From KPFA.org:

APEX Express
This week's Apex Express features an exclusive interview with Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas, who was abducted and tortured for 6 days while on a medical mission in the Philippines in 2009. She will share her experience, talk about the progress of her case, and what is currently being done to address the human rights crisis in the Philippines.

This is also Apex's once-a-month hip hop program, featuring songs from Asian & Pacific Islander hip hop artists, as well as an interview with local Bay Area rapper Jern Eye.

Hosted by Kiwi Illafonte.

You can listen to the full streaming audio by going to Archive section of KPFA.org. The program will be available for download for 14 days.

http://kpfa.org/archive/id/63400

The surfacing of graphic footage of a naked, prostrate man being physically tortured by police officers has brought attention to the rampant human rights violations in the Philippines. Melissa Roxas, Filipino-American activist, poet, and health worker, speaks about her experience of abduction and torture at the hands of suspected military agents in the Philippines. Read the full transcipt.
 

The National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) and its member organizations in Northern California--San Francisco State University’s League of Filipino Students (LFS), Filipino Community Support (FOCUS) of Silicon Valley, Filipino Community Center (FCC), Liwanag Kultural Center (LKC), and San Francisco Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (SF CHRP)—are pleased to invite you to the NAFCON-Northern California Regional Summit. NAFCON is an alliance committed to advancing the rights and welfare of Filipinos, celebrating our culture and history, and building unity amongst those living and working in the United States.

Our conference will be held on August 28, 2010 at the Local 2 Hiring Hall at 209 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA from 9:30 AM-6:00 PM. The day-long Summit will bring together various Filipino organizations, ally organizations, and individuals concerned about pressing issues affecting Filipinos and other immigrant/marginalized groups.

The objectives of the conference are as follows:
  
a. To engage in dialogue with the Filipino community in Northern California regarding current issues in the Philippines and in the United States that affect the daily lives of our community members;

b. To strengthen bonds amongst NAFCON-Northern California’s member organizations;

c. To provide a space for networking and building alliances with other Filipino organizations for future cooperation; and

d. To socialize and celebrate Filipino heritage and culture.

The regional summit will also feature a book launch and signing for Peter Chua's Ating Kalagayan. Translating to "Our Situation," Chua's book is thus far the most comprehensive demographic analysis of the social and economic conditions of Filipinos in the United States. His work will allow Filipino organizations and individuals throughout the country to streamline research on the Filipino American community.

Click here to RSVP for this event.

SF-CHRP invites you to a month-long action leading to honor Desaparecidos from the international community:


One struggle, many fronts. Communities on the international level  have experienced the lack of basic human rights that their state fails to provide. They demand for their rights and in response their government has used their military to oppress the people by threats, intimidation, forced disappearances and political killings.


Monday, August 16th, 2010
Kite‐Making Workshop & Potluck Social
6:30 - 9:30 PM @ Bayanihan Community Center Map & Directions

This workshop is FREE with materials provided.
Please bring a light snack to share with the group.


Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Desaparecidos Kite-Flying Action
@ Xicano Moratorium
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM @ Dolores Park Map & Directions


 Monday, August 30th, 2010
International Day of the Disappeared
Candlelight Procession & Vigil
Gather 6:00 PM @ intersection of Powell & Market Streets

We will be marching to to the Philippine Consulate.
Wear black in memory of victims of enforced disappearances.



Co-sponsored by BAYAN-USA and National Alliance for Filipino Concerns


   Please contact us for more information or if your organization would like to participate:SFCHRP@yahoo.com.

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