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DESCRIPTION:Join FACES and hear from four incredible women from the Philippines about 
 their work for environmental and social justice!\n \nWednesday, September 
 19th, 6:30-9:00 pm\nNew Location!  Bade Museum, Pacific School of 
 Religion\n1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley\nRefreshments will be provided\n  
 \nSpeakers include:   Alma Bulawan, Buklod, Metro Subic Network for Bases 
 Clean-up\n                            Dolly Yanan, Yokubari Foundation, 
 Metro Subic Network for Bases Clean-up\n                            Beth 
 Lamsin, Buklod\n                            Corazon Requizo, KAISA KA 
 (Unity for Women for Freedom), Task Force Subic Rape\n \nAlma Bulawan is a 
 founding member of Buklod ng Kababaihan (Advocates for survivors of sex 
 work and trafficking), an organization run by and supports former and 
 current women working in bars around Subic.  Ms. Bulawan has been an 
 advocate for women and has spearheaded anti-trafficking efforts in the 
 Philippines and Internationally for many years.\n \nDolly Yanan, with a 
 background in journalism, is an environmental and womenʼs rights advocate. 
  Sheʼs the director of the Yokubari Foundation, an environmental 
 organization that educates and the director of the Yokubari Foundation, and 
 environmental organization that provides education and empowersent skill 
 empowers local communities impacted by the toxic contamination from the 
 former Subic Naval Base.\n \nBeth Lamsin is a member of Buklod and a 
 survivor of working in the bars around Subic.  Ms. Lamsin continues to 
 outreach to women currently working in the bars, educating them about their 
 rights.\n \nBuklod and Yokubari are both member organizations of the Metro 
 Subic Network for Bases Clean-up (MSN), a membership-organization, 
 campaign-based, focused on toxic waste and social issues around former 
 Subic Naval Base in the Philippines. \n \nCorazon Requizo has a background 
 in labor union organizing, fighting for womenʼs rights.  Ms. Requizo is 
 also the secretary general of KAISA KA (Unity of Women for Freedom), an 
 organization that raises the social and political awareness of women, 
 empowers them with tools for analysis and skills, and fights for genuine 
 liberation.  Ms Requizo is one of the lead organizers of Task Force Subic 
 Rape, a coalition of 14 organizations that is leading the campaign against 
 the US Marine who raped a Filipina. \n \nThe women are delegates from the 
 Philippines attending the Women for Genuine Security Conference, "Women 
 Resisting Militarism and Creating a Culture of Life," Sept. 9-15.\n \nCome 
 hear the latest update of their work and welcome them to the Bay Area!\n 
 \nPlease RSVP to: galateaking@yahoo.com\nFilipino/American Coalition for 
 Environmental Solidarity (FACES) is a transnational environmental justice 
 organization based in the Bay Area that works with communities in the US 
 and the Philippines fighting for environmental justice.  Visit us at 
 www.facessolidarity.org.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/18/18448352.php
SUMMARY:Voices from the Philippines
LOCATION:Wednesday, September 19th, 6:30-9:00 pm\nBade Museum, Pacific School of 
 Religion\n1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/18/18448352.php
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