THIS IS NOT PILIPINX

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um guys?

Y'all I just woke up to my whole community freaking out over an INCOMING MISSILE THREAT

I’d like y'all to take a step back and fucking think about how incompetent and inane the people running this country are when something like this can happen

For those who don’t know, it literally happened about 20 min ago, there was a message broadcast saying that a Korean missile was inbound for Hawaii

I was getting so many freaked out messages and people were crying and people thought they were about to DIE

The only reason me& my family were skeptical was because the damn bomb siren by my house was not going off

Then around 20 min later we got this message

The fucking incompetents of the people who “accidentally” sent this alert (I assume civil defense)

This isn’t just some fucking “mistake” as they put it, it’s probably as bad of a “mistake” as you can make. When people are crying and calling me and asking if it’s gunna be okay and fucking confessing things to me before they are (to their knowledge) about to die, then only are to find out the multiple alerts are just “mistakes” THATS A HUGE FUCKING PROBLEM

IM SICK AND TIRED OF THE AMERICAN FORCES GETTING A PASS ON THEIR BULLSHIT BECAUSE IT MEANS THIS SHIT CAN HAPPEN

IT MEANS THAT THIS SHIT HAPPENED AROUND HALF AN HOUR AGO AND I HAVENT SEEN ANY OFFICIAL APOLGIES OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE MILITARY, CIVIL DEFENSE, OR THE GOVERNMENT BESIDES A SIMPLE MESSAGE READING “ it was a mistake”

There isn’t even a “breaking news” section on YouTube for fucks sake

Just goes to show that Hawaii is thought of as nothing but land

No culture, no people, to America it’s just land valuable enough to protect for its convenience, but the people mean nothing

professors are urging their students to let them know if theyre not gonna come to class so theyll know that theyre still alive

parents are telling their kids not to come home late, or if they will, to take an uber even though its priced like 5x more

people are sharing constitutional rights on twitter, to teach everyone what to say to the popos just in case

nobody trusts the police anymore

police have a QUOTA of “drug addicts” they need to kill

almost 13k dead without due process, but chines drug lords and presidents son who were involved in a drug smuggling worth 6 billion are still walking free

all it takes is a facebook rumor to put you on the hit list

politicians who are criticizing the administration are being impeached

politicians who love the administration admit that their duty is to the president, NOT to the people

theres been talks in extending the presidents term

It literally feels like an unofficial dictatorship

numbers of people dead and arrested because of the war on drugs as of january 2017

17 and 19 yr olds tortured and killed by the police

presidents son involved in 6 billion drug smuggling has charges suddenly dropped

twitter thread on what to do in case the police accuses you of being a drug dealer

what to do in case the police demands to search your stuff

police suddenly shows up at bars near a university demanding to search students bags

president orders police NOT to share case files with the commission of human rights

talks about extending the presidents term until 2025 bc federalism

house of representatives votes to give commission on human rights a budget of $20 for the WHOLE YEAR

8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Delano Grape Strike

It’s Labor Day Weekend in the U.S.! So here’s a #Throwback video on one of the most significant labor rights movements in the history of the United States. Watch and learn more about the historic Delano Grape Strike! 🍇✊

September 8, 2017, will also mark the 52nd anniversary of the beginning of the grape strike. Join the Filipino American community in this year’s Delano Manongs Tour & Tribute! RSVP today at http://bit.ly/2woSZi2

Delano Manongs Tour & Tribute 2017

(hosted by Filipino American National Historical Society/Delano Chapter& LEAD Filipino)

Date: Saturday, September 9th, 12pm Filipino Community Hall 1457 Glenwood Ave, Delano, CA 93215

For more information, contact my dear friend Jay Page ([email protected])

PLEASE SUPPORT MY NEW SHORT FILM, ‘MARISOL’

I’m producing and directing a short coming-of-age drama film for my thesis, titled ‘Marisol’. 

Summary: Set in Western Sydney, a teenage Filipina immigrant - Marisol - lives with her aging lola (‘grandmother’). Along with her childhood bestfriend-turned-lover, Danica, she processes her feelings of place and memory after she receives a postcard from her estranged mother back in her homeland.

This came from a concept I’ve been dreaming of for years. As a queer Filipina from immigrant parents, it also comes from personal stories of memory, connection and diaspora.

Wondering how to celebrate Filipino-American History Month? Why not make history yourself?

Register NOW for Kabataan Magkaisa 2! Join Filipino youth from across the country to build community, celebrate our heritage, and act on the issues that matter to us most. PLUS, be part of the historic launch of the Kabataan Alliance–a national alliance of Filipino youth and students. 

Kumilos na! History Is in Our Hands 🇵🇭☀️✋🏽

#KabataanMagkaisa #KumilosNa #KabataanAlliance

Register here: tinyurl.com/KMCON2017 For more info: kabataanalliance.org

Video by: Ossian Mendoza, Motion Graphic Designer (@ossianmendoza) | EL Teodoro, Anakbayan New York (@elteodoro)

Jonah Deocampo grew up in Los Angeles in the 1990s, one of the estimated 3 million members of the Filipino diaspora in the United States. At 15, he got involved with Filipino street gangs, which eventually led to an arrest for armed robbery. At that point — on what he describes as the “advice” of a judge — he joined the Marines.

Today, he’s Bambu DePistola: a community activist and rapper with a committed following in underground hip-hop circles. Bambu’s message is uncompromising — for some, uncomfortably so — and he’s begun to attract more widespread attention through opening shows for Common and collaborating with Killer Mike of Run The Jewels.

Bambu spoke with NPR’s Michel Martin about his youth in LA, why hip-hop appealed to him as the child of immigrants and how he’s responded to critics who say his music is too negative. Hear their full conversation at the audio link, and read on for an edited transcript.

Michel Martin: Let’s start with the art. Did you grow up thinking of yourself as an artist, as a rapper?

if you wanna identify as “filipinx” bc of diasporia, that’s cool. that’s for YOU. but all i ask is to not use it to collectively refer to my ethnicity as a whole. it feeds into the colonial mentality that is so ingrained in our culture, where many filipinos conform to western standards in everything, from language to fashion to beauty, and it needs to end. we don’t need westerners making it harder for us to embrace ourselves. it’s hard enough as it is.

back in 2015, tumblr made me start using “filipinx” to refer to my people under the guise of gender neutrality. this made me forget this small but significant part of my own culture. it made me forget my own language. thank god there were people who made me stop and think and get out of the western mentality that is so deeply ingrained in me by society. what i don’t understand is how this trend is still being used to this day.

Lakad 5K For Peace: Walkathon Fundraiser for Peace in the Philippines

(Facebook event page)

On April 29, 2017, the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) and the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP), and Kapit Bisig Kabataan Network (KBKN) will hold the 2nd Annual LAKAD 5k for Peace walkathon fundraiser in Los Angeles. Last year, we were able to raise over $6,000 to help build a water system that provides water to over 300 Talaingod Manobo, a Lumad (indigenous) group from Mindanao, Philippines.

The Talaingod Manobo and other Lumads are building schools and improving their livelihood all while resisting multinational mining and logging corporations encroaching on their ancestral land.  The 47 year civil war between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has also affected the Lumad as the Armed Forces of the Philippines have wrongfully tagged Lumad environmental and indigenous rights activists as “NPA rebels,”  targeting them for militarization, harassment, and political killings.  Now more than ever, the success of the GRP-NDFP peace talks and socio-economic reforms would mean upholding human rights and an end of hostilities against the Lumad communities caught in the armed conflict.  The GRP-NDFP Peace Talks have to succeed in order for the Lumad and all Filipinos to live in a country where peace, justice, and human dignity are upheld.  

The funds raised this year will go towards Salupongan Schools and promoting Peace and Justice in the Philippines through the JustPeacePH and Kababayan4Change platforms.

Register today at: tinyurl.com/Lakad5k2017 Online payment & donation: tinyurl.com/Lakad5kfees

DATE & TIME: Saturday, April 29, 2017 9:00AM-1:00PM

VENUE: La Canada United Methodist Church 104 Berkshire Pl La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011

PROGRAM: 9:00AM: Registration 10:00AM: Program 10:15-12:00PM: Walk 12:00-1:00PM: Closing

About the Fundraising Recipients:

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Salupongan Ta Tanu Igakanugon is an alliance of Talaingod Manobo tribes that first came together in 1993, to defend their ancestral lands against mining companies. The alliance has helped lead the formation of Salupongan Schools, which emphasize indigenous knowledge and organic agriculture, besides accredited educational standards. For more information about the schools, please visit Salupongan International and http://salupongan.org/. 

Just Peace PH is an international platform which supports the Philippine peace process. It has special emphasis in reaching out to individuals, organizations and institutions which have advocacies on peace and issue-based people’s concerns in various capacities outside of the country. In particular, JustPeacePH aims to seek support from individuals and organizations in multilateral organizations, people’s organizations, civil society organizations, academia, development institutions as well as governments.

Kababayan4Change is a broad international platform for Filipinos abroad to unite around the people’s demands and voice their own individual and collective concerns and aspirations. Kababayan4Change aims to arouse, organize and mobilize all Filipinos, at home and abroad, to press for the people’s demands spelled out in the 15-point “Program for Change” from the National People’s Summit held in June 2016.

LAKAD 5K Walk & Accessibility Information:

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The walk is 5K in length, mostly flat but with one steep incline, and gradual incline for about one third of the way. Water and nurses stations will be available along the route; fruits and snacks will be available at the end.

There will be a brief program in an outdoor amphitheater with seating, before the walk. Most of the event will be outdoors, but we will serve snacks and host a photo exhibit in an indoor daycare center.

A parking lot and restrooms are at the daycare center and church, which is accessible through wheelchair ramps. There will be gender neutral and gender-segregated restrooms.

We highly encourage all participants to avoid using scented products (e.g., in perfumes, lotions, hair gel, deodorant, fabric softener, dryer sheets, etc.) before coming to the event. To learn more about chemical sensitivities:

http://eastbaymeditation.org/accessibility/PDF/How-to-Be-Fragrance-Free-.pdf

We are working on making the event more accessible and more information will be forthcoming.

For more information contact:

NAFCON SoCal: email [email protected] | website: nafconusa.org | facebook: nafcon socal

Co-sponsored by:

International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) | facebook : ichrp socal

California-Pacific UMC Philippines Taskforce | facebook : cal-pac taskforce philippines

Lakad 5K For Peace: Walkathon Fundraiser for Peace in the Philippines

(Facebook event page)

On April 29, 2017, the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) and the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP), and Kapit Bisig Kabataan Network (KBKN) will hold the 2nd Annual LAKAD 5k for Peace walkathon fundraiser in Los Angeles. Last year, we were able to raise over $6,000 to help build a water system that provides water to over 300 Talaingod Manobo, a Lumad (indigenous) group from Mindanao, Philippines.

The Talaingod Manobo and other Lumads are building schools and improving their livelihood all while resisting multinational mining and logging corporations encroaching on their ancestral land.  The 47 year civil war between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has also affected the Lumad as the Armed Forces of the Philippines have wrongfully tagged Lumad environmental and indigenous rights activists as “NPA rebels,”  targeting them for militarization, harassment, and political killings.  Now more than ever, the success of the GRP-NDFP peace talks and socio-economic reforms would mean upholding human rights and an end of hostilities against the Lumad communities caught in the armed conflict.  The GRP-NDFP Peace Talks have to succeed in order for the Lumad and all Filipinos to live in a country where peace, justice, and human dignity are upheld.  

The funds raised this year will go towards Salupongan Schools and promoting Peace and Justice in the Philippines through the JustPeacePH and Kababayan4Change platforms.

Register today at: tinyurl.com/Lakad5k2017 Online payment & donation: tinyurl.com/Lakad5kfees

DATE & TIME: Saturday, April 29, 2017 9:00AM-1:00PM

VENUE: La Canada United Methodist Church 104 Berkshire Pl La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011

PROGRAM: 9:00AM: Registration 10:00AM: Program 10:15-12:00PM: Walk 12:00-1:00PM: Closing

About the Fundraising Recipients:

———————————————-

Salupongan Ta Tanu Igakanugon is an alliance of Talaingod Manobo tribes that first came together in 1993, to defend their ancestral lands against mining companies. The alliance has helped lead the formation of Salupongan Schools, which emphasize indigenous knowledge and organic agriculture, besides accredited educational standards. For more information about the schools, please visit Salupongan International and http://salupongan.org/. 

Just Peace PH is an international platform which supports the Philippine peace process. It has special emphasis in reaching out to individuals, organizations and institutions which have advocacies on peace and issue-based people’s concerns in various capacities outside of the country. In particular, JustPeacePH aims to seek support from individuals and organizations in multilateral organizations, people’s organizations, civil society organizations, academia, development institutions as well as governments.

Kababayan4Change is a broad international platform for Filipinos abroad to unite around the people’s demands and voice their own individual and collective concerns and aspirations. Kababayan4Change aims to arouse, organize and mobilize all Filipinos, at home and abroad, to press for the people’s demands spelled out in the 15-point “Program for Change” from the National People’s Summit held in June 2016.

LAKAD 5K Walk & Accessibility Information:

———————————————————–

The walk is 5K in length, mostly flat but with one steep incline, and gradual incline for about one third of the way. Water and nurses stations will be available along the route; fruits and snacks will be available at the end.

There will be a brief program in an outdoor amphitheater with seating, before the walk. Most of the event will be outdoors, but we will serve snacks and host a photo exhibit in an indoor daycare center.

A parking lot and restrooms are at the daycare center and church, which is accessible through wheelchair ramps. There will be gender neutral and gender-segregated restrooms.

We highly encourage all participants to avoid using scented products (e.g., in perfumes, lotions, hair gel, deodorant, fabric softener, dryer sheets, etc.) before coming to the event. To learn more about chemical sensitivities:

http://eastbaymeditation.org/accessibility/PDF/How-to-Be-Fragrance-Free-.pdf

We are working on making the event more accessible and more information will be forthcoming.

For more information contact:

NAFCON SoCal: email [email protected] | website: nafconusa.org | facebook: nafcon socal

Co-sponsored by:

International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) | facebook : ichrp socal

California-Pacific UMC Philippines Taskforce | facebook : cal-pac taskforce philippines