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FACINE16: The 16th Annual Filipino American Cinefest

The FACINE festival is the longest-running festival of its kind in North America that features films by and/or about Filipino/a and Filipino/a Americans. Now on its 16th year, the festival runs for two days, November 20-21, 2009 at the San Francisco Main Library.

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Shanae Haw crowned Ms. Bay Area College of Nursing 2009

The Ms. BACN pageant’s panel of judges proclaimed Ms. Shanae Haw, a 22-year-old Vocational Nursing (VN) graduate-Batch 5 student, as Ms. Bay Area College of Nursing 2009.  She bested in the Ms. Evening Gown competition as well.

She was crowned after almost four hours of spectacle at the Finn Center in Mountain View on Sunday, October 4, 2009.  This is Bay Area College of Nursing’s first beauty pageant.  The venue was full of friends and families cheering for their contestants.

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St. Martin De Tours’ fiesta celebration

BOCAUE, Bulacan natives living in Southern California will hold their patron saint’s (St. Martin De Tours) fiesta on November 21. The potluck fiesta will be held at 10152 Rancho Carmel Drive, San Diego, California 92128, from 11am to 4pm.  

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ALLICE marks many prevention event firsts

COLMA, Calif.—A new generation of outreach workers has joined ALLICE, Alliance for Community Empowerment, in calling for action against domestic and dating violence.

Students from Daly City’s Jefferson High School were among 150 people who attended “Free from Violence,” a domestic violence prevention outreach and resource fair staged by ALLICE in collaboration with Seton Medical Center and Thomasians USA Oct. 28 at the Colma Community Center.  Led by 2010 student body president Bea Delacruz, the “Jeff” students flexed muscle throughout the entire event, setting up the site, staffing registration and refreshment tables, ushering guests, and listening intently to speakers San Mateo County Supervisor Adrienne Tissier, ALLICE member, event chair and Colma Mayor Joanne del Rosario, and domestic violence advocate Clara Tempongko.

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City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees to meet on November 19  

SAN FRANCISCO, CA– The Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Community College District (City College of San Francisco) will hold its regular monthly business meeting on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6pm in Room 103 of the College’s Health and Wellness Center at the Ocean Campus located at 50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco.

The public is invited to attend.

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Babaylan conference fundraiser on Nov. 21

(1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5)

Everyone is invited to join a very special Ritual Gathering in at Hanuman Center, 4457 18th Street (by Douglass), San Francisco on November 21 to benefit the Babaylan Conference in April 2010.  

The evening will begin with a 5pm reception where light snacks will be available.  The program begins at 6pm.  

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Urgent action needed on the passage of Health Reform Bill

(1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5)

I am requesting your help to promote to our Filipino Clergy and friends important legislative action regarding the crucial Health Care Reform Bill. This is in conjunction with the proper, necessary and essential exercise of our faithful citizenship.

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Music with a mission

IT WILL BE A NIGHT with “the most beautiful sound on Earth,” as the Philippine Madrigal Singers take the stage at the First United Methodist Church in Pasadena on Nov. 14.

An ensemble of students, faculty and alumni from the University of the Philippines, the Philippine Madrigal Singers perform a wide variety of music genres, according to the group’s Web site. Ranging from classical to contemporary and international to popular music, this choir inspires and amazes with their repertoire of styles.

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Parol Lanterns at Historic Filipinotown

OVER 140 lighted parol lanters (each 7 feet tall) will be displayed on the streets of Historic Filipinotown for the season. Your name could be on one of them every season from 2009 to 2013.

For five years, lighted Parols with your names will go up from Thanksgiving untilKings’ Day, displayed throughout the Historic Filipinotown District. A total of 45 days every year, to light up the season at this Filipino cultural enclave.

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