Alma M Ouanesisouk Trinidad

Biographic Data

ID3482024
NAMEAlma M Ouanesisouk Trinidad
GIVEN NAMESAlma M Ouanesisouk
FAMILY NAMETrinidad
SIGNATURETRINIDAD A M O
AFFILIATIONSPortland State University
ORCID0000-0001-6946-7483
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Critical Indigenous Pedagogy of Place

    Open AccessAlma M Ouanesisouk TrinidadARTICLEJournal of Social Work Education2025

    Being a part of the CSWE’s Minority Fellowship Program was a space to ground my scholarly work as a Pinay (Filipina) scholar warrior and guardian of kapu aloha (sacred love in Hawaiian)/mahalaya/wayawaya ken ayat (love and freedom in Tagalog and Ilocano). In this article, I share my stance of serving the people and community through the use of Critical Indigenous Pedagogy of Place (CIPP), its process of refining the values of love and freedom, an…

  • Weaving Our Kuwentos (Stories) toward Ginhawa (Aliveness)

    Open AccessJoanna C La Torre, Lalaine Sevillano et al.ARTICLEGenealogy2024References: 9

    Five Pilipina American (PA) social work MotherScholars, from a doctoral student to an interim dean, used kuwentuhan (Pilipinx methodology) to amplify their survivance and thrivance despite attempted exclusion, reduction, and distortion as Pilipinos by coloniality/modernity. Grounded in decolonial feminism (the view that oppressions such as sexism and racism co-constitute coloniality and that unsettling oppressions disrupts hegemony) and Pinayism …

  • If Not Now, When? A Call to End Social Work’s Tolerance of White Supremacy in the Academy

    Open AccessAntonio R Garcia, Sheila Barnhart et al.ARTICLECritical Social Work2022

    Despite ethical responsibilities to dismantle systems of oppression, White supremacy ideologies and practices are still inundated in social work academe to the detriment of Black, Indigenous, Latino, and Persons of Color (BILPOC) communities and faculty dedicated to teaching the next generation of critical scholars, activists, and clinicians. Four themes are introduced to exemplify how the academy remains overpowered by the need to sustain the st…

  • Navigating fierce love during the pandemic

    Open AccessAlma M Ouanesisouk TrinidadARTICLEQualitative Social Work2021

    This article presents reflections of a Pinay Scholar Warrior of Kapu Aloha and Mahalaya during the pandemic. Excerpts from her social media and reflections from her personal journal reveal the complexities of navigating fierce love in social work teaching and service. Issues related to facilitating critical analyses of social determinants of health, grief and loss, and rediscovering strengths and joys. Implications of women of color in the academ…

  • Picturing Forgotten Filipinx

    Open AccessStevie Cadiz, Alma M Ouanesisouk TrinidadARTICLEGenealogy2020References: 8

    U.S. imperialism in the Philippines has led to the multiple generations of diasporic conditions of colonial amnesia and systematic forgetting of history. Its impact on the Filipinx community has left unrecorded memories and voices of immigrants silenced, and considered lost to history. This study examines the relationship between U.S. colonialism and imperialism in the Philippines and the experiences of Filipinx immigration to the U.S. through a …

  • Critical Indigenous Pedagogy of Place

    Alma M Ouanesisouk TrinidadARTICLEJournal of Ethnic & Cultural…2014Cited by: 1References: 12

    Native Hawaiians face an array of disparities due to structural oppression. Interventions developed by social workers need to be culturally responsive. The process of indigenization is necessary for an intervention to be effective in addressing the needs of a cultural group. This article highlights the growing literature on indigenizing interventions. It examines Critical Indigenous Pedagogy of Place (CIPP) as an approach and method that can faci…

  • Toward kuleana (responsibility)

    Open AccessAlma M Ouanesisouk TrinidadARTICLEAggression and Violent Behavior2009Cited by: 5References: 9

  • Sariling GawaYouth Council as a Case Study of Youth Leadership Development in Hawai'i

    Esminia M Luluquisen, Alma M Ouanesisouk Trinidad et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Practice2006Cited by: 3References: 5

    This article describes Sariling Gawa Youth Council as a case study of youth leadership development in Hawai'i. Since 1980, thousands of young people-primarily Filipino youth-have participated in Sariling Gawa activities which have developed their leadership skills. Many of them have continued to lead the organization and utilize what they learned with numerous local organizations and state agencies. The authors examine Sariling Gawa's growth, str…