Color Our Roots - Kirby Araullo

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Résumé :
The first edition of Color Our Roots features dozens of characters based on the Ancient Luzones, the ancestors of today's Kapampangan and Tagalog-speaking people. This first edition also includes valuable information about the social structure of precolonial Luzon in what is now the Philippines. Hopefully this Know Our Roots and Color Our Roots series will help many others in their path to decolonize and reconnect deeper with our roots. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did creating them. Dacal pung sal?mat!

Biographie:
Kirby P?balan-T?yag Ar?ullo is a Filipino American historian, content creator, and renowned culture bearer based in California. He is also the author of the groundbreaking book Black Lives & Brown Freedom: Untold Histories of War, Solidarity, & Genocide, and the Co-Founder and former Director of Operations for the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at the University of California, Davis. As of 2022, Kirby serves in the City of Sacramento as Council Representative for District 8 and Communications Director for the Office of Councilmember Mai Vang. Kirby is a direct descendant of the last indigenous Paramount Kings of Luzon (of both Lakand?l? of Tondo and R?ja Matand? of Mayn?l?), of the anti-colonial revolutionary Katipuneros, and of World War II Guerilyeras who fought for the liberation of the islands we now call the Philippines. Born in Angeles City, Philippines, Kirby spent his childhood amidst the rebuilding of his homeland in the aftermath of Mt. Pinatubo's cataclysmic eruption. His childhood beneath the shadows of the city's red-light district, slum neighborhoods, and Clark Air Base (a former U.S. military installation) sparked his lifelong passion in advocating for the rights and the well-being of marginalized and disenfranchised communities. As a direct descendant of revolutionaries, politicos, and activists, Kirby's upbringing was molded by productively engaging and navigating the realms of advocacy, traditional politics, and grassroots activism. With a keen interest in varying fields (such as history, public affairs, and filmmaking) and a strong commitment to serving the community, Kirby studied at some of the world's most prestigious institutions, such as Harvard University, the University of California, Davis, and the Universit? catholique de Louvain (one of Europe's oldest universities). He has been teaching Filipino people's history through writing in indigenous Philippine scripts (Kulitan & Baybayin) for over a decade. Today, Kirby is well-known for his educationally engaging YouTube channel where you can find videos about history, culture, and everything in between! He is also currently working on his next big book Luzones & the New World: Forgotten Histories from Southeast Asia to the Americas along with an easy-to-read book and zine series known as Know Our Roots, and an educational coloring book series called Color Our Roots.