Pilipin@ Youth Empowerment Day (PYED)
Week 6 - Saturday, November 10, and Sunday, November 11
See description on the Facebook event profile!
If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact:
Rhommel Canare, Community Projects Coordinator
Mark Jimenez, Outreach Coordinator

Pacific Ties UCLA's Asian Pacific American Newsmagazine needs contributions!
Please talk to Cat Manabat if you're interested in contributing to Pac Ties.

SPACE 1-Day Conference
Sign up to volunteer at SAC 106! Also, sign up to volunteer for SPACE site.

Tinig Performing at USC Troy Philippines' MABUHAY FESTIVAL
Sunday, October 28, 2007, 3pm - 8pm, McCarthy Quad at USC
Suggested Donation - Students $5 and up, all others $7 pre-sale or $10 at the door

One Step Ahead (OSA) Halloween Social

Cultural Affairs Commission: Free Sigur Ros Acoustic Set and Heima Screening
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 8pm - 10pm, Collins Court at John Wooden Center
Wristbanding starts at 6:00pm at Bruin Plaza. Only UCLA students with a valid Bruin ID will receive a wristband. Please look out for the Cultural Affairs table! Doors open at 7:00pm.

Cultural Affairs Commission: Eclectic Open Mic Series 2007-2008
Tuesdays every week, 7pm - 9pm, Kerckhoff Coffeehouse Stage

Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV)
Senate Bill 1315 for Filipino Veterans Equity needs to pass! Pilipino Community Townhall on Friday, November 9, 2007, 6pm - 8pm, Kerckhoff Hall State Rooms

Sports Saturdays: 1pm at Wilson Plaza
Everyone is welcome! Contact Ryan Ruiz or Spencer Williams.

Kabalikat: Meetings on Thursdays at 4pm, Queer Student Center (Kerckhoff 136)
Also, Queer Pin@y Conference 2007 at UCSD has been postponed. For more information, contact Gregory Cendana at kabalikat@samahang.org.

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Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles -- The Filipino American Veterans continue to fight as they see their comrades fall around them. 250,000 enlisted to aid the American forces in World War II, and only 40,000 are still alive, of which 10,000 live in America.

After a 61-year battle for their benefits, the Filipino veterans are one step closer to receiving their equity with the passing of H.R. 760 and S. 1315 through the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees. But we are still working on the full passage of H.R. 760 and S. 1315 for Filipino Veterans Equity and H.R. 1287 and S. 671 for Family Reunification.

The Filipino Veterans Equity bills will amend the Recision Act of 1946, deeming their service as active and entitling them to the benefits that rightfully deserve. The Family Reunification bills will exempt the children of the Filipino American Veterans from the various limitations on immigrant visas, allowing them to join their parents and care for them.

This is the final push. Without the passage of such important bills, the veterans will never get the recognition and justice they rightfully deserve.

The Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) and Peoples Community Organization for Reform and Empowerment (CORE) will hold the 7th annual Veterans Parade and Community Fair on Sunday, November 11, 2007 in Historic Filipinotown in Downtown LA.

This community event will celebrate the contributions of the Filipino Veterans to this country as well as the history they have made for the Filipino-American community. However, their fight is not over, as this affair also strives to bring attention to the current issue facing these aging veterans.

The community event will start and end at the Lake St. Park on North Lake St. in between Beverly Blvd. and Court St. (227 North Lake Street Los Angeles, CA 90026). The parade will start at 10:00 a.m. at the park, and the community fair will begin immediately after the parade. Elected officials are scheduled to appear and make statements of support for the cause. Community members and students are coming out to this community event from all over Southern California. People's Core, along with American Coalition for Filipino Veterans, Inc, Search to Involve Filipino Americans, Samahang Pilipino at UCLA, and Kaba at UCI, are a few of the many organizations that make up Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV), an alliance of Filipino World War II veterans, youth, students and community advocates based in Southern California.

For more information please contact Rhommel Canare of Samahang Pilipino at UC Los Angeles at 619-917-9133, Michael Nailat of JFAV at 949-294-8645 or Franco Arcebal of ACFV at 213-626-0485.

Makibaka Huwag Matakot!

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Samahang Pilipino will be collecting monetary donations at this Friday's General meeting to donate to victims of the Southern California Wildfire. Please come with any spare change or cash you are willing to donate.

We will also be accepting non-monetary donations as called for by the City of Coronado...

"Collected items such as nonperishable food, bottled water, paper products, diapers, hand sanitzer and toiletry kits and will be delivered to the Chula Vista High School Evacuation Site...The city will not accept blankets, bedding and sleeping bags, as these items are being provided."

We will deliver these items to Coronado City over the weekend. All monetary donations will be submitted to a direct service agency and labeled for use for the California Wildfires.

Please come to the general meeting prepared with monetary and physical donations.

Friday 6pm-8pm Kerckhoff 131

Thank you for your support.

On behalf of Samahang Pilipino, I would like to extend all our best prayers/hopes/wishes to everyone affected by the wildfires.

Maraming salamat.

An exhibit in celebration of Pilipino American History Month
October 23-26, 2007
Kerkchoff Art Gallery at UCLA

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday 6pm-9pm, Wednesday-Friday 9am-9pm

October is declared as Filipino American History Month (FAHM, also known as PAHM, or Pilipino American History Month) by the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS). In honor of this month, Samahang Pilipino invites you to "[OUR]story", an exhibit that rediscovers and celebrates the legacy of Pilipino Americans at UCLA. The exhibit includes materials from the Samahang Pilipino archives located at the University Archives in the Young Research Library. "[OUR]story" also displays select photographs featuring Filipino individuals connected to UCLA from " I Am Today's Filipino", a collection of photography by Celina Taganas-Duffy and video by Ray Carbullido.

Join us at our opening reception on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, from 6-8pm in Kerckhoff Art Gallery at UCLA. View, mingle, enjoy light refreshments, and meet our guest speaker, Eloisa Borah!

On Friday, October 26, 2007 at 5pm, we will be screening the video interviews by Ray Carbullido that accompany the photographs of "I Am Today's Filipino."

Contact: Abigail Faelnar, historian@samahang.org

Watch 'The Price Is Right' this Tuesday at 10AM on CBS! The episode airing is #4053K, from the taping filmed on September 26, 2007, featuring members of Samahang Pilipino!

Also, after 3pm PT, you can stream the full episode online at http://www.cbs.com/daytime/price/video/.

http://www.cbs.com/daytime/price/tickets/revised_airdates.shtml

Why do we commemorate October as Filipino American History Month?

What is the state of Asian American Studies, Pilipino American Studies and Philippine Studies at UCLA vs. the University of Michigan?

How can we use Asian American Studies/Pilipino American Studies to "Serve the People" and our communities?

Meet Professor Emily Lawsin to discuss these and other relevant issues.
Monday, October 15, 2007 from 4-6pm at 3230 Campbell Hall at UCLA

Emily Porcincula Lawsin completed her Master of Arts degree in Asian American Studies at UCLA. From 1994-2000, she taught Filipino American Studies at UCLA and Asian American Studies at California State University, Northridge, where she won awards for her dedication to students. In 2000, she joined the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor faculty, where she teaches Filipino American history and literature, Asian Pacific American Women, Oral History Methods, Spoken Word Poetry, and Community Service-Learning courses in the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program in American Culture and the Women's Studies Program.

Professor Lawsin has published scholarly pieces, creative writing and poetry in numerous publications. She co-authored "Food and "Pin@y Time": Mapping the Filipino American Experience" which was published in "Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans: Effectiveness Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities". She is co-author of an oral history book titled "Filipino Women in Detroit, 1945-1955" which produces the Pin@y Performance Project, an intergenerational multimedia performance based on stories, poems, and memoirs of pioneers. A second book "Tapestry: Filipinos in Michigan, 1900-1950", is forthcoming next year.

Emily is also a long-time Trustee of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), which established the resolution to commemorate October as Filipino American History month.

Sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Samahang Pilipino
For more information phone 310/ 825-1006

SPAHM Showcase 2007
Gabe Bondoc is the headline act at the annual Students for Pilipino American History Month (SPAHM) Showcase 2007 at California State University, Northridge (CSUN).

California State University, Northridge, Filipino American Student Association (CSUN FASA)
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Time: Doors open at 6pm, showcase is from 6:30pm-10/11pm
Location: The Plaza del Sol, CSUN Campus
Cost: FREE!

"Fall into APC"
Come to APC's orientation where you will learn about what role APC plays on campus, how the 21 organizations (including SAMAHANG PILIPINO, fits in) and how YOU can be involved! There are going to be lots of surprises and 2 organizations will perform! If you are interested in getting to know more people, making friends, and having fun, then be sure to check it out!

Date: Thursday, October 18
Time: 6-8pm
Location: De Neve Auditorium

Contact Anette (apcrep@samahang.org) or add her on Facebook if you need more info! She will be there so join her!

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October is Pilipino American History Month [PAHM]. Celebrate by coming out to know OUR history!

Did you know that ...Pilipinos have a place to call their own in Los Angeles? ...Los Angeles is home to one of the oldest Pilipinotowns in the nation? ...there was even a Historic Pilipinotown at all?

Come out Saturday, October 13th with Samahang Pilipino @ UCLA and Kappa Psi Epsilon to take a tour of OUR community!

Meet at Sproul turnaround @ 7:45am, leaving at 8:00am.

Bottles of water will be provided. WEAR comfortable clothes and BRING some pocket money for lunch. YES, WE WILL BE GRUBBIN ON SOME PILIPINO FOOD!

If you need more info, contact Rhommel (community@samahang.org) or Cheryl.
Check out our Facebook event profile here.

"No His/Herstory, No self | Know His/Herstory, Know self"

COLMA: THE MUSICAL
Opens October 12th in Los Angeles
at the Laemmle Sunset 5

Two midnight screenings this weekend only!
Friday, October 12 at 11:55 pm
Saturday, October 13 at 11:55 pm
Visit www.laemmle.com for ticket & showtime information

In celebration of Pilipino American History Month, join Samahang Pilipino at the Saturday midnight screening! Tickets are $10 each. Contact historian@samahang.org for more information or see our event profile.

"3 Stars" -Jack Mathews, NY Daily News

"Irresistible! From the opening tune you know it's
going to be fun... and it is." -G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle

COLMA: THE MUSICAL takes the music of H.P. Mendoza and weaves it into a fresh personal look into the ups and downs of early adulthood. Best pals Rodel, Billy, and Maribel find themselves in a state of limbo; fresh out of high school, they are just beginning to explore a new world of part-time mall jobs and crashing college parties. As newfound revelations and romances challenge their relationships with one another and their parents, the trio must assess what to hold onto, and how to best follow their dreams.

COLMA: THE MUSICAL has been awarded the Special Jury Prize at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and has been winning the hearts of everyone who has seen it!

Check out these spots on Colma: The Musical!

SPOT#1 (Crash the Party): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Woe_pngyr8

SPOT#2 (Reviews): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIMvYrThOEY

SPOT#3 (Favorite song): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dtHO-MnHjg

COLMA: THE MUSICAL is a Roadside Attractions presentation.
- won audience and critics acclaim on the festival circuit
- 2006 Gotham Award nominee
- 2007 Independent Spirit Award nominee

Check out Samahang Pilipino making an appearance in this video from USA Today's "CelebWatch" with Will Keck! Click here to watch.

Congratulations again to our 'Price Is Right' winners, Josephine Oldan and Mark Jimenez! The actual air date for the two episodes taped in September 25 and 26 are TBA. Stay tuned!

By Ruben V. Nepales
Inquirer, INQUIRER.net

LOS ANGELES, California--(UPDATE 3) The network and producers of "Desperate Housewives" have issued a statement apologizing for a remark made by actress Teri Hatcher's character in a recent episode of the television series.

The following is the network's statement: "The producers of 'Desperate Housewives' and ABC Studios offer our sincere apologies for any offense caused by the brief reference in the season premiere. There was no intent to disparage the integrity of any aspect of the medical community in the Philippines. As leaders in broadcast diversity, we are committed to presenting sensitive and respectful images of all communities featured in our programs.

The remark, made by Hatcher's character in a scene with a doctor, was, "Okay, before we go any further, can I check those diplomas? Because I would just like to make sure they are not from some med school in the Philippines."

Filipinos, especially healthcare professionals in the US and the Philippines, were outraged by the remark. E-mails expressing outrage circulated among Filipinos all over the world. Blogs and websites denounced the remark.

The Philippines' Consul General in Los Angeles, Mary Jo Bernardo-Aragon, sent a letter of complaint to Mark Pedowitz, president of ABC Studios, which has the domestic and international franchise rights to the show.

The remarks "served to create racial stereotypes, thereby tainting unnecessarily the excellent record of Filipino health care professionals all over the world," she said in her letter.

Philippine presidential palace, Malacanang, also said it would seek an apology from the TV network.

Alec Mapa, a Filipino-American actor who has a recurring role in the series, told this reporter via e-mail: "It's unfortunate that the Philippines was used as a punch line. My family is filled with doctors and medical professionals. I know first hand from them, that the medical schools in the Philippines are top notch."

The actor's full statement appears in this reporter's column, "Only in Hollywood," Friday (October 6).

When asked by if ABC would release a lengthier statement, Charissa Gilmore, ABC Studios vice president for media relations, said this is "the only statement planned."

Meanwhile in Manila, a congressman filed a resolution that called for a ban on airing "Desperate Housewives" in the Philippines.

"This ought not to be shown in the Philippines because of that incident," Representative Bienvenido Abante Jr., chairman of the House committee on public information told reporters.

The resolution states: "Such dialogue, which was beamed all over the world, constitutes not only a clear slur but an insult of immeasurable magnitude not only to Filipino doctors but to the entire Filipino nation and our educational system."