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07/23/2007

Call to Action: Preparation For and Picket at the Los Angeles Philippine Consulate Action

Preparation: Sunday, July 15, 2007, 2:00 PM
International Action Center - Los Angeles
5274 W Pico Blvd, Room 203
Los Angeles, CA 90019

Picket: Monday, July 23, 2007, 5:00 PM
Los Angeles Philippine Consulate
3600 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90010

BAYAN USA and its member organizations will hold solidarity actions denouncing the Philippine's Human Security Act (aka anti-terrorism bill) with State of the Nation Address (SONA).

03/02/2007 - 03/23/2007

Blue Scholars National Benefit Tour

Tentative dates for Blue Scholars: The Stop the Killings Tour are as follows:

* Mar 2: Portland, OR
* Mar 4: San Francisco, CA
* Mar 6: Los Angeles, CA
* Mar 7: San Diego, CA
* Mar 15: Chicago, IL Mar 16: New York, NY
* Mar 23: Seattle, WA

12/10/2006

You are solemnly invited to attend:
A Day of Mourning: A Funeral Procession & Ceremony for Human Rights Victims Locally & Globally

International Human Rights Day
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Seattle, WA

Funeral Procession, 1:00pm
Starts: at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center
800 Convention Pl
Seattle, WA 98101
(on the South side of Pike St., between 7th & 8th)

Funeral Ceremony / Eulogy, 2:00pm
Starts: at the South Side of Westlake Plaza (4th & Pine)
Seattle, WA 98101

The bereaved:
Philippine-U.S. Solidarity Organization (PUSO)
U.S. Committee for Labor and Human Rights in the Philippines
AnakBayan Seattle
Bayan U.S.A.
Pinay sa Seattle
Shoreline Community College API Organization
Seattle International Human Rights Committee

The bereaved respectfully asks that all attendees to the procession and ceremony wear black in solidarity with our mourning and to respect those who we honor and wish to commemorate on this day.

For more info: 206.383.9741

12/10/2006

Pagsambang Bayan: People's Worship Service and Candlelight Vigil for the Disappeared and Killed Religious and Community Leaders in the Philippines

Sunday, December 10, 2006, 4pm
Daly City United Methodist Church
1474 Southgate Avenue
Daly City, CA 94015

October 3, 2006, Bishop Alberto B. Ramento, a staunch peace and human rights advocate known as the "Bishop of the Poor Peasants and Workers" and former chair of National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) was found murdered in his rectory.  Over the past five years, 27 clergy and religious workers of the United Church of Christ Philippines, United Methodist Church, Philippine Independent Church, and Roman Catholic Church, along with over 700 other farmers, students, workers, community organizers, human rights workers and journalists, have been violently killed in the Philippines and their deaths remain unprosecuted. Please join us as we remember and honor those who have died or disappeared, and renew our call for peace, justice, and human rights in the Philippines. We invite you to bring flowers, candles and banners for a candlelight procession following the service. Clergy are requested to wear clerical attire.

12/07/2006

All Women's Hip Hop Show

Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW
Seattle, WA 98106

Doors open 8pm, show starts 9pm

11/30/2006

AnakBayan Seattle's 4th Anniversary

11/27/2006

Justice for Nicole
San Bruno, Ca

11/16/2006

Anakbayan Honolulu presents....

Sa Ngalan ng Tubo (In the Name of Sugar)

A Film Showing
University of Hawai'i-Manoa
Campus Center Room 310
Doors open at 630pm
$3 suggested donation, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!

Please come join Anakbayan Honolulu at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa Campus Center to watch Sa Ngalan ng Tubo, a documentary film about Hacienda Luista and the workers' struggle for fair wages.

This Thursday, November 16, 2006, we are holding a film showing in honor of the Hacienda Luisita Massacre anniversary. This day was chosen for the International Day of Protest against Trade Union Repression and Political Killings in the Philippines as a recognition and commemoration of the martyr-workers not only of Hacienda Luisita but of the martyr-workers in all the other workplaces and communities in the country.

More so, this day would serve as a testament to the continuing pursuit of the Filipino workers and people for economic and political emancipation.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to email us at anakbayan_honolulu@yahoo.com.

11/16/2006

Stop the Political Killings in the Philippines
Tukwila, Wa

Thursday, November 16, 2006, 6pm
Teamsters Hall
14675 Interurban Ave. S
Tukwila, WA

Speakers, Music, Entertainment. Food and Beverages Available. For more information, call 206-383-7209.

Sponsored by US Committee for Labor and Human Rights in the Philippines and The Northwest Alliance for Human Rights in the Philippines.

11/16/2006

Justice Hacienda Luisita Massacre Victims
New York

11/15/2006

Subic Rape Case Discussion

Wednesday, November 15, 2006, 7:00-9:00 pm
Skyline College
Bldg. 1, Rm. 306
3300 College Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066

Want to learn more about the issue? Then please join us..

*free event*

10/24/2006

Anakbayan Film Showing: "There’s Blood in Your Coffee" Nestle Strike

5pm
Seattle Central Community College
1701 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122

10/17/2006

Anakbayan UW Film Showing: “Tagumpay”

Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 5pm
UW Ethnic Cultural Center/Theatre
3940 Brooklyn Ave
Seattle, WA 98105

10/14/2006

Baliksambayanan (Back to the Homeland) Report Back

Saturday, October 14th, 2006 6:30pm
Filipino Community Center
35 San Juan Ave
San Francisco, CA 94112

League of Filipino Students and babae share experiences from their summer exposure to the Philippines.

For more info email or visit:
lfs@bayanusa.org
info@babaesf.org
www.babaesf.org
www.maniwalaya.org

10/10/2006

Anakbayan Film Showing: “Aklasan” on Filipino Peasants

Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 5pm
Shoreline Community College
16101 Greenwood Ave N
Shoreline, WA 98133

09/21/2006

Join the Global Day of Action to Stop Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines

Thursday, September 21, 2006
Various locations
view press release for more information

09/19/2006

Discussing Human Rights Violations in the Philippines
Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 6-9pm
Location: Skyline Community College
3300 College Dr.
San Bruno CA 94066
(exact room location to be announced)

A showing of a documentary regarding the recent abduction and murder of Alyce Claver, wife of a well-respected doctor and an advocate for the rights of the peasant community. We will also be discussing the rising political killings occurring all over the Philippines.

04/29/2006

Filipino women have always been in the forefront of the fight for liberation.  Join us in celebrating the work and contributions of Pinays in the movement from the past, in the present, and in the future.

babae presents...

MALAYA
an evening of film and performances to celebrate Filipino women's liberation
Saturday, April 29
7-9pm

More information to come, stay tuned and save the date!

info@babaesf.org
www.babaesf.org

04/09/2006

"Parangal" (Tribute) for Cris Hugo and Report on Philippine Youth and Student National Situation

Sunday, April 9, 2006; 2:30pm - 5pm
Kalayaan Hall / Philippine Forum
(basement of the Presbyterian Church)
54-05 Seabury St.
Elmhurst, New York

Sponsored by: Anakbayan-NY/NJ, NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP) and College Editors Guild of the Philippines-New York Alumni Group

Please join us for an afternoon gathering of testimonies, songs, poems and candle lighting as we pay tribute or "Parangal" for Cris Hugo, a journalism student from Bicol University, Philippines who was killed by
suspected members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on March 19th, 2006. He was a recently elected Grand Chancellor of Alpha Phi Omega (APO) Bicol University Chapter and a National Council Member of the League of Filipino Students (LFS).

There will also be a powerpoint presentation on the current national situation of youth and students in the Philippines.

*Special guest: visiting artist Jeb Garcia of KARATULA

03/30/2006

Candle light vigil for slain LFS youth leader Cris Hugo

Thursday, March 30, 2006; 5:30 pm-7pm
Malcolm X Plaza
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA

Program includes cultural sharing, solidarity messages from ally organizations and a moment of silence. Cris Hugo, a youth and student activist and member of League of Filipino Students and Alpha Phi Omega was murdered on March 19, 2006 in Legazpi City, Philippines. League of Filipino Students-SFSU, along with ally organizations and individuals will hold a candle light vigil celebrating and commemorating his life.

Petition online calling for the justice for Cris' death: www.petitiononline.com/LFS415

03/24/2006

BAYAN-USA northern California Region encourages the concerned community to add this event to your calendar. babae invites you to:

Community Teach-In
Friday, March 24, 2006; 6-9 pm
Filipino Community Center
35 San Juan Avenue
San Francisco, CA

Warm greetings to you all!

With the current political situation in the Philippines, many of our brothers and sisters in the homeland have been greatly affected by the fascist Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration.

Also, the current political climate in the Philippines coupled with historical events has had a major influence in, specifically, the women of the Philippines. Many of the factors leading up to the recent undeclared Martial Law, has also contribute to the wide sex-trafficking of Filipino women, exploitation of Filipino domestic workers and the rampant prostitution of Filipino women in the Philippines.

Here, in the belly of the beast, many of us have been struggling to understand the most recent events and their impact on both, the Philippine people and Filipinos in America, especially the women, our
sisters.

Please come to dialogue with us about the current situation! babae welcomes you and your contributions!!

03/24/2006

Hear firsthand accounts of GMA’s fascist state and the movement for People Power 3!

BAYAN USA Special Guest Speaker:
Human Rights Leader Marie Hilao Enriquez

PHILIPPINES UNDER FIRE:
Human Rights Defender Marie Hilao-Enriquez of KARAPATAN Speaks from the Frontlines of Struggle Against De Facto Martial Law in the Philippines Under the Arroyo Regime

Sponsored by BAYAN USA - Southern California, Anakbayan Los Angeles, Habi Arts , and Asian Pacific
American Labor Alliance (APALA)

Endorsed by California Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg

WHERE: SEIU Local 660, 500 S Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020
WHEN: Friday, March 24, 2006, 7:00pm – 10:00pm

Marie Hilao-Enriquez
Marie Hilao-Enriquez is the current Secretary General of KARAPATAN, the National Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights in the Philippines. Marie has been a leading figure in the Philippine human rights movement for the past 30 years. A victim of human rights violations herself as a political prisoner under the Marcos dictatorship, Marie has been active in the national democratic struggle of the Filipino people since the early 1970's as a student in the University of the Philippines. Members of her family were also victims of human rights violations, with one sister tortured and murdered by the military while another two siblings were unlawfully imprisoned. Having survived that experience, Marie played a key role in the historic class-action lawsuit against the Marcos estate, as part of the 10,000 victims of human rights violations in the Philippines. Today, Marie is active in exposing the grave condition of human rights violations in the Philippines under the Arroyo regime.

03/18/2006

Stop the War! BAYAN USA SoCal Contingent in the Anti-War March & Rally

Time to bring out the gear and let everyone know what’s going down in the Philippines! GMA’s a puppet and just another part of it! US troops out of Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Korea, Colombia and everywhere else!

Know more about the issues. Attend the morning teach-in. You won't go hungry - lunch will be served before the rally! Try BAYAN USA's Adobong Palaban (militant adobo)!

WHERE: BAYAN USA’s meeting point at the southwest corner of Hollywood Blvd and Argyle Ave (one block east of Hollywood and Vine St; near the Metro station; look for blue BAYAN USA flags)
WHEN: Saturday, March 18, 2006; 11am

03/18/2006

FILIPINOS SAY OUST GLORIA! NO TO STATE REPRESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES & NO TO STATE TERROR AGAINST IMMIGRANTS!

Saturday, March 18, 2006; 11am-12pm
People's Gathering in front of Philippine Consulate in Manhattan
556 Fifth Avenue, bet. 45th and 46th Streets
New York

Then, that same day, join Anti-War, Pro-Immigrant Rights Filipinos in saying.....

US TROOPS OUT OF THE PHILIPPINES, IRAQ, PALESTINE, AND EVERYWHERE! http://www.troopsoutnow.org

Global Day of Action on the 3rd Anniversary of US War on Iraq. Join the anti-war Filipino contingent as it marches from the front of Philippine Consulate and joins allies and supporters in Times Square in overall condemnation of continued US war of aggression against the peoples of the world. As Filipinos, sons and daughters of a country ravaged by 100 years of US military occupation and US puppet presidents, join BAYAN USA, NYCHRP, Anakbayan, and more as hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers will join the Global Day of Action against war.
beginning 1pm
Mass March/Convergence on Times Square Recruiting Station, NYC
meeting point for BAYAN USA-Filipino contingent TO BE ANNOUNCED

Sponsored by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP), and Anakbayan (Youth for the People)

03/18/2006

U.S military occupation leading to Civil War in Iraq, apartheid wall and Zionist state in Palestine, "National State of Emergency" towards Martial Law in the Philippines, Hurricane Katrina victims facing worse government neglect and losing their entire communities and homes...

Three years since the U.S.-led shock and awe military assault and invasion of Iraq, people of color in the United States and supporters of national liberation around the world are making the critical links of all struggling peoples worldwide who demand an end to the Bush's permanent war and U.S. occupation in the middle east and around the world!

Strength in Unity Contingent!
Saturday, March 18, 2006, 10am
Assemble at Powell and Market
Downtown San Francisco

People of Color Solidarity Program at Powell and Market then march to Civic Center where we will join thousands for the ANSWER National Day of Action

Strength in Unity Contingent is sponsored by: International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) Bay Area, Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Against War (APICAW), BAYAN-USA, Al-Awda Palestinian Right to Return Coalition, Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA), American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) / Asian & Pacific American Community Program (APAC), AA Movement / Ezine, Asian Prisoner Support Committee, Asian Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership, babae, Chin Jurn Wor Ping, Chinese Progressive Association, Collision Course Video, Free Palestine Alliance, Korean Americans United for Peace, League of Filipino Students, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and a growing list of allies and supporters against imperialist war and occupation.  

LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY!
WE GOT TO RAGE AGAINST THE BUSH MACHINE!  FROM IRAQ, PALESTINE TO THE PHILIPPINES!    

For more information:
http://www.apicaw.com

03/17/2006

BAYAN USA SoCal Rally Orientation

Prepare for the upcoming National protest against the “War on Terror”
What you need to know to keep it safe at the next rally
Learn the newest chants to OUST GMA!

WHERE: Lost Souls Café in Harlem Place Alley, 124 W. 4th Street (between Main and Spring), Los Angeles, CA 90013
WHEN: Friday, March 17, 6:00pm

03/17/2006

Community Film Screening of BATAS MILITAR (Martial Law)

Friday, March 17, 2006; 6:30pm
Philippine Forum's Bonifacio Hall
54-05 Seabury Street
Elmhurst, Queens
trains: V/G/R to Grand Street, Newtown
New York

What is Martial Law and how/why was it declared?
What are the conditions in the Philippines that led to this declaration?
Who was Ferdinand Marcos and what kind of leader was he?
What was the response of the Filipino students, youth?
What was the response of the workers, farmers, women, church?
Why are many saying Martial Law is being resurrected under the current administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo?
How can we, as Filipinos in the US, take part in a people's resolution to fight against Martial Law?

Batas Militar is the first extensive documentary on Martial Law and the grandest documentary production ever made in the Philippines. Batas Militar promoted two things. One, its timeless message. Martial Law should never happen again in any form, at any time. And that the price for democracy is eternal vigilance. Winner of several awards including Best Documentary History at the New York Film Festival 1998. This film was also shown at the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam and at the Asia Pacific Film Festival in Bangkok, 1999. Winner of several awards including Best Documentary History at the New York Film Festival 1998. In English and Filipino (with English subtitles).

Join us for a community screening followed by an important community dialogue with ex-detainees and victims of Martial Law under the Marcos regime. Listen to first-hand accounts from those who participated in the Filipino people's struggle against Martial Law.

Special Guest: Atty. EDRE OLALIA of Public Interest Law Center, Philippines

Sponsored by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP), and Anakbayan (Youth for the People)

03/16/2006

PHILIPPINES UNDER FIRE: 2 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS REPORTBACK FROM THE FRONTLINES AGAINST ARROYO'S DE FACTO MARTIAL LA: an open forum with Marie Hilao-Enriquez of KARAPATAN & Atty. Edre Olalia of the Intl. Association of Peoples Lawyers in the Philippines

Thursday, March 16, 2006 (repeat event; new venue); 6:30pm to 9pm
Community Service Society
105 East 22nd Street, corner of Park Ave.
New YorkConference Room #4a
trains: 6 to 23rd St
New York

**see bios of speakers below**

Sponsored by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP), and Anakbayan (Youth for the People)

03/14/2006

PHILIPPINES UNDER FIRE: 2 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS REPORTBACK FROM THE FRONTLINES AGAINST ARROYO'S DE FACTO MARTIAL LAW: An open forum with Marie Hilao-Enriquez of KARAPATAN & Atty. Edre Olalia of the Intl. Association of Peoples Lawyers in the Philippines

Tuesday, March 14, 2006; 7pm to 9pm
International Action Center
39 West 14th Street, between 5th and 6th Streets
Room 206
New York

Marie Hilao-Enriquez
Marie Hilao-Enriquez is the current Secretary General of KARAPATAN, the National Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights in the Philippines. She is a dedicated voice in the human rights forefront on behalf of human rights victims in the Philippines.

A victim of human rights violations herself under the Marcos dictatorship, Marie has been active in the national democratic struggle of the Filipino people since the early 1970's as a student in the University of the Philippines. In her early 20's, Marie was imprisoned as a leader of the nationalist youth organization, Kabataang Makabayan. Having survived that experience, Marie played a key role in the historic class-action lawsuit against the Marcos estate, as part of the 10,000 victims of human rights violations in the Philippines.

Today, Marie is active in exposing the grave condition of human rights violations in the Philippines under the Arroyo regime.

Edre Olalia
Edre Olalia is one of the Philippines' most dynamic human rights lawyers that has led a life of commitment to the Philippine people's struggle for genuine nationalism and democracy for over 20 years, starting from his student activist days at the University of the Philippines. He is currently the chief legal consultant for NDF-nominated panel of the Joint Monitoring Committee, the group jointly appointed by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF) to oversee the implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL). Edre is also currently the vice-president of the International Association of Peoples Lawyers in the Philippines.

Today, Edre is active in exposing the grave condition of human rights violations in the Philippines under the Arroyo regime.

Sponsored by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP), and Anakbayan (Youth for the People)

03/11/2006

Prop Making Session & Free Film Screening about the Philippines

Grab the markers & paint! Put your words on paper & make them heard!
Make signs, banners, noise makers, T-shirts, buttons, and more!
Learn the history of the Philippines and why GMA must go!

WHERE: Lost Souls Café in Harlem Place Alley, 124 W. 4th Street (between Main and Spring), Los Angeles, CA 90013
WHEN: Saturday, March 11, 2-6pm

03/11/2006

League of Filipino Students-San Francisco State University proudly presents to you our 4th annual

DIWANG PINAY
[soul of the pinay]
RECOGNIZE: PINAYS IN EFFECT

Saturday, March 11, 2006
Filipino Community Center
35 San Juan Ave btwn. Mission and Alemany, Exelsior District, SF

doors 630p, show 7p

$7-10 sliding scale

fundraiser for LFS' annual BalikSamBayanan (Back to the Homeland) Summer Exposure Trip

*parking is limited--please arrive early*

03/07/2006

Candle Light for Democracy & Community Forum

Tanglaw para sa Kalayaan at Pulong Pangkumunidad

Please join GabNet Seattle in a rally and candle light vigil to protest the continuing implementation of de facto martial law despite the uplifting of Presidential Proclamation 1017.  A community forum lead by members of Anakbayan Seatte and the NW Bayan Regional Council will be held following the vigil.

Tuesday March 7th,
Rally & Vigil 5:30-6:30
Community Forum 6:30-7:30

Filipino Community Center of Seattle                  

5740 Martin Luther King Jr Way

NO TO DICTATORSHIP
Wala ng Dictador

NO TO THE RETURN OF MARTIAL LAW
Di na kailangan pang bumalik ang Martial Law

Sponsored by Gabriela Network Seattle, Anakbayan Seattle, and Philippine US Solidarity Organization

02/25/2006

Join BAYAN-USA Northern California, Mexicano allies and the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride in opposition to the wrong solutions for a broken immigration system and "national security."

Defeat Sensenbrenner Bill HR4437!   

Rally for Immigrant Rights
Saturday, February 25, 2006
12 pm - 2 pm

St. Elizabeth's Elementary School on 34th Street
Fruitvale District in Oakland
(walking distance from Fruitvale BART)

The US House of Representatives passed the "Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism, and Illegal Control Act - HR 4437" in December 2005.

If passed in the Senate, this bill would:

• make it a felony offense to be in the U.S. without proper documentation
• criminalize nurses, teachers, clergy, social workers or anyone who has regular contact with illegal immigrants
• build a massive wall and fence along the U.S./Mexico border
• erode and eliminate judicial review of immigration court decisions

Undocumented immigration into the United States is not a problem for citizens. It is a forced reality that is a result of massive migration to the U.S. from economic crisis-ridden countries such as the Philippines.  Filipinos in the U.S. are fighting to survive against an unjust, exploitative, and bureaucratic U.S. immigration system that excessively delays and obstructs efficient and dignified paths to permanence for undocumented persons.

There are 10.3 million undocumented people in the United States. They come and remain here to work, oftentimes taking valuable care of others' grandparents, parents and children, provide healthcare in every medical facility, harvesting our food and countless other service jobs. They carry out vital services for our communities but are often underpaid and their labor devalued.  Now under another unseen level of immigrant attack.  Defeat Sensenbrenner HR4437!

Join babae, Filipino Civil Rights Advocates, Filipino Community Center, Filipinos for Affirmative Action, League of Filipino Students, BAYAN-USA and many supporters who condemn the use of our tax dollars to attack the civil and human rights of immigrant and working class families who built this country!

02/25/2006

February marks the anniversary of the Philippine-American War more than 100 years ago and increased U.S. military training exercises in the Philippines this month where 5000 marines have been deployed to continue more than a century of U.S. military occupation and intervention in the Philippines.  BAYAN-USA marks February as a month of Philippine Solidarity which means international solidarity with all our allies and supporters in the belly of U.S. imperialism.

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan - US Chapter (BAYAN-USA) and LOCUS Arts invites all supporters and allies of national liberation and international human rights to...

KAISAHAN: An Evening of Resistance, Culture and International Solidarity
Saturday, February 25, 2006, 8 pm
SPACE180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street)
San Francisco, CA

Cover $5-$10

Featuring a First Time Bay Area showing of the "People's Verdict: 2005 International Solidarity Mission for Human Rights in the Philippines" - This recent documentary highlights the fact findings of 90 international delegates to the Philippines from 16 countries to bring international attention to end political repression and state terror in the Philippines under the Arroyo regime's undeclared and deadly state of martial law.

Partial list of performers:
Power Struggle
Echoes of Bullets
League of Filipino Students SFSU
BABAE
more!

Oust Gloria Macapagal Arroyo!
U.S Troops out of the Philippines!
No U.S. tax dollars to fund Human Rights Violations in the Philippines or anywhere!

This event is co-presented by Viet Unity. Click here for more information.

02/21/2006

Join the presentation, discussion and strategy meeting for March 18th mass mobilization against war, racism and anti-immigrant attacks!

Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 6:30 pm

Garfield Community Center
23rd and Cherry Street

Scrap HR 4437!!! *
Justice for all immigrants!
Money for jobs, education, health services, not for war!
Bring the troops home!

Oragnized by BAYAN-USA, Seattle and Troops Out Now Coalition!
(206) 763-9611 or (206) 218-4417

*US House Resolution 4437 (a.k.a. Sensenbrenner Bill--the border protection, anti-terror and illegal immigration bill of 2005) is the latest proposed anti-immigrant legislation bill introduced by Congressman Sensenbrenner, R-WI, Chairman of the house judicial committee, on December 6, 2005 to the U.S. House of Representatives and passed (239-182) on December 16, 2005.

02/06/2006

Bayan USA Nothern California invites all our members and supporters to meet Ericka Huggins (Black Panther Party) for a history lesson and educational discussion. Hosted by League of Filipino Students.

Monday, February 6, 2006, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

San Francisco State University
Cesar Chavez Student Center
Rosa Parks C (bottom floor)

11/02/2005

In the Belly of the Beast. FIGHTING STATE TERROR FROM THE SOURCE. End Martial Law, U.S. Militarization, and brutal Human Rights violations by illegitmate Philippine president Arroyo Now!

Wednesday, November 2, 2005, 6:30 pm

Filipino Community Center
35 San Juan Street (at Mission)
San Francisco Excelsior District

• Sponsored by the Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, League of Filipino Students SFSU, BABAE and BAYAN USA Northern California Region
• featuring Legal Counsel for Bayan Muna Neri Colmenares, Movement Artist Lei Garcia from the Philippines AND reportback from returned delegates of the International Solidarity Mission (ISM) to the Philippines, August 2005, a five-team fact finding mission composed of over 100 international delegates representing 18 countries to investigate human rights violations under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo regime
• plus video screening of There's Blood in Your Coffee, a documentary on and updates from the 3+year Nestle workers strike in Cabuyao, Laguna, Southern Tagalog, where Filipino Nestle Union President and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) Labor Leader Diosdado "Ka Fort" Fortuna was brutally murdered under the undeclared return of Martial Law of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo
• updates and strategy on BAYAN USA's International Solidarity Mission campaign and national boycott of Nestle Products and demand for justice for slain Filipino Nestle Union President Diosdado Fortuna
  From the Bay to the Philippines...We got to Stop this War Machine!

10/29/2005

EXAMINING STATE TERROR. From Manila to Manhattan: Communities Speak Out on Martial Law, Militarization, and Police Brutality

Saturday, October 29, 2005, 1:00 pm - 5:00pm (forum); 7:00 pm (solidarity night)

New School University
66 West 12th Street
(between 5th and 6th Avenues in Manhattan, Room 510)

Partial Speaker List:

Dr. Joi Barrios poet/playright, professor, University of the Philippines-Diliman; convenor,
Congress of Teachers for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND); board member- Philippine
Studies Program of University of California

Dr. Robyn Rodriguez professor at Rutgers University, founder of Critical Filipino Filipina Studies
Collective, member of NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines

Haeyoung Yoon Attorney, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, Returned ISM delegate from
Hacienda Luisita team

Monami Maulik organizer, Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), Returned ISM delegate from
Eastern Visayas

Camilo Romero organizer, United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), Retured ISM delegate
from Hacienda Luisita

Berna Ellorin BAYAN USA regional representative, NY Committee for Human Rights in the
Philippines; Returned ISM delegate from Surigao del Sur team

Plus sharings and testimonials of former victims of Martial Law under the Marcos Regime in the Philippines (1972 - 1986) And Community Speak-Out! For more information, contact NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, email nychrp@yahoo.com

• sponsored by the NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines and BAYAN USA
• featuring reportback from returned delegates of the International Solidarity Mission (ISM) to
  the Philippines, August 2005, a five-team fact finding mission composed of over 100 international delegates representing 18 countries to investigate human rights violations under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo regime
• plus video screening of There's Blood in Your Coffee, a documentary on and updates from the 3+year Nestle workers strike in Cabuyao, Laguna, Southern Tagalog, where Filipino Nestle Union President and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) Labor Leader Diosdado "Ka Fort" Fortuna was brutally murdered under the undeclared return of Martial Law of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
• updates and strategy sharings of BAYAN USA national campaign to Boycott Nestle Products and
  demand justice for slain Filipino Nestle Union President Diosdado Fortuna

10/21/2005

International Solidarity Mission (ISM) Report Back and Discussion on the Continuing Human Rights Violations in the Philippines

Friday, October 21, 2005, 7:00 pm

United Teachers of Los Angeles Headquarters
3303 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Delegates from the International Solidarity Mission (ISM) in the Philippines, a human rights mission to uncover human rights violations, will share their documentation of the deteriorating conditions under the Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. From January 2001 to June 2005, a total of 4,207 cases of human rights abuses have been documented by Karapatan, the largest human rights alliance in the Philippines. The ISM resulted in an International People’s Tribunal charging President Arroyo guilty for crimes against humanity according to international law.

This critical event will feature film footage of the military’s massacre of striking farm workers in Hacienda Luisita in just November of last year. Video of families giving testimony of their loved one’s brutal murder and forced abductions will be shown to the public for the first time in Los Angeles.

Since the delegation in August, the assassinations of Diosdado Fortuna, Nestle Union leader; Vicky Samonte, leader of a worker’s organization; Rollie Mariano, Former Union President; and President Tony Cuizon, Atlas Mining Corporation Union, have added to the growing human rights violations committed under the Arroyo administration.

Event co-sponsored by: Habi Arts, Anakbayan Los Angeles, Bayan USA, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), The Southern California Confederation of Iranians, The Jericho Amnesty Coalition-Los Angeles, The Puerto Rican Alliance, United Farm Workers (UFW), International Action Center (IAC), One Korea LA Forum.

09/15/2005

Thursday, September 15, 2005, 5:30 pm

meeting point
Philippine Consulate
556 Fifth Ave. (between 45th St. and 46th St.)
New York, NY 10036-5095

to proceed
Dag Hammerskjold Plaza
47th St. and 2nd Ave
(across from the UN)

WEAR BLACK, we will be handing R.A.Ts. special costume. With the International Action center (IAC), Troops Out Now Coalition (TONC) and other organizations. Campaign led by BAYAN USA and the NYC For Gloria's Ouster Coalition

09/12/2005

GMA attends an art exhibit opening in Manhattan's Philippine Center, home of the Philippine Consulate. Rapid Actions Teams (R.A.Ts.) will be there! WEAR BLACK, we will be handing R.A.Ts. special costume.

Monday, September 12, 2005, 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Philippine Consulate
556 Fifth Ave. (between 45th St. and 46th St.)
New York, NY 10036-5095

Rapid Actions Teams or R.A.Ts, led by BAYAN USA, New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, Anakbayan-NY/NJ and the New York Coalition for Gloria's Ouster have been monitoring Arroyo's New York itinerary and will be at the Consulate awaiting her arrival, dressed in black. These groups, along with a fast-growing Arroyo opposition movement comprised of groups in and out of the Philippines, are steadfastly hounding Arroyo to expose her "illegitimacy as the Philippine head of state and call for her immediate ouster from Malacanang", states Berna Ellorin of BAYAN USA.

07/12/2005

Join BAYAN-USA and USA 4 GMA Resignation for an International Day of Action calling for the immediate end to the illegitimate presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo!

Tuesday, July 12, 2005, 4:00 pm

In front of the San Francisco Philippine Consulate
447 Sutter St. (get off at Powell BART station, walk 4 blocks up Powell, turn right on Sutter)
San Francisco, CA 94108

07/06/2005

From Manila to Manhattan, Filipinos in the Big Apple say, "Oust Gloria!"

Join us as concerned Filipinos in the New York City area converge to talk about and register their united concern over the recently-exposed as fake and illegitimate Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration.

Press Conference/Informational Forum
Wednesday, July 6, 2005, 11:00am

DRAGONFLY Restaurant
47 Seventh Ave S (between Bleecker St. and Morton St.)
New York, NY 10014

ALL MEDIA AND CONCERNED FILIPINOS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO
ATTEND!!!

Followed by a Symbolic Protest at 1:30pm at the Philippine Consulate on 556 5th Avenue, between 45th St. and 46th St. in Manhattan. Scheduled speakers will hand-deliver a joint statement to the Philippine Consul General.

Speakers include:

• Dortea Agustin Mendoza, Secretary-General, Gabriela Network
• Dr. Robyn Rodriguez, Critical Filipino/Filipina Studies Collective (BAYAN USA)
• Berna Ellorin, NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (BAYAN USA)
• Arcy Yuson, Anakbayan (Youth for the People) NY/NJ Chapter
• Potri Ranka Manis, Moro Women's Commission
• and more...

06/30/2005

Picket to oust President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Thursday, June 30, 2005, 12:00pm-1:00pm

Philippine Consulate
3600 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010

06/23-06/24/2005

Filipinos in major U.S. cities call for GMA to resign--launch of petition and actions to coincide with June 24 , 2005 national day of protest for truth and justice in the Philippines. [Click here and sign the petition]

Seattle
Filipino community leaders to hold press conference to call on GMA to resign
Thursday, June 23, 2005, 6:30pm-8pm

Kusina Filipina
3201 Beacon Ave.
Seattle, WA

San Francisco
Informational picket and signature gathering in front of the Philippine Consulate
Friday, June 24, 2005, 2pm-4pm

Philippine Consulate
447 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA

New York
Signature gathering in front of Krystal's Cafe
Friday, June 24, 2005, 4pm

Krystal's Cafe
Queens, NY

Los Angeles
Phone-in to the Southern California Philippine Consulate for GMA to resign
Friday, June 24, 2005, 9am-4pm

Philippine Consulate
3600 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010

ENOUGH OF FRAUD AND CORRUPTION!
END POLITICAL REPRESSION AND ALL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS!
GMA RESIGN OR BE OUSTED!

06/16/2005

New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP), a human rights action group involved in monitoring human rights activity in the Philippines, will be sponsoring an emergency human rights summit in New York City.

Thursday, June 16, 2005, 6pm

United Nations Church Center
777 United Nations Plaza (corner of 44th St and 1st Avenue in Manhattan)
New York, NY

06/11/2005

In commemoration of the so-called Philippine “Independence,” the Philippine-US Solidarity Organization (PUSO)--a project of Filipino Workers Action Center--is hosting a solidarity update and a film showing of “Sa Ngalan ng Kalayaan” ( “In the Name of Freedom"). “Sa Ngalan ng Kalayaan” is a series of documentary films that gives an overview of the Philippines and their search for genuine sovereignty.

Saturday, June 11, 2005, 4-6pm
Limited Space, Please RSVP
(206) 763-9611

Beacon Hill Public Library
2821 Beacon Ave South
Seattle, WA