San Francisco Low Rider Council “Anything for Selenas” Cruise (2021). Photographed by Harvey Lozada. All rights reserved.
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New Exhibit Honors Filipino American Resistance and Resilience in SoMa Presented by SOMA Pilipinas in collaboration with YBCA | August 1, 2025–January 4, 2026
By Amyra Soriano on Aug 7th, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO – At Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the flame-bladed sword piercing the sun, the baybayin script on the wall and the bundles of sampaguita blossoms hanging from triangular banderitas across the ceiling are not merely festive decor, but markers of culture, memory and collective resistance.
MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy, co-curated by SOMA Pilipinas and Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, features artwork by over 20 Bay Area Filipino American artists. The exhibition, Goldberg writes, “honors the generations who held their ground and made the city theirs — through protest, through art, through unrelenting care. … Filipino presence in San Francisco is not symbolic — it is structural, embodied, and alive.”
Read the full story at KQED
CAAMFest40 Celebrates SOMAPilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District
By Asian Journal Press on May 5th, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO – On the 40th anniversary of CAAMFest, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is excited to spotlight the SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District and Filipinx films and filmmakers. CAAMFest40, which takes place May 12-22, 2022, will hold in-person and virtual events in celebration of Asian and Asian American voices.
Read the full story at Asian Journal Press.
CAAMFest40 Gala Presentation will be back in theaters this May
By Center for Asian American Media Blog on April 18th, 2022
IT TAKES THE HOOD TO SAVE THE HOOD is honored to be featured in CAAMFest40’s People Power Showcase alongside “Pili Ka Mo’o” directed by Justyn Ah Chong.
Synopsis for PEOPLE POWER: What does it take to move two people? What about two hundred? These are stories of communities coming together to stand for their values even when official structures have abandoned them. From burial grounds in Hawaii to San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood, these inspiring films remind us that it takes a village.
Read the full blog post on CAAMedia. Watch CAMM Channel’s “Q&A People Power Shorts Program” on YouTube.
Frisco Born Filmmaker Harvey Lozada Turns the Camera on SOMA
By Pendarvis Harshaw & Marisol Medina-Cadena | Rightnowish Podcast KQED on August 6th, 2021
Episode Description: “As the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the health of individuals and communities around the world, Harvey Lozada focused on the stories coming from the neighborhood just south of San Francisco's Market Street, the SOMA District. Through the film “It Takes The Hood to Save The Hood," Lozada shows how community organizations shifted their focus from being community resources, to being first responders.”
Also available for listening on Apple Podcast. Read the full story at KQED.
Documentary honors San Francisco community heroes who stepped up during pandemic
By Debora Villalon | KTVU Fox 2 on June 11th, 2021
“A new documentary recognizes community heroes who stepped up during the pandemic. 'It Takes The Hood To Save the Hood' looks at how San Francisco's SoMa was impacted by the pandemic and how volunteers rallied to provide for those in need.”
Read the full story on KTVU Fox 2.
"New Mesitzx" exhibit explores intersections of cultural identity
By Rommel Conclara | Balitang America on June 17th, 2019
“12 local artists who represented Filipino, Latino, and other groups were chosen to explore the intersections of cultural identity in the Bay Area.”