork by Baltimore Based, Filipino-American artist and organizer Christina Pasion.

Christina was arrested on July 30th alongside indigenous organizer Binay Serrano by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) while seeking medical treatment. 1 month later, they are still detained. The AFP and the PNP have been engaged in a months-long red-tagging campaign against Christina, a practice that puts her in grave danger as it makes her a target for further harassment, disappearances, and even assassination.

“She ultimately chose to travel to the Philippines to volunteer with marginalized communities because she was so moved by the plight of migrant workers and understood that to truly understand and solve this, the answers are in the Philippines itself,” says Jom Dolor, chairperson of Bayan USA.

Through our depiction of our migration stories and our identities as Filipinos in the diaspora, we examine the forces that make us migrate in the first place and come to a better understanding as to why activists like Christina go back home. We also examine the role of artists in connecting with the experiences and struggles of everyday people and advancing towards a future Philippines that is grounded in just and lasting peace.

📍Dear Globe Coffee:
422 W Mulberry St
Baltimore, MD 21201
United States

🗓️ Popup dates: 9/4 - 9/6

• FRI 9/4, Opening: Please join us for letter-writing, a crochet workshop, and origami workshop

• SAT 9/5, hear from Christina’s family and learn more about the forces that shape our migration stories

08/26/2026

🇵🇭 URGENT CALL FOR ART! ❤️‍🔥
Submit at tinyurl.com/chrisartgallery or via link in bio!

On July 30th, Baltimore-Based Fil-Am artist and organizer Christina Pasion and Mangyan-Buhid indigenous organizer Binay Serrano were arrested and detained by elements of the Philippine state forces. As artists of conscience, we condemn their arbitrary arrest!

We recognize painter and illustrator, Christina, and her use of art to illuminate issues faced by the Filipino community both in the Philippines and in the diaspora. As we showcase Christina’s work, we are seeking art that will be presented alongside her work. Follow the submission link for more details.

☀️ Submissions are due this Saturday, 8/29!

Opening reception:
📆 Friday 9/4
⏰ 6pm
📍 Dear Globe Cafe, 422 W. Mulberry Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

FREE CHRISTINA PASION!
FREE BINAY SERRANO!
FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS NOW! END US-BACKED STATE TERROR IN THE PHILIPPINES!
🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

08/14/2026

🔊 Become a member this Sunday!
Join our new member orientation on Sunday August 16th from 6:00-8:00pm here in Baltimore.

‼️ Right now, agreements like Pax Silica are displacing indigenous communities and destroying the land for the sole benefit of the U.S., Israel, other countries and foreign conglomerates. These create the conditions that tears families apart and drive thousands to leave the country every day.

☀️The struggle for a free and independent Philippines starts with understanding the status quo and the mechanisms that prevent us from speaking truth to power and helping the most neglected and oppressed.
The new member orientation will go into the history of Malaya, what’s happening back home, and how we can work together to defend and advance human rights, democracy, and sovereignty in the Philippines!

📩 If you’re interested in particupating, DM us for our address, or if you have any questions!

08/04/2026

‼️COMMUNITY RALLY: AUGUST 6TH 5:30PM @ McKELDIN PLAZA
🗣️RELEASE CHRISTINA PASION! RELEASE BINAY SERRANO!

Christina Pasion is a Filipino-American community organizer based in Baltimore. Military and police forces raided the home where she and indigenous rights activist Binay Serrano were staying in the province of Laguna. Christina went to the Philippines to live with and provide community outreach to peasants and farmers. But for several months, the NTF-ELCAC have red-tagged her and falsely affiliated her with the NPA. This is a clear and present danger given that activists have been abducted and assassinated after being red-tagged. Due to the NTF-ELCAC’s whole-of-nation approach, Christina’s safety is not assured by the Bureau of Immigration.

Christine and Binay must be released and Christine must be allowed her safe and immediate return to her wife, family, and cats. The vilification of Filipino-American activists returning to the Philippines must end as it is only natural for people to follow their heart and their conscience to go serve the most vulnerable and exploited. The deaths of two U.S. citizens, Kai Sorem and Lyle Prijoles, expose the dangers of having a highly-militarized society be allowed to run roughshod among peasant and farmer communities.

Release Christina Pasion! Release Binay Serrano!
Uphold International Humanitarian Law!
LABANAN ANG PASISMO!
PANAGUTIN SI MARCOS!

07/24/2026

Our effigy is starting to come alive and you can still help build it any time TODAY!

Drop by and help us paint and assemble the effigy that we’ll display and destroy at the People’s State of the Nation Address in DC on July 27th! 🇵🇭

Later at 8:30pm, join us for a watch party for a national webinar on Pax Silica, how it exploits the Filipino people and their land, and how we can fight to shut it down!

Location: Area 405
405 E Oliver St., Baltimore
Time: 1:00pm - 10:00pm
(DM us when you arrive at the green door!)

WHAT TO BRING:
your friends, paper bags, acrylic paint, newspapers, beverages and snacks !

07/07/2026

🛳️ According to PH Ambassador Romualdez, he believes that Filipinos have not been targets by the US government.
Yet over 200 Filipino cruise workers have been deported from ports around the country. Jobless, no visas, barred from working in the US and blacklisted from working elsewhere in the world.

For Filipino seafarers, it feels like the world crashing down on them and their family. So where is the Philippine Consulate and what have they been doing?

The Consulate have sat on the sidelines for too long. As Tanggol Migrante Movement DMV, we demand the Consulate finally take action and visit the ports to investigate CBP and hear firsthand from the very seafarers they are in charge of protecting. We demand transparency, swift action, and due compensation for the hundreds of Filipino seafarers affected. For if the Consulate really aims to serve the Filipino people, they will do the right thing and make act now.

✍️ If you are a Filipino organization concerned about the lack of action by the Philippine Consulate, go to tinyurl.com/CommunitySignOnDMV and endorse our letter of demands to the Philippine Consulate.
✍️ If you’re a concerned individual and want to help, go visit tinyurl.com/helpseafarers to demand Carnival Cruise Lines show initiative in advocating for their employees

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Baltimore, MD
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https://malayamovement.com/

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