at Lincoln Square Park & Recreational Center 261 11th St, Oakland, CA 94607 Join us in the heart of Chinatown as we host family friendly activities. Events are in collaboration with Friends of Lincoln Square, Asian Health Services, APEN, AYPAL, API Legal Outreach, OACC and other generous sponsors.
THE FORBIDDEN BOOK uses political cartoons from 1898 to 1906 to chronicle a little-known war between the United States and the Philippines that lasted over 15 years, in which 126,000 U.S. troops were deployed and hundreds of thousands of Filipinos were killed. Today, few Americans know about the brutal suppression of Philippine independence or the
Book Reading / Film Screening / Photography Exhibition Film: Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers Discussion and Q & A with filmmaker Marissa Aroy, photographer X who chronicled the 1965-1970 grape strike and boycott for Time Magazine, and Patty Enrado who will read from her book A Village in the Fields. Sunday,
"A Time to Rise: The Fight Against Dictatorship in the Philippines, Then and Now" BOOK LAUNCH / PANEL DISCUSSION The discussion will be moderated by Lillian Galedo, and will feature Cindy Domingo, Co-editor, "A Time to Rise;" Geline Avila, National Council, Akbayan Party-list; and Edwin Batongbacal, Friends of Akbayan, USA.Sunday, September 23, 2018, 3-5 pm
PROGRAM 4:30 - Welcome 4:40 - Intertribal Friendship House All Nations Drum & Youth Dancers 5:20 - Tacuma King and Sun Drummers of United Africa Ensemble (Bay Area Youth Arts) 6:00 - Emeryville Taiko - Japanese drumming 6:30 - Hālau ʻO Kawainuhi - Hula Kahiko 6:55 - Moment of Silence 7:05 - Calpulli Panquetzalitzli - Danza Azteca 7:25 - Closing ACTIVITIES 4:30-7:30pm: Non-Partisan
