Sunday Jump provides a variety of programs rooted in creating a sense of belonging and community ties to Historic Filipinotown.
The backbone of Sunday Jump’s programming is the Open Mic, which occurs monthly from May to November at Pilipino Workers Center. Each event features a lottery-based sign-up, a featured artist, a food vendor, merch or art vendor, and a community spotlight, all chosen intentionally to uplift artists of color. The venue is fully accessible, with wheelchair access, gender-neutral bathrooms, ASL interpreters available upon request, and scent-free guidelines to accommodate all attendees.

Monthly workshops offer a more intimate setting for participants to explore monthly themes through hands-on learning. Past topics have ranged from DIY paper making to storytelling through dance.

Through our Publishing program, we produce physical and digital chapbooks that showcase art across multiple disciplines, offering community voices a sense of permanence beyond the live event space.

Finally, we produce a number of special events, highlighting Sunday Jump’s collaborative spirit. Since 2014, we have produced the Katipunan Poetry Slam, an annual event for Filipino and Filipino-American voices rooted in the tradition of the balagtasan, or poetic debate. Most recently, in partnership with KmB Pro-People Youth and LA Neighborhood Land Trust, we launched Kanto Corner, a quarterly festival that brings the community together at Unidad Park through vendors, performances, and mutual aid/service organizations, celebrating the Historic Filipinotown neighborhood as a living, vibrant home. Other partnerships have included a special showcase with KPCC’s Unheard LA series and a Filipino mental health panel co-hosted with the LA Times.