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Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada-Vancouver
Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance
Press Release
Filipino-Canadian Progressive Youth Organization Fundraises for the
Victims of Deadly Philippine Mudslide
February 21, 2006
Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada / the Filipino Canadian Youth
Alliance (UKPC/FCYA), a grassroots community organization for youth of
Filipino ancestry will hold a fundraiser for the victims of the recent
mudslide on the Philippine island of Leyte. The disaster has claimed an
estimated 1,800 lives.
*“Pinoy Poetiks”* will be held on *February 25, 2006* *8:00 pm* at *El
Cocal Restaurant, 1037 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC*. Pinoy Poetiks
will be a night of music, poetry, and spoken word, an open-mic event
where Filipino youth can bring their thoughts, speak their mind, and of
course, get creative. All proceeds will go the victims of the mudslide.
"Pinoy Poetiks is an opportunity for Filipino-Canadians and friends of
the Filipino community to bridge artistic expression and financial
relief for this tragedy”, said Carl Cortes of UKPC/FCYA.
UKPC / FCYA criticizes Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for
not taking measures to prevent such tragedy. UKPC / FCYA says that the
Canadian bidding for logging permits in the Philippines is one of the
biggest, and the Arroyo regime defends policies of liberalization that “allows foreign big companies and their local partners all the freedom
to plunder our forests and natural resources and exploit and oppress the
Filipino people,” said Cortes.
“Pinoy Poetiks will feature the works of Carlos Bulosan, a Filipino
migrant worker who wrote of the personal and collective experience of
Filipino migrants during the 1930’s in America. The majority of Filipino
youth in Canada are products of forced migration, and we relate many of
our experiences as young Filipinos abroad to Bulosan’s writings,” said
Cortes.
“As the progressive Filipino youth in Canada, we continue to struggle
for our Motherland’s future – for its genuine development and equality.”
Cortes adds.
For more information, please contact:
Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada / Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance
451 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1G7
Tel: 604.215.1103
Email: ukpc_fcya@kalayaancentre.net |
