SiGAw is an organization serving Filipinas in the Los Angeles community. We strive to build a strong Filipina women’s mass movement, recognizing that the problems of the Filipina diaspora are linked to the root problems of the Philippines. SiGAw addresses the rights and welfare of women through education, organizing, campaigns, and cultural work. SiGAw is a member organization of GABRIELA-USA and BAYAN-USA.
WHAT: Get Up, Stand Up for Human Rights! Art Exhibit & Reception
WHEN: 6-9pm | January 14 - February 5, 2011
WHERE: Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock | 2225 Colorado Blvd (near intersection of Eagle Rock Blvd), Los Angeles, CA 90041
Curated by Liza Camba and Melissa Roxas
The “Get Up, Stand Up for Human Rights!” exhibition is a project initiated by
community members to express ideas of what human rights mean to them and how it
relates to the community at large-locally and globally.
This exhibition is the culmination of three months of skills-building workshops
for participants—both artists and non-artists—accompanied by discussions about
human rights issues. The result is a vivid and diverse expression, in various
artistic mediums, of what human rights mean to them. The art pieces speak of
violations of human rights in the Philippines to the local migrant communities
struggling for a living wage and better working conditions.
The opening of the exhibit will showcase a standing visual exhibit, live
performances by musicians, and special remarks by community leaders. This
exhibit aims to do exactly what it is called—to get the community to stand up
for human rights and to learn ways we can advocate for human rights in our local
and international communities.
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that
provides innovative and multicultural arts programming to Eagle Rock and the
surrounding communities of Northeast Los Angeles. Programs include exhibitions,
community festivals, free and low-cost after school arts classes, Art Camps, and
more. For more information on Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock and its community
programs, visit centerartseaglerock.org.
Sponsored by Filipino Arts and Justice Forum; Habi Arts; Sisters of GABRIELA,
Awaken! (SiGAw!); Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock; City of Los Angeles,
Department of Cultural Affairs; Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
For questions please email: standup4humanrights@gmail.com.
Source: centerartseaglerock.org![News Release
September 13, 2010Reference: Katie Joaquin, Dukot US Tour Organizing Committee, email: info@dukot.comGMA Pinoy TV Signs On As Official Media Sponsor for Dukot US TourThe upcoming US tour of the controversial 2009 Filipino film Dukot, starring Iza Calzado and Allen Dizon, has recently partnered with Filipino household name GMA Pinoy TV, weeks before it is set to begin in Los Angeles on September 17th in Historic Filipinotown. The tour will pass through seven cities in the US from September till October of this year. Participating cities include San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, New York City, Hoboken, and Washington DC. Lead actress Calzado is a contract artist for GMA’s Kapuso Network, while her onscreen love Allen Dizon is with Viva Entertainment, which has partnered with GMA Films in the past. Dizon, who is also a 2006 FAMAS awardee, will be joining the US tour.Directed by award-winning director Joel Lamangan (Mano Po, Pacquiao: The Movie) and penned by Palanca award-winning playwright Bonifacio Ilagan, Dukot courageously tackles the sensitive topic of human rights abuses in the Philippines. “Film is a powerful medium for community education,” states Filipino-American filmmaker Eric Tandoc, one of the national organizers of the Dukot tour. “Our goal for the tour is to extend [Lamangan and Ilagan’s] objective of raising public awareness on a subject rarely covered by the mainstream media— human rights abuses in the Philippines”.Raw cellphone video footage gone viral exposing physical torture of a criminal detainee by a Philippine police officer in a Manila precinct stirred controversy earlier this year for the new Aquino government.After defeating government censorship last year, Dukot was released in selected theaters in the Philippines as well as drew critical raves at the Montreal International Film Festival. It has also found success with special screenings in Hong Kong, Canada, and soon will make its debut to US audiences.The tour is an initiative of several cause-oriented and Filipino-American groups in the US, including churches such as the First Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles, lawyers groups such as the National Lawyers Guild, arts groups such as Asian CineVision, and advocacy groups such as BAYAN USA.For more information, including dates, showtimes, and locations, visit www.dukot.com. ###
SCREENINGS:
FRI | SEPT 17 | 7PMSearch to Involve Pilipino Americans SIPA 3200 West Temple Street Historic Filipinotown Los Angeles, CA 90026
SAT | SEPT 18 | 6PM Centro Cultural de la Raza2004 Park BlvdSan Diego, CA 92101
FRI | SEPT 24 | 7PMGlendale Central Public Library222 E. Harvard StreetGlendale, CA 91205
SAT | SEPT 25 | 12:30PMThe Art Theatre of Long Beach2025 East 4th StreetLong Beach, CA 90804 ](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8pnqf4qlr1qc95lyo1_500.jpg)
