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Stories from the Global 99%: Fil-am Women Share Stories from Mass Movement & Recent Exposure Trip in the Philippines

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November 16, 2011

Reference: Irma Bajar, Chairperson, Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE), fire.nyc@gmail.com

 

Stories from the Global 99%: Fil-am Women Share Stories from Mass Movement & Recent Exposure Trip in the Philippines

 

In 2011, six women from the NY-based GABRIELA USA organization, Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE NYC), traveled to the Philippines on an exposure and integration program with Gabriela Philippines. The women, Hanalei Ramos, Candice Sering, Jennine Ventura, Zarah Vinola, Julie Jamora, and Krystle Cheirs, had one major goal in mind: to experience first-hand what the MASS MOVEMENT is like in the Philippines, and bring back what they learned to their community in the United States. On Monday, November 21, 2011, FiRE will host a special report-back from 7:00pm-9:00pm at the International Action Center’s Solidarity Center (55 W. 17th Street, Suite 5 C).

 

“We want people in New York to feel the dynamism of the National Democratic Movement in the Philippines,” stated Candice Sering, FiRE’s Cultural Director. “It was also important that we pay tribute to the organizers and communities that we met in a creative way.” The event will include interactive elements (guerilla theater, sound installation, and visual arts), traditional Filipino street foods, and stories. FiRE has also made it possible to view the event live via UStream.tv, a live-streaming Internet site, for those who are abroad (both nationally and internationally) but wish to support the event. “Our friends and fellow organizers in the Philippines can’t physically be here, but we wanted them to be able to share in the telling of their stories, so we’ll set up a live-stream,” stated Hanalei Ramos, who served as team leader for the summer trip.

 

In the wake of a global economic crisis and the worldwide Occupy people-led movement (including Occupy Philippines), FiRE is drawing connections to the people-powered National Democratic Movement in the Philippines. “By sending our members to the Philippines for an extended period of time, they witness and experience first-hand the concrete conditions that the basic masses, the real 99% of the Philippines, are living under every day,” said Jackie Mariano, Vice Chairperson of FiRE. “Most importantly, they learn how the masses have organized themselves to take action to build a brighter future.” The report-back will shed light on the daily injustices committed in the Philippines and the ways in which Filipinos are responding, challenging and changing the system.

 

For more information on Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment and the Exposure & Integration Program, visit http://firenyc.org.

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EDUCATE. ORGANIZE. MOBILIZE.

A Reportback brought to you by FiRE

 

MONDAY NOV 21, 2011

International Action Center Solidarity Center

55 West 17th Street, Suite 5C

NY, NY

8PM-10PM, doors open at 7:30PM. (Please note the time change!!)

For live-streaming: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/fire-nyc

EDUCATE. ORGANIZE. MOBILIZE. A Reportback brought to you by FiRE!

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UPDATE: If you can’t make it out, watch us LIVE! on FiRE’s UStream Channel! Send us your questions via chat during Q&A!

  Six women. Countless Stoires. Only ONE reportback. About a MASS MOVEMENT POWERED by the PEOPLE.
In 2011, six FiRE sisters traveled to the Philippines on an exposure and integration program with a major goal in mind: to experience first-hand what the MASS MOVEMENT in the Philippines is like.  They’ve come home to share the stories of the people and communities they met, learned from, and organized with.  Join us for this special reportback on the vibrant, people-powered National Democratic Movement of the Philippines!


EDUCATE. ORGANIZE. MOBILIZE.
A Reportback brought to you by FiRE

MON NOV 21, 2011
International Action Center Solidarity Center
55 West 17th Street, Suite 5C
NY, NY
8PM-10PM, doors open at 7:30PM (Please note the time change!)

BUILD A BRIGHT FUTURE: A Reportback on the 4th ILPS

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An invitation to a delegate report back from the
International League of People’s Struggles (ILPS)
4th International Assembly & International Festival for People’s Rights & Struggles

BUILD A BRIGHT FUTURE: A Reportback on the 4th ILPS
Saturday, Oct 29th, 2p to 5p
$5-$10 Donations accepted
at the Solidarity Center
55 W. 17th Street, 5th Fl
Between 5th and 6th Aves. (trains to 14th St.)
Light refreshments will be served
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=268585559840516

As Occupy Wall St. has taken the country by storm, why are developing countries around the world, such as the Philippines, expressing international solidarity for the American’s people’s rage over the effects of capitalism and corporate greed? What are the roots of the global economic crisis and how does this relate to Occupy Wall St. and people struggling around the world? Is there a need for greater cooperation and coordination amongst peoples struggling against the effects of finance capital, which Wall St. represents?

Join us as delegates from New York and New Jersey who traveled to Manila, Philippines in July 2011 speak on their experiences and impressions of the International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS), a global alliance of peoples organizations around the world, and report back on their time spent with Filipino peoples organizations waging a struggle for social liberation.

ILPS member organizations in the Tri-State area include the International Action Center, Al-Awda NY, NY May 1st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights, and BAYAN USA.

sponsored by BAYAN USA and the International Action Center