PUSO General Meetings

For some of their meetings this semester, PUSO (The Pilipino [Filipino] United Student Organization) has been bringing in a different sort of food to each meeting. Sometimes, part of the meeting itself involves Ariane Salvador and their other leaders showing the members how they make the different sort of foods before feeding their membership. Some of the foods they’ve made have included champorado, turon, arroz caldo, and cassava cake.

PUSO hasn’t had large attendance this semester, but it has a steady group of members who usually show up. I personally enjoy hearing what the Filipino students are up to since the culture has a history that intersects with that of Latino culture, since both the Philippines and Latin-America were colonized by the Spanish. This has been apparent as I hear of the different foods they’ve been making, some of which have the same name as a Latino equivalent (my own family has a Mexican version of champorado and arroz caldo.)

I’ve been enjoying attending PUSO’s meetings and look forward to seeing more of them this semester.