In preparation for the upcoming Global Summit on September 27-29 in Manila, spearheaded by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, a series of town hall meetings are taking place worldwide.
Click here to view the invitation from the Philippine Consul General’s Office in San Francisco, California.
For more information about the September event, click here.
Please check in with us regularly for upates about the DREAM Act.
We encourage every city to pass a Resolution that supports The DREAM Act.
If you have out-of-the-box ideas regarding how we can all help out, please email Jose Pecho at JP8cho@aol.com or Lorna Dietz at NaFFAANorcal@gmail.com.
Updates:
Filipina Council member, Pat Gacoscos, in Union City, is requesting the members of the City Council to support the DREAM Act on June 28, 2011 at the Council meeting. The Hayward City Council, she wrote, had passed a resolution in May 2011.
Jet Tagle of Parangal Dance Company Photo by RJ Muna
In Milpitas, California.
The Filipino Association of Milpitas’ Filipino Fiesta, June 11, 2011 at 2:00pm at the Milpitas Community Center on Calaveras Avenue.
Seasons Marketplace at Landess in Milpitas, California, co-sponsored by the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA), Region 8-Santa Clara County Chapter, will be holding a Philippine Independence Day Celebration on Sunday, June 12, 2011. The theme is “Celebrating Our History and our Community Leaders.” The program, organized by Ben Menor, NaFFAA Region 8’s Santa Clara County Chair and Clarence Madrilejos, NaFFAA R8-Santa Clara County Vice-Chair who represents Filipino young professionals and other YP’s (young Pilipinos/young Pilipinas), will be from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
A Grand Opening and Blessing of G’s Day Spa kicks off the festivities. There will be an opening procession with the “Colors of the Philippines” by the youth and opening prayers by Father Andy Ligot. A special recognition program officiated by City of Milpitas’ Mayor, Jose Esteves, highlighting Santa Clara County’s community leaders and contributors in the success of Seasons Marketplace at Landess and its Community Studio, will also take place.
Entertainment will be provided by the Community Studio’s regular users, students, and honorees. The program will be followed by a “merienda-cena,” sponsored by G’s DAY SPA.
NaFFAA Region 8 is also a participating organization at the first-ever regional gala event, “A Celebration of Heritage: A Coming Together,” a gala dinner on Sunday, June 12, 2011 in celebration of the 113th Anniversary of Philippine Independence, the 150th Anniversary of the Birthday of Philippine National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal, and the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the San Francisco-Manila Sister City Committee. Expected to attend the festivities will be public officials from national through local levels, members of the diplomatic corps, and movers and shakers from among the Bay Area’s diverse communities. In addition to a sumptuous filet-mignon dinner, a unique program is planned, involving dancers, singers (choral, operatic and pop) and mixed-media graphics. The affair will be strictly formal: black-tie (tuxedo) and long-gown, or alternatively, “formal barong” and “terno.” As of press time, tickets are almost sold out based on a “first paid, first served” basis. For inquiries, contact Jose Pecho, NaFFAA Region 8 Chair, at JP8cho@aol.com or (925) 286-6607.
In Berkeley, California.
One of NaFFAA Region 8’s community partners, Parangal Dance Company, who many NaFFAA members and supporters connected with during the 9th NaFFAA Empowerment Conference (E-2010), will be performing dances and rituals from the Subanen people of Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur in the Philippines at the 33rd Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival on June 11 and June 12 at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley. They will feature dancers leaping onto a sinalimba, a type of swing, representing a mythic vessel used for journeying.
Tickets can be purchased at http://bit.ly/jywLft. Previous years have sold out, so don’t wait! Tickets are $18 - $58; Subscriber discounts are available when purchasing tickets to four separate performances; Group discounts for 20 or more are available; and kids 12 and under receive half-price admission for all matinees.
For more information about the festival, log on to http://www.worldartswest.org. To check out Parangal Dance Company’s FREE Philippine Dance and Music Workshops this summer, where you can learn new dances for your 2012 Philippine Culture Night (PCN) presentations, go to www.ParangalDance.org or call 415 244-5203.
At NaFFAA Region 8, Parangal Dance Company’s contact is Ben Menor at BenMenor@yahoo.com.
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Ben Menor, Santa Clara County’s chair at NaFFAA Region 8, and Clarence Madrilejos, the County’s NaFFAA vice-chair, are very busy community coordinators and community developers, with Milpitas’ newest Filipino-centric mall, Seasons Marketplace at Landess, foremost in their collaboration activites and projects. As Seasons’ community developer and E-2010’s “intergenerational leadership in succession planning” champion, Ben explains why a coordinated event schedule in the Filipino American community is a practical, efficient, & collaborative solution. For The Community Hall’s Bulletin Board, go to Ben’s Season’s Marketplace at Landess blog at http://bit.ly/gMwDyF.
In a message to his friends and fellow advocates, Ben said:
This first year of “Building Community at Seasons Marketplace” will offer several programs and activities that will engage your senses — complementary to your shopping and dining experiences. We would like to hear your ideas, too! Email me at Menor360D@gmail.com. The website: http://www.theseasonsmarketplace.com/
You will also be meeting our Community Partners during future events, among them, Seafood City, ChowKing, Xoom.com., and GMA Pinoy TV & GMA Life TV If you are interested in being one of our community partners, please email me.
‘Tis the season for giving — and there’s no place like Seasons Marketplace to make your thoughtful gestures count.
The following videos were taken by members of the NaFFAA Region 8 Media Group (Lorna Dietz and Ben Menor) on October 24, 2010.
Philippine Consul General Marciano Paynor, Jr. gave a 20-minute talk (shown in two parts) about the methods and strategies that would provide a “continuum of Filipino leadership” in coordinating the yearly events. The reality for the local Filipino American community is that our Consulate officials come and go (the nature of their work) — so as a community, we need to formally set up an infrastructure and process that is able to work effectively and efficiently with the Philippine Consulate General’s office.
IF YOU WANT TO INQUIRE HOW TO BOOK YOUR COMMUNITY-BASED EVENT AT THE COMMUNITY HALL, CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION OR FILL UP AN INQUIRY FORM.
Our gratitude to our techie gurus whose collaborative experiments in bringing E-2010 accessible to NaFFAA members, affiliates, and supporters worldwide succeeded! We’ve embedded a few videos at a time. Enjoy!
AT THE JACINTO “TONY” SIQUIG NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER - NOVEMBER 19, 2010 at the Welcome Reception: A Legacy of Pride” http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10966817
Hello, everyone! Thank you to our techie gurus who helped put this together. Our 9th NaFFAA Empowerment Conference will be accessible online — and your smart phones! If you are not able to make it this weekend, you will still be able to participate. Let’s thank Grace Esteban, John Juan, Ben Greer, and other members of our delegate-volunteer team.
Since this is still in the experimental stages, please bear with us as we keep on experimenting. The plan is for Grace to use an HD webcam to capture the proceedings — and then we can embed the edited videos online. Great documentation for our institutional memory.
Where to get a ride tonight if you’re going to JTS Northside Community Center. I’ve copied and pasted from the program below (close to the Star of Empowerment).
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010
10:00am – 6:00pm REGISTRATION at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport’s E-2010 Information Desk. Check for the location inside the hotel from http://NaFAAR8.com website’s updated details of the E-2010 program. Each participant will be assigned one table number for all sessions; volunteer-participants’ assignments; NaFFAA members’ voting credentials. Managed by Jinni Bartolome, NaFFAA Region 8 Treasurer.
3:00pm – 5:30pm Carpool Volunteers bring guests from Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA to JTS Northside Community Center, San Jose, CA;
3:00pm – 5:30pm REGISTRATION Annex for E-2010: As a convenient alternative, JTS Northside Community Center will also handle registrations for the E-2010. Each participant will be assigned one table number for all sessions; volunteer-participants’ assignments; NaFFAA members’ voting credentials. PayPal and checks accepted.
9:30pm – 11:00pm Transportation & Carpooling back to Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport commences as early as 9:30pm.
WELCOME RECEPTION: A LEGACY OF PRIDE
3:00 pm – 10:30 pm Jacinto “Tony” Siquig Northside Community Center
488 North 6th Street ~ San Jose, CA 95112
Community Partner & Sponsor: Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County, Inc.
5:00pm – 10:30 pm Programme
Transportation & Carpooling to Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport commences as early as 9:30pm.
3:00pm – 5:30pm Carpool Volunteers bring guests from Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA to JTS Northside Community Center, San Jose, CA;
10:00am – 6:00 Registration at the Hyatt, managed by Jinni Bartolome. See E-2010 information desk at Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport (details to follow)
5:00pm – 6:00pm A light dinner reception, tours of JTS Community Center, networking
Tours is from 4pm to 5pm.
As soon as guests arrive, start tours.
6:00pm – 10:30pm Programme of Activities
10:30pm – 11:30pm Carpool Volunteers bring guests from JTS Northside Community Center, San Jose, CA to Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA
November 18, 2010
Please help us make the registration process more efficient with the online registration form.
It is best to register online and pay through PayPal at this time.
If you intend to register on-site, please register online and indicate that you will be paying with a check on-site either at JTS Community Center on November 19, 2010 after 5:00pm and Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport from 10:00am to 6:00pm. For more information, see http://NaFFAAE2010.wordpress.com.
November 13, 2010
There are changes to the schedule of activities. Just remember that Sunday is now a FREE day for participants except outgoing and incoming board members of NaFFAA (National) who will be holding their first board meeting of the year on November 21.
For the past few weeks, we liked receiving snail mail. However, now that it is a few days before the conference, we would prefer if you deposit the money directly to our checking account at Citibank. Please email Jose Pecho begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting at JP8cho@aol.com for more information.
ENTER HERE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE E-2010: 9TH NAFFAA EMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE WEBSITE.
- Print any of the forms you need below.
- Checks are made out to “NaFFAA.”
- Please mail your checks to: E-2010 * c/o Greg Macabenta * 1580 Bryant Street * Daly City, CA 94015
- If you don’t want to pay via PayPal but you can go to the bank and send money directly, please email Jose Pecho at JP8cho@aol.com or Lorna Dietz at naffaanorcal@gmail.com for the checking account number at Citibank and account name.
- Advertising and Sponsorships for the conference / Silent Auction & Special Drawing for ISANG DIWA: We have extended the deadline to Thursday, November 11, 2010. Remember that for sponsorships, it’s anywhere from $30 to $5,000!
- For all participants: Please consider sponsoring a YP (young Pinoy, young Pinay, and young Pilipino professional) to join the E-2010.
- For every person who reads this announcement/invitation: If you can make it to E-2010, please consider sponsoring a YP for $165. If you cannot make it, please consider sponsoring a YP for $165.
- We have a shout-out for Volunteers!
This is the definition of a “volunteer” for E-2010: The conference is designed wherein delegates are fully engaged in the total experience of understanding and knowing how to implement the tools that they will receive from each workshop/session. Therefore, each delegate is looked upon as a volunteer of the conference. Thus, the volunteer will contribute to the outcome of the conference. There are many volunteer positions available throughout the conference.
Clarification: From Ben Menor
Everyone who comes to the conference is treated as a delegate-volunteer. This means that the delegates-volunteers are going to be participating in the process for the outcomes of the workshops-sessions. A delegate-volunteer can be an analyst, a workshop moderator, or an operations-related person (registration, floor runner, stage manager, etc.).
The volunteer practitioner of the conference’s process helps determine an outcome.
The NaFFAA members (confirmed as “current-paid” by their regional officers) who are coming from all the 12 regions are going to be involved in the NaFFAA National Elections. If you haven’t decided to be a member of NaFFAA yet, and are considering membership, you are very welcome to observe the process in the Amendments to the By-Laws and the National Elections.
All volunteers are given a discounted registration fee of $165 for the conference which includes two lunches and the Isang Diwa evening event. The regular conference registration fee is $275 starting November 1, 2010, which means that the participant chooses not to have a volunteer assignment. Please email Lorna Dietz at NaFFAANorcal@gmail.com, or Genevieve Jopanda at GVJopanda@hotmail.com, or Ben Menor at Menor360D@gmail.com for more information.
- For November 20, 2010 - “Isang Diwa: Celebrating Our Past, Present, and Future Advocates” is produced by our Honorary Intergenerational Co-Chairs — our great-grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and all the women and girls in our lives. Event tickets are priced at $75 per guest of a delegate-participant. Delegate-participants’ tickets are $65 per person (which is already included in the registration fee). The event starts at 7:00 pm and ends at midnight and features dancing, entertainment, recognitions, and awards.
Business Attire or Filipiniana/Barong.
- Souvenir Program Book advertising opportunities are still open.
- Sponsorships start at $30 (Friend of NaFFAA) up to $5,000. The listing of Sponsorship benefits can be found here.
Please email Lorna Dietz at NaFFAANorCal@gmail.com and ask her to email you the PDF files of the forms below if you cannot upload or print them out at Scribd.com. Thank you.
Note: On November 1, 2010, E-2010 registration fee is $275 per participant up to the conference dates. Exceptions apply. Please inquire about these exceptions by emailing Baylan Megino at BaylanM@WhiteLightAssociates.com OR Lorna Dietz at NaFFAANorCal@gmail.com.
November 20, 2010. “Isang Diwa: Celebrating Our Past, Present, and Future Advocates” is produced by our Honorary Intergenerational Co-Chairs — our great-grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and all the women and girls in our lives. Event tickets are priced at $65 per guest. Business Attire or Filipiniana/Barong.
This celebration is an opportunity to showcase your products and services either as a special drawing item or silent auction item. Please email Lorna Dietz at NaFFAANorcal@gmail.com for more information.
THEME: BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY ADVOCATES
PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE
Simply defined, “Advocacy” means “active support.”
Advocacy is an integral part of being an effective leader.
Advocacy increases and enhances the leadership process because it speaks for the improvement in the quality of life and speaks for others who are underserved. It becomes part of the leader’s lifestyle.
After 12 years of its “raison d’être” or reason for being, this is what NaFFAA has transformed itself into: to be leaders of advocates.
Advocacy encompasses everything that a leader does: to represent people (constituents), causes, and dreams.
? Here’s one dream: “We want to build a community center.”
? What about “fighting for a cause?” There are prime examples such as taking care of our veterans or protecting the Philippine textile industry.
? Who are our constituents? It could be people close to us, such as our children, who need our protection.
The next generation of community advocates is consciously being given a distinctive acronym: YP.
These are the young Pinoys, young Pinays, and young professionals — and any future designation our intergenerational leaders consensually want, for instance, “Young Pilipinos,” for an online or digital campaign “to take back” the keyword “Pilipino” from any derogatory implications in cyber-space.
In co-creating a blueprint for the future, this paradigm could be useful for our intergenerational leaders:
“We don’t want to be paper tigers, i.e. leaders “in title only” by virtue of a piece of paper that has no teeth. Leaders who appear to be strong but are actually weak or ineffectual. Leaders of only “the top,” the organizations that label themselves as leaders. Leaders who only talk but don’t walk. Leaders who think aloud without a plan.
We can party as long as we plan for the party — and that there is an end-result after the party is over. We don’t want to get into an accident or put ourselves at unnecessary risk.”
If leaders really want to create a community, they plan — and plan many years before the “if” and “when” happen.
Leaders plan to reduce the liabilities and risks in achieving a cause, the dream, or a better quality of life for others. That’s why leaders go to “school,” to be educated on how to recognize these liabilities and risks. There is no age limit for a leader’s education.
We’re here at Empowerment-2010. E-2010. This is what we have translated among the many hours we, NaFFAA leaders and affiliates, have spent together — 12 years of personal contact in teleconferences, online chats, emails, empowerment conferences every even year, regional summits, forums, and gatherings.
NaFFAA is coming of age.
We are getting there, completing a full cycle of leadership in NaFFAA’s first 12 years of existence.
NaFFAA was “technically” founded in August of 1997 in an unprecedented gathering in Washington DC.
We’ve achieved our goal of igniting the “flames of consciousness” within our Filipino communities in America.
At E-2010, we are celebrating the continuum of Filipino leadership — intergenerational in culture and approach. We want to establish our advocates to be effective volunteers of the process.
We’re “on track” for the next 12 years — and beyond.
Process of Volunteerism as a Delegate-Participant:
This is the definition of a “volunteer” for E-2010: The conference is designed wherein delegates are fully engaged in the total experience of understanding and knowing how to implement the tools that they will receive from each workshop/session. Therefore, each delegate is looked upon as a volunteer of the conference. Thus, the volunteer will contribute to the outcome of the conference. There are many volunteer positions available throughout the conference. All volunteers are given a discounted registration fee of $165 for the conference which includes the Welcome Reception at JTS Northside Community Center on November 19, 2010, the November 20, 2010 Luncheon and the Isang Diwa evening event at Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport. The regular conference registration fee is $275 starting November 14, 2010. The E-2010 Organizing Committee, when inviting their speakers and panelists, indicate that their $165 registration fees go toward sponsoring a YP or a designated scholar. Please email Lorna Dietz at NaFFAANorcal@gmail.com, or Genevieve Jopanda at GVJopanda@hotmail.com, or Ben Menor at Menor360D@gmail.com for more information. http://bit.ly/b52SpJ
The Sessions and Table Workshops:
The process is simple. We will treat each table of 8 or 10 people as a community. Different generations give different perspectives. Each group will increasingly get more involved with each other’s ability to explore, discover, and innovate on their similarities and differences. No one “demographic group” will be running the show. All the generations will be running the show — together.
Each session starts with a panel discussion and ends with a table workshop wherein each table’s participants will consensually answer specific questions to help them create their group’s 50-word action plan at the end of day. Every delegate will be assigned to a table’s group according to generation (older and younger participants / seasoned and emerging leaders), gender, and geography, thus, representing the diversity of our communities. There are specific questions that each group must answer during each table workshop. The E-2010 Organizing Committee will collect all the action plans, choose the five best action plans, and then recommend the “Best Action Plan” to NaFFAA’s National Board and 12 Regions. The action plans will be exhibited in “digital space.” That’s Technology in Empowerment — in practice!
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010
10:00am – 6:00pm REGISTRATION at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport’s E-2010 Information Desk. Check for the location inside the hotel from http://NaFAAR8.com website’s updated details of the E-2010 program. Each participant will be assigned one table number for all sessions; volunteer-participants’ assignments; NaFFAA members’ voting credentials. Managed by Jinni Bartolome, NaFFAA Region 8 Treasurer.
3:00pm – 5:30pm Carpool Volunteers bring guests from Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA to JTS Northside Community Center, San Jose, CA;
3:00pm – 5:30pm REGISTRATION Annex for E-2010: As a convenient alternative, JTS Northside Community Center will also handle registrations for the E-2010. Each participant will be assigned one table number for all sessions; volunteer-participants’ assignments; NaFFAA members’ voting credentials. PayPal and checks accepted.
9:30pm – 11:00pm Transportation & Carpooling back to Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport commences as early as 9:30pm.
WELCOME RECEPTION: A LEGACY OF PRIDE
3:00 pm – 10:30 pm Jacinto “Tony” Siquig Northside Community Center
488 North 6th Street ~ San Jose, CA 95112
Community Partner & Sponsor: Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County, Inc.
5:00pm – 10:30 pm Programme
Transportation & Carpooling to Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport commences as early as 9:30pm.
3:00pm – 5:30pm Carpool Volunteers bring guests from Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA to JTS Northside Community Center, San Jose, CA;
10:00am – 6:00 Registration at the Hyatt, managed by Jinni Bartolome. See E-2010 information desk at Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport (details to follow)
5:00pm – 6:00pm A light dinner reception, tours of JTS Community Center, networking
Tours is from 4pm to 5pm.
As soon as guests arrive, start tours.
6:00pm – 10:30pm Programme of Activities
10:30pm – 11:30pm Carpool Volunteers bring guests from JTS Northside Community Center, San Jose, CA to Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2010
E-2010: Building the Next Generation of Community Advocates Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
1333 Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, California
7:30am – 2:00pm REGISTRATION (Each participant will be assigned one table number for all sessions; volunteer-participants’ assignments; NaFFAA members’ voting credentials)
9:30am – 10:30am SESSION 1 - The Future is Now: “Isang Diwa” Intergenerational Succession Building of Advocates – NaFFAA shall engage the YP’s to be involved in all levels of decision-making as well as the development of the organizational structure.
10:30am – 11:00am SESSION 1 Table Workshops
11:00am – 11:30am The State of NaFFAA Report (SONA) presented by Greg B. Macabenta, NaFFAA National Chair and collaborated by the Regions (represented by Regional Chairs)
11:30am – 12:30pm WORKING LUNCH (Transfer to Luncheon Function Room; Table participants stay at the same assigned tables)
12:30pm – 1:30pm SESSION 2- Empowerment through Community Development: These empowerment actions can be housed in an edifice that promotes, empowers, and innovates culture, education, health, labor, economics, philanthropy, and international advocacy.
1:30pm – 2:00pm SESSION 2 Table Workshops
2:00pm – 3:00pm SESSION 3: Political Empowerment and Legislation: In order for NaFFAA to have a voice in public policy decision-making that will impact the quality of life in the US and the Philippines, the next generation of community advocates needs to be fully engaged at all these levels of decision-making that directly affect public policies.
3:00pm – 3:30pm SESSION 3 Table Workshops
3:30pm – 4:30pm SESSION 4 – Sustainability: From Passion to Permanence / Intergenerational Succession Planning: “If I’m gone, it doesn’t mean the world stops. I’m not infallible.” As the builders of sustainability who seek to establish permanence at all levels of empowerment, these intergenerational leaders also infuse technology as a vehicle to achieve permanence and impact social change. The next generation of community advocates has a strong background in social entrepreneurship and enterprise entrepreneurship. There is equal energy and passion for “social” and “enterprise.”
4:30pm – 5:00pm ACTION PLANS Table Workshop: “Where do we go from here?” The intergenerational process of sharing and learning concludes with each table submitting an action plan that consensually reflects the group’s answers to the following questions:
? What did we gain from this ONE DAY of “building the next generation of community advocates” in an intergenerational environment?
? What tools in intergenerational succession planning are we going to institute in our home organizations?
5:00pm – 6:00pm NaFFAA BUSINESS MEETING: NaFFAA National Elections
6:00pm – 7:00pm FREE TIME
5:15pm – 7:00pm AUTHORS BOOK SIGNING AT THE BOOK DISPLAY OF PHILIPPINE EXPRESSIONS BOOKSHOP: At the Foyer of Isang Diwa gala event (Tentative)
7:00pm – 12:00am “ISANG DIWA: CELEBRATING OUR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE ADVOCATES” is produced by our Honorary Intergenerational Co-Chairs — our great-grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and all the women and girls in our lives. Event tickets are priced at $75 per guest. Silent auction, Opportunity Drawing, and a Special Drawing. Dancing, entertainment, recognition and awards. Isang Diwa Talent Contest winners will be announced. Business Attire or Filipiniana/Barong.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2010
10:30am – 11:45am
NAFFAA BUSINESS: First National Board Meeting for NaFFAA (venue to be determined)
Identification of the E-2012, 10th NaFFAA Empowerment Conference
Check out The #NaFFAA Daily newspaper built from all the articles, blog posts, videos and photos shared on Twitter using the hashtag: #naffaa. NaFFAA Voices for Empowerment daily newspaper (based on @NaFFAAVoices tweets) is coming soon!
What: “Isang Diwa” (One Spirit) Community Forum, Celebrating Filipino American History Month When: Sunday, October 24, 2010 What Time: 4:30pm to 6:00pm Where: Seasons Marketplace at Landess, Room 112
1535 Landess Avenue
Milpitas, CA 95035
Your Host: Seasons Marketplace at Landess Your Community Coordinator: National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA), Santa Clara County Chapter (Region 8/Northern CA) * Ben Menor - County Chair * Clarence Madrilejos - County Vice-Chair
Our Special Guest of Honor: The Honorable Marciano A. Paynor, Jr., Philippine Consul General-San Francisco.
Merienda will be served.
Limited Seating. Please RSVP by October 21, 2010 to Menor360D@gmail.com (Ben Menor).
This is an initial step for coordinating, collaborating, and sharing the community-based organizations’ Filipino American Community Event Calendar in Santa Clara County. If you have “Save the Date” events that your organization would like to share for the upcoming holiday season and for 2011, please email us at Menor360D@gmail.com.
“Meet and Greet” the Merchants of Seasons Marketplace and Introductions.
Website: http://www.TheSeasonsMarketplace.com
For previous media coverage, click here: http://www.filipinasmag.com/?tag=seasons-marketplace
Map and Directions: http://bit.ly/cQPKjc
Thank you — and see you at the Seasons Marketplace!
Seasons Marketplace at Landess, Milpitas, CA
RELATED VIDEOS: We searched for avaliable youtube videos. If we are not able to feature all the merchants due to the limited time in posting this entry, please email us at NaFFAANorcal@gmail.com so we can update this entry and include your youtube video.
E-2010: 9th NaFFAA Empowerment Conference’s theme is “Building the next generation of community advocates.” Click here to enter the E-2010 blog for more information. Please join us on November 19-21, 2010. Ben Menor chairs the E-2010 Organizing Committee. The early bird registration rate has been extended to October 31, 2010. Details about sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available here.Baylan Megino is E-2010-NaFFAA R8’s special events coordinator.
**BAY AREA BENEFIT is in the process of organizing a blood drive in the next few weeks. Please stand by for announcements. (www.bayareabenefit.org)
In the meantime, Blood Centers of the Pacific has an immediate need is for O negative donors and are asking that non O- donors schedule an appointment for the upcoming week. Additionally, we are asking that donors review the attached eligibility guidelines order to review the qualifications before coming into a center.
Please call your homeowner’s insurance agency or the California Department of Insurance 1-800-927-4357
SCHOOLS:
All San Bruno Park School District schools will be closed Friday. Capuchino High School in San Bruno, which announced earlier that it would open, will also be closed. For further questions please call (650) 624-3100
PETS:
Tanforan PETCO, (650) 589-3757
1150 El Camino Real, San Bruno
Owners can drop off small animals from 9am to 9pm
SPCA
12 Airport Boulevard
San Mateo, CA 94401
Phone 650.340.7022
Fax 650.348.7891
HOW TO HELP:
Red Cross
Best way to help is by giving money online at the Red Cross’ website at http://www.redcross.org/
1-888-4-HELP-BAY (1-888-443-5722)
Blood
1-888-393-GIVE (4483)
Type O will be needed. People urged to wait until next week to donate
Last evening’s high-pressure natural gas explosion in San Bruno has destroyed numerous homes, displaced dozens of residents, and tragically taken the lives of at least four individuals. My heart goes out to all who are affected.
While the cause of the explosion of the PG&E-owned natural gas line is currently under investigation by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), right now the top priority is ensuring the safety and well-being of those who survived the initial blast and ensuing fire.
On that note, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the emergency crews, firefighters, and other first responders who have been helping residents affected by this emergency since immediately after the initial explosion.
For those who need assistance and live in the affected area, or have friends or relatives who do, it is recommended to contact the Red Cross Disaster Help Line at 650-259-1750. You may also call my District Office at 415-557-2312 for assistance. Another option is to call 2-1-1 for information and referrals of services.
If you do not live in the affected area but would like to help those who do, one of our highest priorities right now is ensuring a constant supply of blood to treat those injured by the fire. If you are interested in giving blood, please call 888-393-GIVE or visit www.bloodcenters.org. For other ways to help, please visit the Red Cross’ local Bay Area website at www.redcrossbayarea.org.
Thank you for helping our neighbors in their time of need.
A huge thank you to Manny Pacquiao for his donation of his autographed gloves with its certificate of authenticity. At the website, scroll below to “View All Items” to start bidding. The auction will run from September 8, 2010 to September 11, 2010, with the live event taking place on the evening of September 11, 2010 at the Elks Lodge, Kensington Park Hotel in San Francisco, CA. Proceeds go to BOOKS for the BARRIOS in order to support efforts for peace through education. Auction items range from exotic vacation getaways to donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, tell your friends, family, community. Let the bidding begin!
Books for the Barrios has donated over 12 million books to the needy children of the Philippines. Here is a video slide show I created to show you some of their work.
Last Sunday, when I sent out NaFFAA’s press release regarding Mayweather’s rant about Manny Pacquiao, I wrote…
A PERSONAL OPINION from Lorna Dietz (before sending out this NaFFAA statement to her email list and social media network): Mayweather is no match for Manny Pacquiao’s world-class quality of character. For those who know him AND who know him well, “PacMan” is morphing into a true statesman and philanthropist who knows how to transform the energy of his influence to benefit, for instance, the needy children of the world.
A special thank you to the NaFFAA Region 8 teamwork of Ben Menor and Baylan Megino in preparing this online auction for Books for the Barrios.
Sincerely,
Lorna
Photo of Manny Pacquiao is courtesy of GMA Pinoy TV.
From: PCG-SF: Cultural Section
Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Subject: LTR-563-2009 6th Letter from Consul General Marciano Paynor, Jr. re. Appeal for Assistance to Victims of Typhoon Ondoy
Dear Colleagues,
Attached for your information and dissemination is the 6th Dear Kababayan Letter on the in kind donations including used clothing for the victims of typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng; and the establishment of the DOF One Stop Shop to process all donations at customs.
1) Rally to support typhoon victims on Sunday Oct 18 3 - 6 p.m. at Seafood City Lobby and breakfast brunch happening that morning 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Filipino Community Center on 820 Sonoma Blvd., Vallejo. Contact Eloise Scott 707.642.5643 or Norma Placido 707.643.8057
2) Filipino American History month activities. The state (& nation) are starting to celebrate the month of October as Filipino American history month - the first recorded landing of FIlipinos was on October 18, 1587 on a Spanish Galleon at Morro Bay on the coast of California. We have FREE activities this weekend at our local musuem:
Vallejo Celebrates Filipino American History Month:
For more information on the events listed below, contact Mel Orpilla 707.477.1159 / Belle Santos 707.477.4361 / Lionel Galiste 707.334.1646.
Saturday, OCTOBER 17
Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum, 734 Marin Street, will hold “Free Family Day” on Saturday, October 17 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. celebrating Filipino American History Month. Documentary videos featuring local Filipino experiences, panel presentation on “Growing up Brown in V-Town”, and presentation by Larry Asera on “Five Generations – From Sakadas to the Boardroom.”
10/17 SCHEDULE:
10-11 a.m. Video presentation:
Remember Our Manongs (Elders), Sonoma County’s Filipino History (DVD) - This feature length documentary film explores the history of the earliest Filipino immigrants in Sonoma County. Mostly single young men, they began arriving in California in the 1920s. The manongs’ (elders) story is one of tenacity and endurance coupled with an extraordinary sense of community. In the film, their inspirational story is told by surviving family members, descendants of former employers, and other key figures in Sonoma County. Sponsored in part by the California Council for the Humanities, the film was produced in 2008 by a core team of mostly Filipina Americans impassioned with the determination to ensure that the manongs will always be remembered.
11-12 “Five Generations – From Sakads to the Boardroom” by Larry Asera
The grandson of one of the Filipino immigrants who first settled in Hawaii in 1906 and then migrated to California in 1925, Larry, dubbed as the energy czar of Vallejo, has accomplished many “firsts” for a Filipino in America in the fields of politics and business. He will present his research on his family history that spans multiple generations.
Noon – 1 p.m. Growing Up Brown in V-Town Panel
Marian Argonza Escobar Hopwood
Lala Llacuna
& more……
