http://naffaar8.com Northern California - Region 8 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:45:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_804" align="aligncenter" width="215" caption="PAMANA: Preserving Our Heritage"][/caption] Parangal Dance Company Come and celebrate Parangal's 3rd anniversary show, in association with Kularts, and kick off Filipino American History Month on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 7pm with Pamana, Preserving Our Heritage Parangal presents Pamana - a celebration of Philippine culture through ... http://naffaar8.com/events-filipino-american-history-month-starts-today-oct-1-2011/ This is a content curation for NaFFAA Region 8's Evolutionary Files. Shortened URL is http://bit.ly/oIunp6. Please keep checking in for updates. You are welcome to embed the curation below. See http://www.manilatimes.net/news/topstories/philippines-defies-china/ for an overview of the Spratly Islands issue. [View the story "Filipino Americans, A Call to Action! UNITE for the Spratly ... http://naffaar8.com/us-pinoys-for-good-governance-and-the-spratly-islands-issue/ [caption id="attachment_782" align="aligncenter" width="270" caption="Myrna Lardizabal de Vera"][/caption] Myrna Lardizabal de Vera's remarks on Mayorship are found here at the Hercules Patch. Excerpts of Myrna Lardizabal de Vera's acceptance speech (when she was sworn in as Councilmember) last December 14, 2010 can be found at the Hercules Patch. Lorna Dietz's Notes: Myrna de ... http://naffaar8.com/myrna-lardizabal-de-vera-there%e2%80%99s-a-new-mayor-in-hercules-california/ In preparation for the upcoming Global Summit on September 27-29 in Manila, spearheaded by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, a series of town hall meetings are taking place worldwide. Click here to view the invitation from the Philippine Consul General's Office in San Francisco, California. For more information about the September ... http://naffaar8.com/for-july-6-2011-youre-invited-to-a-san-francisco-filipino-community-town-hall-meeting-and-palabokan-for-global-summit-2011/ Please check in with us regularly for upates about the DREAM Act. We encourage every city to pass a Resolution that supports The DREAM Act. If you have out-of-the-box ideas regarding how we can all help out, please email Jose Pecho at JP8cho@aol.com or Lorna Dietz at NaFFAANorcal@gmail.com. Updates: Filipina Council member, Pat ... http://naffaar8.com/the-dream-act-jose-antonio-vargas-asks-us-to-define-american/ [caption id="attachment_761" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Jose Pecho, NaFFAA R8 Chair; Joanna Rees, San Francisco Mayoral Candidate; Lorna Dietz, NaFFAA R8 Vice-Chair; and Ben Menor, NaFFAA R8 Santa Clara County Chair"][/caption] At the Gala Dinner, "A Celebration of Philippine Heritage: A Coming Together," commemorating the 113th Anniversary of Philippine Independence, the 150th Anniversary ... http://naffaar8.com/photo-gallery-joanna-rees-san-francisco-mayoral-candidate/ Jet Tagle of Parangal Dance Company Photo by RJ Muna In Milpitas, California. The Filipino Association of Milpitas' Filipino Fiesta, June 11, 2011 at 2:00pm at the Milpitas Community Center on Calaveras Avenue. Seasons Marketplace at Landess in Milpitas, California, co-sponsored by the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA), Region 8-Santa ... http://naffaar8.com/naffaa-news-alert-june-11-12-2011-philippine-independence-day-festivities/ Ben Menor, County Chair of NaFFAA Region 8's Santa Clara County, was very busy during the May 27 and May 28, 2011 weekend. First, there was the PCN at JTS Northside Community Center with the Mabuhay Cultural Club. Then, there was the Santacruzan Festivities that he anchored and emceed during ... http://naffaar8.com/naffaa-region-8s-santa-clara-county-celebrates-year-one-at-seasons-marketplace-at-landess-in-milpitas-california/ If you like what you see, go ahead and TWEET, FACEBOOK, or EMBED the story below. [View the story "Manang Rozita: Rozita Lee, A Filipina American Commissioner in the WHIAAPI (White House Advisory Group)" on Storify] http://naffaar8.com/up-close-and-personal-rozita-lee-of-las-vegas-nevada/ Ben Menor, Santa Clara County's chair at NaFFAA Region 8, and Clarence Madrilejos, the County's NaFFAA vice-chair, are very busy community coordinators and community developers, with Milpitas' newest Filipino-centric mall, Seasons Marketplace at Landess, foremost in their collaboration activites and projects. As Seasons' community developer and E-2010's "intergenerational leadership in ... http://naffaar8.com/a-community-hall-at-seasons-marketplace-at-landess-milpitas-builds-community/