MAS & SAM

19/06/2024

Happy Wednesday and a happy Juneteenth!! We hope you are spending this holiday staying safe and we are showing solidarity for the Black community today and always ✊🏽

We’ve got an excerpt from our CAMP issue by Irish Joy Deocampo. If you want to read the full piece and many more campy poetry and stories and art galore, check out our website for a digital copy. 🌈

ID: Slide 1 has a purple background with sequins scattered and a bit of glitter on the left side. A transparent box is centered; and inside is an excerpt of a poem by Irish Joy Deocampo. Text reads, “last night, the city was alive with us. light and purple eyelashes beaming. apologies
to
mary oliver, but we announced our place in the family of things.
Yes. No. Maybe so.
Irish Joy Deocampo
Teach Me How to Grow a Wig, Anto
Marías at Sampaguitas Issue 4
Camp: Glitter in Our Eyes”
Slide 2 has a collage background with zebra print paper, gold glitter, pink paper and teal tye dye. The cover of Marías at Sampaguita’s CAMP issue is centered. The cover itself shows two people at the party- one is on the left DJing, the other on the right is dancing in a pink corset. Text above the cover reads, “Read the issue at MariasAtSampaguitas.com.”

06/06/2024

Happy Wednesday! We hope you’re staying cool and hydrated as the world is getting hotter ☀️. Today we’re sharing a piece from our inaugural issue by Kimberly Te. To read more, go to our website for a PDF copy.

ID: Slide 1 has coral pink borders on the top and bottom. A lighter pink covers the rest of the slide, with Sampaguita flowers accented in the top right and bottom left corners. Text in the center of the slide is an excerpt from “Rose Colored Mirror” by Kimberly Te. Full text reads, “Until the moonlight faded, How do I wash words like that away Without feeling imperfect all over again. I loved that carved image more than me. But it was never real.
Kimberly Te
Rose Colored Mirror
Marías at Sampaguitas Issue 1”
Slide 2 features the cover of Marías at Sampaguitas’ inaugural issue: a pink cover with sampaguitas and the title, PAGSULAT SA MGA BULAKLAK WHEN WRITING ON FLOWERS. Text below the cover reads, “Read the issue at MariasAtSampaguitas.com.”

22/05/2024

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today we have a piece from Sophia Paige that was originally published in our Mahal Issue. If you’d like to read more works from other amazing Filipinx writers, head over to our website for a digital copy ^-^

Image description: The first slide has a coral pink background with black borders. Golden flowers accent the corners of the slide. Center is an excerpt of “Coming Out” by Sophia Paige. Full text reads, “she could no longer deny that she grew lavender for her best friend plucking herself from the meadow ring around the rosy a pocket full of posies ashes, ashes she fell for her.
Sophia Paige coming out
Mahal: Who We Are, What It Cost Us, and How We Love Marías at Sampaguitas Issue 2”
The second slide has a white background and features the cover of Marías at Sampaguitas’ Mahal Issue. The cover has two brown women sitting in a chair, embracing. Text above the cover states, “Read the issue at MariasAtSampaguitas.com.”

21/05/2024

Happy Tuesday friends! Today we’d like to share a piece with you written by Ria Valadez for our very first magazine issue! Our Issue 1 can be read via our website, SampaguitaPress.Com.

Ria Valdez is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts (AB) in English, major in Creative Writing, from the University of the Philippines - Mindanao. Her poems and creative nonfiction are published in Dagmay Literary Journal, Payag Habagatan: New Writings from the South, and “Press: 100 Love Letters” (University of the Philippines Press, 2017), among others.

Image description: the first slide shares a quote from a poem titled “why I write” by Ría Valdez. This poem was published in our first Marías at Sampaguitas issue. The background is dark pink with the white outline of sampaguitas to the left of the text. the second slide is the cover of issue 1 on a light pink background with pink decorative polka dots on each side of the cover.

08/05/2024

Happy Wednesday! We’re looking back at this piece by Noreen Ocampo from our Binyag/Baptism issue. To read more, check out our website for a PDF copy. In the meantime, if you paint your nails, what color are you doing next? 💅

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30/03/2024

30/03/2024

❤️‍🔥A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE STRUGGLE❤️‍🔥

Join GABRIELA USA, GABRIELA Philippines and IWA organizations: African National Women's Organization and RESIST US Led War Seattle as we commemorate International Women's Month and discuss how militarism impacts women in the U.S. and abroad.

Last year the U.S. govt approved of a bill that "authorizes a record $886 billion in annual military spending and policies" - funds that could be used to provide services and programs for the people amidst the economic crisis. Organizations on the ground are exposing the truth of the state and why its important for women to organize militantly for their basic needs. Join in on the conversation this Saturday March 30th - RSVP with the link below.

When: Saturday March 30th, 4:30PM PST / 7:30PM EST
RSVP: tinyurl.com/gabriela-iwa-330
Who: Open to the public! We encourage local watch parties to discuss local issues and how women are taking action.

28/03/2024

It’s time to sign up to perform for Chopsticks Alley’s CreativiTEA Open Mic!
👉RSVP at CreativiTea.eventbrite.com 🍀

Artists may sign up to perform at Creativitea’s Open Mic at tinyurl.com/CreativiTeaOpenMic

Chopsticks Alley Theatre at Olinder Community Center: 848 E William St, San Jose, CA 95116

10/03/2024

We are approaching our next Creativitea Open Mic, this Wednesday March 13! Featuring artist Keana Aguila Labra - for this month, we will also be spotlighting several Asian American artists of different genres. RSVP at CreativiTea.eventbrite.com 🍀

Artists may sign up to perform at Creativitea’s March Open Mic at tinyurl.com/CreativiTeaOpenMic

Chopsticks Alley Theatre at Olinder Community Center: 848 E William St, San Jose, CA 95116

03/03/2024

We’re so excited to announce our 2024 Keynote Speaker for our 8th Annual Fly Pinays Leadership Summit, Carolyn Sideco, Founder of CoachingKapwa Sports Consultants.

Her relationship with sports helps her connect to herself, her community, and the broader world. With over 20 years’ experience as an accredited kinesiologist, physical educator, certified athletic administrator, Carolyn uses sports culture to deepen self development. She thinks of ethnic studies with sports in mind. She contemplates social and racial justice with sports in mind. She examines all sports relationships through a decolonizing lens of an immigrant settler. Carolyn also uses decolonizing practices to unknot her relationship to all levels of sports, distilling the essence and values that sports convey for fun and community contribution.

Purchase your ticket today at bit.ly/2024flypinays (link in bio)

03/03/2024

Calling all performers! Poetry, hip hop, and musical theater artists! We are looking for the county's next Youth Poet Laureate!

Applications open March 1st and close on March 23rd, 11:59 p.m. (PST)

Apply at: https://www.sccyouthlaureate.com/apply

Prepare these materials as you submit your application:

General application;

Artist Statement/Biography about who you are;

Photo for promotional purposes;

Three (3) of your poems totaling no more than ten (10) pages. (You can also upload a document with links to online videos;

In 250 words, tell us who you are and what poetry means to you.

25/01/2024

Good Wednesday Evening! How’s everyone doing? I’m still recovering from jet lag, which is why this post is a little later than usual! ✈️

Today, we’re going all the way back to our inaugural issue- with this excerpt of Emily Deibler’s “Daddy Issues.” If you want to read the entire piece (or the entire magazine), please visit our website for a PDF copy.

10/01/2024

Happy Wednesday! How’s everyone’s week so far? We hope you are staying healthy and safe so far this year. Today we’re looking back at our Mahal issue with this piece from Megan Conley. If you would like to read the entire piece and other works from fellow Filipinx writers, go to our website for a PDF copy of Mahal. 💖

21/10/2023

Sampaguita Press unequivocally stands with Palestine. We state our support and solidarity on this day of Global Strike, and every day of this hellish time.

We do not look away from these painful and important testimonials being shared from the ground. We listen to the voices of Palestinians and the Palestinian diaspora. We hold Palestinian art in our hearts, we educate ourselves, we discuss with those wanting to be in productive discussion with us. We attend gatherings of protest. We give our time, labor, political voice, and money to helping Palestine.
We take this moment to share some important accounts. This list is not exhaustive, and if you know of and would like to share more accounts in aid of Palestine, please add them in the comments.






We urge you, our loving community, to please follow, support, give and do what you can.

We do this despite, and because of, the fact that we are located in the west and so have inherited this proximity to, and burden of, empire. We grieve and listen to the rage and screaming of Palestinian poets and artists, and echo the same screaming in our hearts. We take it upon ourselves to throw what we have against the gears of the single largest colonizing state of our modern world.
We mourn the loss: of civilians, of the sick and healing, of the children who would have been our future. We mourn the deaths of Palestinian and Israeli innocents. At the same time, we understand the vast imbalance of power at play. We rage at the colonizers who are responsible for this loss of life.

We stand with our kasamas to demand an end to this genocide, and to call for the freedom, the peace, and the healing of the Palestinian people who suffer now and have suffered all this past century.
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20/09/2023

Happy Wednesday! And almost fall equinox! 🍂🍁 We’re looking back at our Mahal issue with this lovely piece by . If you’re wanting to read more love-inspired pieces, check out our website for a PDF copy of Mahal. 💖

24/08/2023

Happy Wednesday! As we look forward to the next issue of Marías at Sampaguitas, we’re revisiting our Rituals issue with this lovely piece by Kihnindewa! 💜💛

17/08/2023

Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is staying safe and cool during this extremely hot summer ☀️

Does this excerpt make you curious as to why it’s called “The Le***an S***s Incident”? To read the rest of .rae ‘s piece, check out a digital copy on our website!

19/07/2023

Happy Wednesday! Check out this cool photo from . If you want to see more of their amazing work, go to our website for a PDF copy. In the meantime, do you have anything cow print? 🐮

05/07/2023

Happy Wednesday! Did you know we also accept photography submissions? We’ve been taking photos ever since our first issue! Here is a lovely photo from Tucker Lieberman! 🍃

28/06/2023

Happy Wednesday and Late Summer Solstice! ☀️

today, we’re sharing one of my personal favorites from , which is all about her drag king persona, Danny Damn. I’ve had the privilege of seeing Danny perform multiple times and every time I see him on stage, it’s just instant serotonin! This piece reminds me of his performances and I’m hoping Danny makes a comeback! ^-^

14/06/2023

Happy Wednesday! We’re looking back at our CAMP issue with this wonderful piece from ^-^

07/06/2023

Happy Tuesday! We hope your week is going smoothly.

We’re peeking back into our past issue, MAHAL, with a snippet from ’s poem. If you’re interested in reading the whole poem (along with others), please visit our website to check out the PDF copy of the issue.

Maraming salamat!



25/05/2023

We are looking for artists to submit their artworks for ‘s upcoming exhibition featuring local artists. 👉 https://www.chopsticksalleyart.org/submission

24/05/2023

Happy Wednesday! I’m hoping everyone is doing well. 😄

Today we are looking back at our Mahal issue with a piece from . If you want to read her entire piece along with other love themed works, visit our website and check out a PDF copy!

17/05/2023

16/05/2023