With my research on migrant workers in #Jordan & #MiddleEast, this is the system of racism in the region. Filipina women migrant workers who came in as domestic workers can only be domestic workers even if she has prior expertise in other job sectors. jordannews.jo/Section-109/Ne…

I come from a family of #OverseasFilipinoWorkers. More than 96% of the 43,000+ #OFWs in #Jordan are women #DomesticWorkers. At Harvard, I seek to amplify their stories and those of migrant domestic workers in the #MiddleEast who endure the #Kafala system. news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

#LaborDay #يوم_العمال Coming from a family of #MigrantWorkers, let us learn from their stories. Let us recognize their presence. Think about it. Without migrant workers, #Jordan, #Lebanon, #Qatar, #UAE, #Saudi, #US, #UK, #HongKong, #TheWorld will be خلص/khalas/grinding to a halt.

This is why I care about #MigrantWorkers. دائماََ أنا مع المهاجرين.This is why I devote my time at Harvard for them. It starts with my own mother. Just like much of this world & #Kafala, I looked down on migrant workers like her. I still bear the guilt. news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

Nicole Constable writes “Temporary #MigrantWorkers are expected to enter the destination country as workers, setting aside other aspects of their lives.”I chose to focus on the religious aspect of their lives in my #thesis to recognize Filipina migrant domestic workers as people.

Today @ 5 am Boston Time (12 pm Amman, 1 pm Dubai, 5 pm Manila), I will be on Harvard Radio WHRB 95.3FM for 10 HOURS to air Filipino and Arab music & talk about their stories. I will highlight the presence of #OverseasFilipinoWorkers through music. Tune in @ whrb.org.

“He has brought down the powerful from their thrones & lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things...” We chose to read The Magnificat for the Christian tradition in #Harvard2023 Baccalaureate. This was our subtle message/reminder for this institution of power.

12 years ago, my mother and I immigrated to the US. Many have treated us poorly because people look down on servants and those who are not white and wealthy. But today, here we are having graduated from Harvard. This is for you, Ma, and for all #MigrantWorkers! #Harvard2023

A huge honor to celebrate #PhilippineIndependenceDay with #OverseasFilipinoWorkers in #Jordan. I got to meet H.E. Wilfredo Santos, our new PH Ambassador. And the OFWs threw in a surprise for me as my birthday is also on June 12. Moments of joy for migrants. susanople DFA Philippines 🇵🇭

Jordan, an International Labour Organization member state, has yet to ratify ILO Convention 189 that would commit it to the "protection of the human rights of all domestic workers." Right now with #Kafala in Jordan, migrant domestic workers have to get "released" by their employers. shar.es/afTmTv

Research as a form of public service & community involvement. A huge honor to be working with & for the #OverseasFilipinoWorkers of #Jordan/#MENA. The Department of Migrant Workers - Philippines Migrant Workers Office in Amman has been a space where we got to do various programs for OFWs. DFA Philippines 🇵🇭 susanople

Many #MigrantDomesticWorkers have been in #Jordan for years to decades & have never been to places that locals & tourists go to because many expect them to only work. I challenge this by driving migrant workers all over Jordan during weekends where they can have moments of joy.

I mourn the passing away of Department of Migrant Workers Secretary susanople. She has dedicated her life for the #OverseasFilipinoWorkers. While I have not met her, I have known her spirit of service in Jordan with the Department of Migrant Workers - Philippines that has supported so many migrant workers here.

When I bring up the topic of migrant workers in Harvard and devote my life working with them, I think of Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople, an HKS alumna, who also went through those same university spaces and made it her life to serve migrant workers. Rest in Peace to her.

It is an honor to have worked with these children in my involvement with migrant worker communities in Jordan. We share similar upbringing stories being raised by migrant workers. In light of challenges and stigmas they face, these children carry thru w/ their talents & dreams.

And she is now Harvard Class of 2024 Commencement Speaker! From a Harvard Class of 2023 grad and fellow kababayan, congratulations at mabuhay po kayo, Maria Ressa!