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Welcome to my office in the historic North Side of Chicago. I am currently immersed in several projects presented here.
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Gerry is currently on leave as editor of GoPride.com—Chicago’s LGBT news site.
Gerry is Chicago Health Care Hero 2020
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Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club
Books you should read.
Gerry’s Blog.
What is Buddha to you?
I picked up a short Thich Nhat Hanh anthology. But an acquaintance was quick to exclaim, “But you’re a Christian!” I responded, “And so?”
Ilocano 101: Atang—Honoring the dead
Learn about the indigenous Ilocano faith tradition called Anitism.
Hanabada Days: Trick-or-treat at a Honolulu condo
I grew up in a Honolulu condo with first generation Asian American Pacific Islander neighbors. And they didn’t quite get Halloween right. But it was better.
Ilocano 101: Kasla gloria ti Hawaii—The Hawaiianos
What is an Ilocano and Hawaiiano? I love to answer this question about my ethnicity and its Hawaii variant.
Almost a martyred hero—Rev. Edgar Saguinsin
We take for granted our freedom to write and protest the powers that be in America. And there are heroes among us who’ve faced true oppression for doing the same.
The big pineapple—eulogy for Rudy Farinas
Rudy Farinas leaves a living legacy that Carrie’s his love into a new generation—through his granddaughters.