MC CAN LAST
MC Canlas is a seasoned non-profit agency executive, pop-ed educator, community strategist, historian, parol-making instructor, and ethnotour docent.
Based in Two Cities
San Francisco, California, USA City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines
Philosophy of life
Living Life Open, Sincere, and True. LOST finds a way.
Mamuhay ng Bukas, Tapat, at Totoo sa paghahanap ng sarili, kapwa at bayan.
Historian Statement
It is only by telling and retelling our stories do we keep our collective memory of struggles for justice, freedom and democracy alive and to thrive for this generation and beyond.
Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paroroonang may kasarinlan, katarungan, demokrasya, at kaginhawaan.
ABOUT MC CAN LAST, A HOMEPAGE
My homepage is an online repository of my works and writings.
It is the home of my published and unpublished works. Several of them were written for the print media that are not yet properly archived, remain undigitized, and are not easily accessible and available online.
It is a portfolio for my popular education works using the social media and internet.
It serves as my résumé and a curriculum vitae.
It is a business card for my consultancy and services-in-demand.
It functions as a promotional vehicle for my on-going projects and entrepreneurial/business ventures.
I am currently based in two cities in two countries, and this homepage is my homebase in cyberspace.
The contents of this homepage are in my own words in three languages, in English, Filipino/Tagalog, and Kapampangan.
Recognition and Acknowledgement
2020 – Presenter, Monuments and Markers, San Francisco History Day
2013 – One of the Filipino Champions of SoMa, by The Filipino Channel (TFC)
2010 – Lead Proponent, SoMa Pilipinas as Filipino Cultural Heritage District, Western SoMa Citizen Planning Task Force
2003 – Founding Director, Parol Lantern Festival and Parade
2002 – Co-founder Galing Bata Program (Filipino Education Center)
2001 – Faculty, Salzburg Global Seminar (Session 394)
2001 – Fellowship Grant, Wildflower Institute
2000 – Senior Fellow, Studies 2000 (Representing Filipino Community)
1999 – Koshland's Civic Unity Award, San Francisco Foundation
1987 – Co-founder, Popular Education for People's Empowerment (PEPE)
1986 – Co-founder, Institute for Popular Democracy (IPD)
Background and Work History
2020- present – Manager of Navigation Services -Adult Coordinated Entry (ECS)
2000 - present – Community Strategist/Consultant, Filipino American Development Foundation (FADF)
2009 – Information Resource Specialist, Episcopal Community Services (ECS)
1997 – Executive Director, Pilipino Bayanihan Resource Center (PBRC)
1995 – Center Director, SoMa Teen and Family Center of West Bay Pilipino Center
1994 – Faculty, Phil-Danish Folk School/Education for Life Foundation (ELF)
1991 - Program Coordinator, Pilipino Early Intervention Project (PEIP)
1990 – Project Director, Popular Education for People's Empowerment (PEPE)
1988 – Community Organizer, Daly City Filipino Organizing Project (DCFOP)
1986 – Deputy Director, Institute for Popular Democracy (IPD)
1984 – Executive Director, IBON Data Philippines (now IBON Foundation)
1980 – Program Director, IBON Seminar and Instructional Program (ISIP)
1978 – University Instructor, University of the Philippines-Baguio