OUR HISTORY.
Northeastern University’s Barkada began as a small group of Filipino/Filipino-American students who aspired to have their culture recognized at the university. They wanted to have an organization that united people who embraced Filipino culture and wished to spread it through cultural, educational and social activities.
With hard work, dedication, and the aid of their then-club advisor Scott Quint, Barkada became an official NU organization on January 26, 1998. Throughout its years as an established student organization, NU Barkada has grown to become a bigger family than its founders had ever imagined. However, the organization still holds true to the guidelines and values set forth by its founders and continues to build upon their strong foundation.
With hard work, dedication, and the aid of their then-club advisor Scott Quint, Barkada became an official NU organization on January 26, 1998. Throughout its years as an established student organization, NU Barkada has grown to become a bigger family than its founders had ever imagined. However, the organization still holds true to the guidelines and values set forth by its founders and continues to build upon their strong foundation.
What we do.
Barkada has become a prominent student group at Northeastern University. Always striving to hold true to its mission statement, Barkada gets involved in many ways.
- Cultural: Barkada promotes Filipino culture through interactive general meetings, potluck events featuring authentic dishes, and dance showcases where we perform traditional pieces. Catch us at our “Filipino History 101” or “Cooking 101” general meetings, or watch us perform at our annual spring culture show, Bahay Kubo. Whatever event it may be, Barkada always aims to promote the Filipino culture!
- Educational: We are committed to educating our members not only about the Filipino culture, but other issues surrounding the Asian American community as well. Barkada is an active organization in the Pan Asian American Council (PAAC) here at Northeastern University, which in turn is affiliated with the Asian American Center (AAC). Through PAAC and AAC, we are able to further educate our members in issues that go beyond the Filipino culture.
- Community: Barkada gives back. Whether it’s at the Greater Boston Food Bank, Relay for Life, or the Mission Hill Road Race, Barkada has been making giant strides in our philanthropic efforts. We even join forces with our fellow Filipino student organizations around New England through the Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue, Inc. (FIND). With FIND, schools like Boston University, Boston College, and Brown University can come together and share bonds.
- Social: Through family dinners and weekend activities, Barkada aims to build a strong close-knit community. Through the BIGGIEsmalls program, freshmen have the opportunity to be paired up with upperclassmen that will serve as mentors. The program helps freshmen with their transition into college, providing them not only with resources, but hopefully good friends as well. Barkada would be nothing without its members. Through social events, Barkada helps build the character of each and every one of its students.
OUR LOGO.
NU Barkada’s logo, from one aspect, resembles the nipa hut, a bamboo shelter built in the rural, coastal areas of the Philippines. Barkada, like the nipa hut, provides its members with support and is built to withstand adverse conditions, day-in and day-out.
Sheltered within the nipa hut, beneath the sun and the moon, the flag of the Philippines symbolizes the rich Filipino culture from which Barkada draws its roots. The logo also resembles two people, hand-in-hand, dancing Tinikling, a Filipino cultural dance. This encompasses one of the primary goals of NU Barkada: to educate others about the Filipino culture and to bridge the gap that separates people from different walks of life. |