"Illusion & Reality: Cloth and the Philippine Experience" Talk given to Stanford University, Pilipino American Student Association (PASU) Bechtel International House, June 8, 2017
"Weaving Peace & Dreams: Textile Arts of Mindanao" , exhibit preview talk presented to Textile Arts Council Study Group, De Young Museum, May 7 2017, with Anthony Cruz Legarda, Powerpoint
"Maghabi sa Kinabukasan: The Future of Artisanal & Indigenous Weaving: Craft, Art & Heritage Development", talk delivered at College of Community Development graduate seminar, April 25 2017
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Research Grant: 'Globalization and Its Impact on Indigenous & Artisanal Weavers in the Philippines", February-April 2017
Marilou Diaz-Abaya: Filmmaker on a Voyage Documentary Special Screening in honor of the Loyola Marymount Alumni, Panelist, Loyola Marymount University, October 24, 2016
Palimpsest 2: Filipino / Filipino-American Studies, “The Philippines and the Filipinos”, Conference panelist, "Performing History: Pilgrimage in Mt Bahahaw," U.C. San Diego, October 14-16, 2016
"Sustainable incomes for Philippine indigenous weavers", Fielding Voices Alumni Newsletter http://www.fielding.edu/news/sustainable-incomes-for-indigenous-weaving-communities/
N.V.M. Gonzalez Centennial Writers' Workshop: Diliman & Mindoro January 4-9, 2016
N.V.M. Gonzalez Centennial & Celebration of Bay Area Filipino American Writers, Philippine Consulate General, San Francisco September 8, 1915-2015
Close Encounters with the Empire: First Igorots in San Francisco (Alternative Spring Break workshop in SFPL and Presidio, March 30-31, 2015)
The Hinabi Project: The Art of Philippine Textiles, October 4 2015, Asian Art Museum Educational Display Tribute to Andres Bonifacio in Song and Poetry with Evelyn Mandac & CCSF students, Philippine Consulate, San Francisco, November 14, 2014
Alay Kay Gat Jose Rizal: Rizal in Multiples, (also featuring African American soprano Nicole James and Tango ni Rizal guitar Duet with Theresa Calpotura, San Francisco Public Library Koret Hall, June 20, 2014
Grail Family Services: Data Analysis and Reporting, San Jose November 2013
“Tango ni Rizal” guitar duet with Theresa Calpotura, Philippine Folklife Museum Foundation 150th Birth Celebration of Dr. Jose Rizal & Rizaliana Exhibit, Philippine Consulate, San Francisco, December 20, 2011
”150th Year of Jose Rizal Celebration” (Stanford University, August 2011; Milpitas Library, CA, October 2011)
Member, planning and organizing committee for the First Filipino-American Book Festival San Francisco, 2011
Trainer, Letras Para Volar Literacy Project Guadalajara, Mexico, November 19-30, 2010; November 8-13, 2011
Project Read tutor, Menlo Park Library, CA, 2009
Moderator, “Filipino-American Political Leadership Symposium” , CSUEB, October 3, 2008
Organizer/Convenor, "Mapping Identities: Pilipino American Artists at Stanford", May 2, 2008, Stanford University
Founder/Convenor, “NVM Gonzalez Writers’ Workshop”, UCLA Asian American Studies, June 18-19, 2005; and July 27-29, 2007, 2009 U.C. Santa Barbara; July 1-3, 2011 Sonoma State University, July 3-6, 2013 U.W, Seattle, with Writer-in-Residence Peter Bacho. www.nvm.gonzalez.org
Moderator, “Filipino-American Intergeneration Symposium”, Center for Filipino Studies and PASA, Cal-State University, East Bay, October 2006
Convenor, “Mindanao Perspectives: Two Views”, Stanford University Filipino American Community at Stanford, November 2003
Conference Organizer/Convenor, “100 Years of Images: Philippine-American Representations, 1899-1999”, Center for Filipino Studies and PASA, California State University Hayward, October 1999
Chair and Conference Coordinator, “Roots of Development Conference”, Co-sponsored by International Institute for Rural Reconstruction and Northern California Filipino Community Organizations, California State University Hayward, 1994