***YOU'RE INVITED***YOU'RE INVITED***YOU'RE INVITED*** Historic Filipinotown Community Reception for Philippine Congresswoman Liza Maza of Gabriela Women's Party
Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:30 pm Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) 3200 W. Temple Street As a Congresswoman, the Honorable Ms. Maza sits as the vice-chairperson of the Women's Caucus and the Higher and Technical Education Committee. She is also on the Ways and Means, Appropriations, Health, and Foreign Affairs Committees of the Philippine Congress. She has authored over 18 bills and 25 resolutions. Most notably was the passage of the Anti-trafficking Bill, one of the only such legislation in the Asia Pacific region. Recent legislation under her auspices is the controversial Divorce Bill. Congresswoman Maza never hesitates to bring the issues of the grassroots and the frontlines of rallies and picket lines to the halls of Congress. We invite you to a community reception featuring Congresswoman Maza and an update of the current Philippine situation as it affects us here in the United States. For more information, please contact Lalee Vicedo at (323) 445-9093 This event is co-sponsored by Gabriela Network-Los Angeles and Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) ================================================== GABRIELA Network - Los Angeles Chapter A US-Philippine Women's Solidarity Organization PO Box 3032 Cerritos, CA 90703-3032 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.gabnet.org ================================================== *** GABRIELA Network is a Philippine-US women's solidarity organization since 1989. GABNet provides the means by which Filipinas in the US can empower themselves, functions as training ground for women's leadership, and articulates the women's point of view. GABNet effects change through organizing, educating, fundraising, networking, and advocacy. GABRIELA stands for... General Assembly Binding women for Reform, Integrity, Equality, Leadership and Action It also commemorates Gabriela Silang, known as one of the first and fiercest women generals in the Philippines who led the longest series of successful revolts against 18th Century Spanish colonizers. GABNet-US is an all-volunteer organization of women with chapters in Chicago, Irvine, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, San Francisco/Bay Area, Seattle and Washington D.C. *** [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
