Upcoming events
Clothing Swap
This month’s Conscious Caregiving Offering is Hosted by @raisingancestors x @swapinthepark
How it Works:
Location: There is a clothing rack located inside of Kapwa Kultural Center next to the front door starting 12/11 until mind-January 2026 that is free and open to the public during business hours. See Holiday business hours here.
Take what you need: Please be mindful of how many items you select to take home; we want to ensure there is enough for the entire community.
Donations: Accepting clean, gently used clothing, coats and hangers. Due to staffing we are accepting only during Donation Drop Off Windows. Current Donation Drop Off Window: Friday 12/19 at 3-8pm (encouraged to bring during our parol event).
Thoughtfully curated: Please help keep the area tidy; if you see an item on the ground, hang it up. The clothing rack will be monitored on a regular basis to ensure it remains stocked. Remaining items will be donated to a local organization.
While you’re here: Interact with our food pantry (give or get), check out our local vendors or purchase a boba!
REGISTRATION CLOSED: Parol Lantern Crafternoon with Adrienne
Celebrate the Filipino holiday season at Kapwa Cultural Center’s Parol Lantern Crafternoons—free, hands-on crafting workshops in Daly City for all ages.
Remagination Farm
Remagination Farm joins us at Kapwa to showcase their work, share their membership program, and invite the community into deeper connection with land, healing, and earth stewardship.
Legal Aid Office Hours
Join us at KKC for Legal Aid Office Hours — FREE legal help and guidance for community members seeking support with your rights, documents, and resources. Provided by Legal Aid Society San Mateo
Filipino Community Center Office Hours
Filipino Community Center Tuesday Office Hours 2:00-5:00pm on Tuesday 12/16
The Filipino Community Center (FCC) provides culturally competent programs and services, help community members access free and low-cost resources, and connect families to grassroots organizations and advocates.
The community is invited to Tuesday office hours to learn about services from FCC staff.
Kapwa Kultural Center has intentionally scheduled 2 resources (FCC and Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County) to hold their office hours at overlapping times in order to best serve our community.
Tuesday 12/16 FCC Office Hours 2-5; Legal Aid Office Hours 3-5
Parol Lantern Crafternoon with Krizia
Celebrate the Filipino holiday season at Kapwa Cultural Center’s Parol Lantern Crafternoons—free, hands-on crafting workshops in Daly City for all ages.
12/5 Financial Wellness Workshop
This is a HYBRID event. Register below to save your spot and receive free boba.
Click here for Zoom information.
Parol Lantern Crafternoon with melissa
Celebrate the Filipino holiday season at Kapwa Cultural Center’s Parol Lantern Crafternoons—free, hands-on crafting workshops in Daly City for all ages.
Small Business Saturday
Shop local vendors, check out our new menu and vote with your dollar!
Wellness Walk and Food Drive
Join us at 8am, Thanksgiving morning in Daly City for our Wellness Walk & Food Drive!
The Everyday People Movement Club is a community that moves together.
Join us Thanksgiving morning in Daly City for a special Wellness Walk & Food Drive. Our Movement Club has partnered up with Kapwa Kultural Center to collect shelf stable food items for their community pantry. Grab your walking shoes and some non-perishable goods and meet us at Doelger Fitness Court at 8am where we'll be accepting donations.
The Wellness Walk will start shortly after 8:15am around the area and will conclude back at Doelger Fitness Court.
Coffee and goodies will available afterwards. Good vibes will be available all morning ;)
Everyday People Movement Club monthly events are FREE and open to all ages—so bring your squad, & spread the word :)
📅 Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025
📍 Location: Meet at Doelger Fitness Court (Larcombe Clubhouse) 145 Lake Merced Blvd. Daly City, CA 94015
⏰ Call Time: 8:00AM
🥫PANTRY DONATION SUGGESTIONS:
Shelf Stable Foods - Rice, Beans, or Pasta
Canned Tuna/Chicken, Soups
Peanut Butter, Cereal, Oatmeal
Shelf stable milk (any type)
Cooking Oil, Basic Spices
Snacks
Please ensure that all items are sealed, of good quality, and within expiration date.
Everyday People Merch available for purchase when you RSVP! (Limited Quantities) No judgement and no egos. If you’re up for good vibes and some activity, we’d love for you to move with us!
Healing, Connection, and Kapwa: A Gathering for Filipino Mental Health
Healing, Connection, and Kapwa: A Gathering for Filipino Mental Health
When: Friday 11/21 at 5:30-7:30pm
Who: All generations welcome
Cost: Free; Suggested Donation $10
This event is all about healing, for ourselves, our inner child, and our community.
We’re creating space to talk openly about Filipino mental health and intergenerational trauma, and to highlight the local orgs that specialize in Filipino-centered care right here in the Bay Area.
Many of us grew up carrying silence, shame, or stories that were never talked about. This event is about unlearning that together.
Join us and our partner organizations including Therapinxy Bay Area, FMHI San Mateo, and Kapwa Kultural Center for a day of music, reflection, and community care.
What to Expect:
-A mental health discussion with local Filipino therapists and advocates
-A “Letters to My Younger Self” reflection wall and affirmation space
-A DJ set by Zack Armada to hold the energy between conversations
-A live performance by KAT, a Filipino American singer and mental health advocate featured in The Slants Foundation’s Asian PaCIVICS program
-Plus a community resource fair to connect you with orgs offering culturally rooted mental health support
Let’s gather, listen, and heal for ourselves and the generations before and after us.
Remagination Farm
Remagination Farm joins us at Kapwa to showcase their work, share their membership program, and invite the community into deeper connection with land, healing, and earth stewardship.
Legal Aid Office Hours
Join us at KKC for Legal Aid Office Hours — FREE legal help and guidance for community members seeking support with your rights, documents, and resources. Provided by Legal Aid Society San Mateo
Mental Health First Aid Online Certification Course
Mental Health First Aid
Online Certification Course
Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to:
Identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adolescents ages 12-18.
Build skills and confidence you need to reach out and provide initial support to young people who are struggling.
Connect youth to appropriate support.
Who this course is for:
Adults who work with youth ages 12-18
Adults who are caregiving/parenting youth ages 12-18
Participants must be 18 years or older to register
Course Format:
1) Participants are required to take a 2 hour online self-paced introduction module and finish this by 11:59pm on 11/13, prior to the two Zoom sessions
2) Zoom Session 1: Friday, 11/14 at 3-5pm PT
3) Zoom Session 2: Saturday, 11/15 at 9:30am-12:00pm PT
At the end of the course you will get:
Certification for Mental Health First Aid
Certification is good for 3 years
Cost:
Certification Course value is $170; thanks to funder support we can offer it at a suggested donation of $35.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Registration Will Open Soon:
You must complete both steps in order to register:
1) Register for Zoom sessions here.
2)Complete suggested donation of $35 here. Choose an amount that aligns with your current circumstances.
After registration process is complete, expect an email with more information within the next 24 hours.
About your Facilitator:
Christi Morales-Kumasawa is Co-Founder and Director of Operations at Kapwa Kultural Center and Cafe. She has been facilitating Mental Health First Aid certification courses for 6 years and is passionate about helping others achieve wellness, which is why she pursued a mental health career in 2016 — after being a journalist for almost a decade.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, she’s provided trauma responsive, culturally attuned, and neurodiversity-affirming therapy: incorporating modalities such as EMDR, somatic work, mindfulness, expressive arts, and play therapy.
Questions? christi@kapwakulturalcenter.org
Skratchfight Fridays
Join us at for SKRATCHFIGHT FRIDAYS at KKC — a bi-weekly open decks session where DJs and community members come together to spin, learn, and vibe.
Typhoon Relief: A Percentage of Sales to NAFCON
We stand in solidarity with our kababayan impacted by typhoons Tino and Uwan.
During 11/14-11/21 a percentage of sales will be donated National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) to support and sustain local typhoon relief efforts.
Come by the cafe and purchase a boba or order online.
Parenting Our Parents
Parenting Our Parents: Practical Support for Those Caregiving Our Elders
Conscious Caregiving is a monthly offering hosted by Raising Ancestors in collaboration with Kapwa Kultural Center. This is our 6th season of programming centered around supporting the generation that is simultaneously raising children, caregiving for our elders and healing our inner child.
Who: All generations welcome; caregiving roles are inclusive of bio, step, adoptive, surrogate parents; birthing and non-birthing parents; aunties, uncles, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, siblings, cousins and anyone who identifies as a caregiver.
When: Wednesday 11/12 at 5:30—7:00pm PT on Zoom (Register Below)
What to Expect:
5:30-6:15pm
Caregiving Storysharing Featuring: Deodor Tronco; Christi Morales-Kumasawa and Marcia Ceguerra Tulio. Then open up to participants to share their story.
Guiding Questions: What is your caregiving role? How its going and what resources you wish you had or are currently utilizing that is helpful?
6:15-7:00pm
Practical Support From Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County:
Legal Aid staff attorneys will provide a brief overview of our free legal services serving San Mateo County residents with a focus on demystifying Medi-Cal, share of cost, IHSS, and our Power of Attorney (POA) and Advanced Health Care Directive (AHCD) clinic offerings.
Please register on Zoom for meeting information. Recording will be shared with registrants.
Free to all. KKC is a non-profit and strives to keep programming free or low cost.
Suggested donation $10. Donate here.
Jayi: Terms & Conditions Pre-Save Party
Jayi: Terms & Conditions Pre-Save Party
You’re invited to this all ages launch party!
What to Expect:
6pm Doors Open
7pm Performance
8pm Event ends
🍕Free pizza🍕
ThemeL y2k Slumber Party.
Dress Code: y2k or PJs!
This is a free event; $10 suggested donation to Kapwa Kultural Center.
Pre-Order your boba for pick up on 11/7 at 5:45pm (Kitchen stops accepting orders at 5:45pm).
Follow:
@__jayi___ (IG)
@___jayi___ (TikTok)
@officialjayi (YouTube)
www.jayimusic.my.canva.site/jayi
Listen:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4lFFQ1xx0KFZWQNKSpcKcw?si=j9RVDOy-TuqUCDD74tef5g
RSVP below to let us know you’re coming!
Photovoice exhibit: BIPOC Youth-Led Activism Towards Healing Nature Spaces
Photovoice exhibit: BIPOC Youth-Led Activism Towards Healing Nature Spaces
Join the Hood 2 Woods Photovoice research team and participants as we share the findings of our health equity research study. Support and learn from BIPOC students at SF State, who aim to make healing in nature more possible for youth of color using photos and stories. We invite you to share your feedback on how our work can impact policies."
This photovoice exhibit reflects the images and narratives captured by transitional-age youth (18-26) residing in the San Francisco Bay Area who identify as Black, Latinx, Pilipino, and/or Pacific Islander participating in a research project entitled “Examining Anti-Racist Healing in Nature to Protect Telomeres of Transitional Age BIPOC for Health Equity,” also known as “Hood 2 Woods.” Participants were trained in Photovoice and the SHOWeD methodologies for reflecting on experiences in nature in order to answer these research questions: a) What does healing in nature mean to you? b) How can green spaces be more welcoming? and c) What do green spaces in anti-racist park systems look like? These photos document strengths, challenges, hopes, and fears, and were followed by reflection pieces by the students and rich discussions as a cohort.
Learn More: https://reclaimingnature.sfsu.edu/reclaimingnature/about-us-0
Register below to reserve your complimentary boba for first 50 people!
Pop Up at KKC: Lei's Plant Shop
Lei’s Plant Shop is a family-owned, Filipino-owned business dedicated to sharing a love of plants and greenery with the community.
Pop Up at KKC: brb crying
Join us at KKC for a special pop-up with Nins & Arns, co-hosts of the comedy podcast brb crying, as they share how laughing through tears connects us to ourselves and each other.
Legal Aid Office Hours
Join us at KKC for Legal Aid Office Hours — FREE legal help and guidance for community members seeking support with your rights, documents, and resources. Provided by Legal Aid Society San Mateo
KKC Celebrates 1 Year in Daly City! 🎉
Save the date for our FIRST ANNIVERSARY celebration!
KKC Closed
KKC will be closed on Thursday, Oct 24 as we prepare for our 1 Year Anniversary on Oct. 25th!
Pop Up at KKC: Kapuwa
Join us at KKC for a Kapuwa pop-up with artisan Ray Haguisan, featuring handmade pyrography wearable art inspired by Baybayin script and Philippine tattoo traditions.
Pop Up at KKC: Kristian Kabuay
Join us at KKC for a special pop-up with artist and cultural futurist Kristian Kabuay, featuring his Baybayin-inspired art, apparel, and works that reclaim and reimagine Filipino identity.