Celebrate the Filipino-American History Month

Celebrate the Filipino-American History Month

Filipino American
ALLOS—Carlos
Bulosan Story presented by CIRCA/
PINTIG 10/13 at UI
Champaign and
10/19 at Truman
College
Charmaine Clamor
performs 10/13 at
8pm University of
Chicago International House
History Month
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CELEBRATE THE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
In 2009, the US Congress thru
the House of Senate and House
of Representatives respectively
passed H. Res. 780 recognizing
October 2011 and every October thereafter as Filipino American History Month (FAHM) to
celebrate the history and culture
of Filipino Americans and their
historic contributions to the
Nation.
What a great honor
and recognition bestowed to the
Filipinos for their sacrifices especially during WWII and accomplishments!
The Philippine Consulate General in cooperation with the
Filipino American community
would like to invite everyone to
actively participate and support
the celebration of the Filipino
American History Month Celebration in Chicago and Suburban
Illinois. The schedule of activities
is in pages 2 to 3.
Let us take pride of our Filipino
heritage and history. Let us engage ourselves with this great
opportunity and challenge to
build a legacy of sharing and collaboration for the betterment of
our society. For a start, let us
come together and make every
October celebration - a meaningful and memorable month.
Now is the time to celebrate
together this momentous event
in our history.
In the spirit of “pagkakaisa” and
“bayanihan” and with shared
history, we, Filipino American
individuals, organizations, and
businesses, can have a common
vision for our community. The
Filipino American community
needs a cooperative effort among
the medical professionals, health
care groups, civic and community
organizations (regional/religious/
professionals / media groups) by
sharing their talents and areas of
expertise. As a start, we enjoin
you to support any of the FAHM
activities and participate in any
future community initiatives
.
Please
visit
www.pacfmidwest.com for details /updates and circulate this
info to your family and friends.
Illinois Governor & Five Mayors join in FAHM proclamation
“Spoken Words”
by Emily Lawsin
10/19 at 6pm Truman College
Sama Sama Together Concert
10/27 at 6:30pm
Lincoln-Way East
In a proclamation dated July 19,
2012,
“ P a t
Quinn,
Governor of
t h e
State of
Illinois do hereby proclaim October 2012 as FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH in
Illinois in recognition of the contributions of Filipino Americans
made in our state and to our
nation as a whole and in celebration of all Filipinos who call Illinois home”. Here are few excerpts from Quinn’s proclamation—”The Filipino American
community is the second largest
in Asian American group in the
United States with a population
estimated to be close to four
m i l l i o n
s t r o n g ” .
“Filipino American servicemen
and servicewomen have longstanding service to the United
States Armed Forces including
approximately 250.000 who
fought under the Unites States
flag during Wold War II”.
“The celebration of Filipino
American History Month in October provides an opportunity to
celebrate the heritage and culture of Filipino Americans and
their immense contributions to
our country and presents a time
to renew efforts toward the
examination of history and cul-
ture in order to provide an opportunity for all people in the
United States to learn more
about Filipino Americans and
their historic contributions to
the growth and development of
the United States”.
Like in previous years, Chicago
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Skokie
Mayor George Van Dusen are
expected to join in proclaiming
October 2012 as FILIPINO
AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
in Chicago and Skokie. New this
year, Mayor Roger Claar of Bolingbrook, Mayor Jim Holland of
Frankfort and Mayor Ed Zabrocki of Tinley Park are all expected to join the proclamation
to celebrate FAHM in their respective villages. This is GREAT.
Let’s CELEBRATE FAHM.
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Filipino American History Calendar of Events
DATE
ACTIVITY
CONTACT
VENUE
Oct. 02, Tue
12:00 N.N. –
1:00 P.M.
Opening of the Filipino American History Month
celebration (PACF)
Ruben Salazar at
[email protected] Adeline
Fajardo (630) 886-0701 [email protected]
Daley Plaza 118 N. Clark St.,
Oct 05 Fri at
7:00 P.M. to
Nov 04, weekends only
Alab Entablado presents the U.S. premiere of The contact Jay Españo at (773) 420Tales of Three Marias, * a trilogy of monologues of 6777 or Mae Vidal at (312) 218the lives of Filipino domestic helpers in Singapore
4258.
interspersed with music, video and movement.
(In Filipino with English subtitles)
TBA, check website https://
www.facebook.com/
events/478378252172431/?
ref=ts
Oct. 06, Sat
02:00 P.M. –
4:00 P.M.
Discovering Young Filipino American Talents: A
Variety Show (NaFFAA-Illinois & Skokie Part District)
Jelly Carandang at 847-679-7058
[email protected]
Devonshire Cultural Center
Oct. 6, Sat
04:30 P.M.
Dinner cultural show with the Filipino American
congregation. The American missionary/soldiers
brought Methodism to the Philippine in 1899 and
Filipino immigrants brought back the energy of the
faith back to the US.
call Rev. Dr. Noah Panlilio (773)
775-3399 or email Sam at
samdeocampo
@gmail.com
Elston United Methodist
Church
Filipino American Community Health Expo
(NaFFAA-Illinois, FACHIC & NWIHT)
call FACHIC (312) 962-7748 or
NWIHT (224) 233-1100 email
[email protected]
Northwestern Institute of
Health and Technology
Oct. 07, Sun
10:00 A.M. –
2:00 P.M.
Chicago, IL 60602
4400 Greenwood Street
Skokie, IL 60076
5859 N. Elston Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60646
3432 Oakton St.
Skokie, IL 60076
Oct. 13, Sat
Annual Filipino Americans Coming Together
(FACT) with Tony Meloto, founder of Gawad
Kalinga (GK), as its guest speaker. Dr Evelyn De
Asis Natividad will present the “Fil-Am Youth
Empowerment - Are we there yet? “ workshop
visit http://psauiuc.org/fact/ or
email [email protected]
Oct. 13, Sat.
12:30 P.M. –
02:30 P.M.
Tinley Park Library celebrates Filipino-American
History Month Preview of the Musika SamaSama:
The Together Concert
contact Jan Paul Ferrer (708) 692- Tinley Park Library
0393
7851 Timber Drive
Oct. 13, Sat
04:00 P.M.
PAMANA at AWIT (Heritage & Music) *An afternoon of Filipino Music, Dance & Fashion. SGFS
(Support Group for Filipino Seminarians)
contact Wilma Salgado (630) 329- Glenbard North High School
2003 or email
990 Kuhn Road
[email protected]
Carol Stream, IL 60188
Oct. 13, Sat
8:00 P.M.
An Evening with World Singer Charmaine Clamor visit http://upaagc.org or contact
“Queen of Jazzipino” performs jazz-blues-soul-funk Almira Gilles at
in her Chicago debut, with her band and local
[email protected]
guests (UPAAGC & UC) *
University of Chicago
Philippine Ancestral Art—Presentation on the
Philippine ancestral gold collection by Dr. Florina
Capistrano-Baker Presentation of the Ayala Museum. Fil-Am community discussion with Field Museum staff on co-curation of their over 6,000 Philippine artifacts in storage.(FANHS-Midwest )
Field Museum
Oct. 14, Sun
1:00 P.M. –
4:00 P.M.
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Glenda Terrado at [email protected]
Tinley Park, IL 60477
contact Almira Gilles at
[email protected]
Assembly Hall, International
Hse 1414 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Lecture Hall 2
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
+ All events are FREE and open to the public except for * Ticketed Event
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Filipino American History Calendar of Events
DATE
ACTIVITY
CONTACT
VENUE
Oct. 17, Wed
06:00 P.M.
2nd Generation Civic Engagement Campaign (FACE)
Dual Citizenship, Voters Registration, Forum/
Presentation on the Filipino American Youth Leadership Program (FAYLP)
Stephanie Camba at
[email protected]
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Philippine Consulate General
30 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2100
A Literary Celebration of Filipino American History
Month
contact Estrella Alamar (773) 947- Harry S. Truman College
8696 or Ruben Salazar at
1145 W. Wilson Ave.
[email protected]
Chicago, IL 60640
Oct. 19, Fri
05:00 P.M. –
08:00 P.M.
Oct. 20, Sat
09:00 A.M.-05:00
P.M.
Talk by Emily Lawsin from University of Michigan
on Sharing history and HERstory through OURstories and Spoken Word. (FANHS-Greater Chicago
Chapter)
CIRCAPintig presents ~ ALLOS: The Story of Carlos Bulosan Written by: Giovani Ortega, Directed
by: Luis Pascasio & Performed by: Chip Payos, RJ
Silva.
Chicago, IL 60602
contact Ginger Leopoldo at
[email protected] or
www.circapintig.com
Soft Release of The Fire Beneath (Tales of Gold). A
novel based on the true discovery of the Surigao
gold treasures by Almira Astudillo Gilles and published by Carayan Press.
contact Almira Gilles at
[email protected]
FAHM celebration in Bollingbrook (Filipino Friendship Society)
contact Tony Amante at
[email protected]
email Glenda Terrado at [email protected]
Living Water Community
Church
190 Lily Cache Lane
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
Oct. 21, Sun
01:00 P.M. –
05:00 P.M.
FAHM celebration in Glendale Heights with Baybayin Workshop & Demo by Mr. Fred de Asis
(PACF) and Hearing Bus by the Lions Foundation
Oct. 21, Sun
03:00 P.M. –
05:00 P.M.
contact Letty Eclavea 630-9805559 Adeline Fajardo (630) 8860701 [email protected]
St. Mathew Church
Reflection on the 40th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the Philippines to be led by the
Philippine American College of Clergy (PACC),
National Association of Filipino American United
Methodists (NAFAUM) and other area groups to
increase awareness of the impact of that event in
the lives of Filipinos and Americans.
call Bishop Eli Pascua (773) 773583-4448, Pong Javier (708) 2687003 or Nita Burris (773) 8176123 or email:
[email protected]
Philippine American Ecumenical Church
3533 N. Albany Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
Oct. 27, Sat
06:30 P.M
Musika SamaSama: The Together Concert *
Music, Dance and Drama Celebrating Culture and
Diversity by Sama-Sama Project
,visit http://
Lincoln-Way East High School
thetogetherconcert.bpt.me, http:// 201 Colorado Avenue
samasamaproject.com, http://
www.tinleyparkfrankfortrotary or Frankfort, IL 60423
contact Jan Paul Ferrer (708) 6920393
Nov. 04, Sun
04:30 P.M. –
11:30 P.M.
Wine, Chocolate, Flowers & Romance Blessing of
Couples & " Filipiniana Costumes Revue" - Recognition of Outstanding FAHM Seniors (PACF
& other organizations) *
visit http://www.paccgc.org/pacf
or contact Margie Boerema (630)
992-4885
1555 Glen Ellyn Road
Glendale Heights, IL 60139
Ashyana Banquets
1620 75th Street
Downers Grove, IL 60516
+ All events are FREE and open to the public except for * Ticketed Event
“ WINE, CHOCOLATE,
FLOWERS & ROMANCE”
Blessing of Couples
Filipiniana Costumes Revue
Recognition of Outstanding FAHM Seniors
“Life is so beautiful….let’s enjoy it”
Ashyana Banquet
th
1620 75 Street, Downers Grove, Illinois
November 4, 2012
(Sunday Buffet w/ Wine Ticket)
Time: 4:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Officiating Priest: Fr. Mario Quejadas
Sponsored by:
Philippine American Cultural Foundation
Lovely Ladies of the Orient
Filipino Friendship Society
Filipino International Couples Society
Chicago Filipino American LIONS Club
West Suburban Philippine Civic Group
Net proceeds will go to 3,000 tsinelas and 2,000 food packs for the flood
victims, GK artesian well, PACF’s cultural and humanitarian projects.
Donation: $50.00 person
Diamond Sponsor: $75.00
Attire: Formal
Business Card:
$30.00
Reserve by October 25, 2012
Margie Boerema 630-992-4885
Adeline Fajardo 630-886-0701
Delia de Guzman 312-823-0049
Evelyn Natividad 773-426-5459
Lourdes Livas
847-845-4221
Merle Perricone 630-308-7036
Anita Rosa
773-817-0978
Jasmine Sinio
773-457-6810