Organizations

Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Linking the Children of the Motherland) NY/NJ and Kabataang maka-Bayan USA (Pro-People Youth), convening organizations of Kabataan Partylist — USA Chapter, declare its unwavering support to the Kabataan Partylist in the May 2007 elections in the Philippines.

As immigrant and second-generation Filipino youth, Ugnayan and KmB share the hopes and aspirations of Filipino youth worldwide for genuine progress, social transformation and nation building in our homeland. We understand that the joblessness and crippled education system in the Philippines force thousands of youth and our families to leave the country every day. Corrupt, dishonest, puppet leaders have too long threatened our future, and we as youth want change!

We recognize that now is the time for youth to push for a youth sectoral representative who is honest, principled and pro-people, and will truly represent the interests of the youth as a vibrant sector of the Filipino people both in the Philippines and abroad. Ugnayan and KmB support the Kabataan Partylist representatives and are launching a campaign for their vote in these critical weeks before the election.

The recent arrest of Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo on false charges, the continued incarceration of Anak Pawis Rep. Crispin Beltran, and the impending arrest of Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Maza are cowardly acts of a regime clinging desperately for power, and show a blatant disregard for the people’s will and democratic vote. We are more determined than ever to educate, organize and mobilize our sector to fight for justice for Ka Satur, Ka Bel and Ka Liza, to demand fair and military-free elections and to support the Kabataan Partylist, in particular, to represent the voice of Filipino youth.

Filipino youth in the Philippines and in the US face common struggles. Here in the US, we demand fair access to education. We resist militarism on our streets and in our schools. We fight for legalization, family reunification and worker protections. We struggle against systemic racism, sexism and heterosexism in all their forms. We strive to create a dynamic counter-culture that is free from the materialistic, career-driven, decadent culture that is dominant in the US. We work for the advancement of our community and link ourselves with the basic masses of youth, students, domestic workers, service workers and women. And we stand with Filipino youth in the homefront who are courageously fighting for our people’s basic rights to life and livelihood.

Kabataang Pilipino, tayo ang pag-asa at kinabukasan. Filipino Youth, we are the hope and the future.

Tayo naman sa Kongreso! Onwards to the Philippine Congress!

Mabuhay ang Kabataang Pilipino! Long live the Filipino Youth!

Mabuhay ang pandaigdigang pagkakaisa! Long live international solidarity!

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KABATAAN Partylist is the largest youth party in the country that will represent the youth sector in the 2007 elections. KABATAAN Partylist is determined to place the first youth sectoral representative in Philippine Congress and reaffirm the youth’s vanguard role and leadership in social transformation and nation building. Contact information: kabataan.national@gmail.com; www.kabataanparty.com

KABATAAN PARTYLIST – USA CHAPTER Convening Organizations:

Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or Linking the Children of the Motherland is a comprehensive grassroots organization of Filipino youth in New York and New Jersey dedicated to educating, organizing, and mobilizing for the rights and welfare of Filipino youth in the US. We strive to reclaim and re-root to the true history of the Filipino people to better understand how our local and personal issues are interconnected with the struggles at the homefront. We also support the struggle for justice, peace and genuine liberation of the Filipino people.
Contact information: ugnayan_nyc@yahoo.com; www.myspace.com/ugnayannynj

Kabataang maka-Bayan (KmB, Pro-People Youth) USA is a comprehensive anti-imperialist youth organization that educates, organizes, and mobilizes the community to create systemic change by connecting local issues in the US to broader international issues. It advocates for national sovereignty in the Philippines and calls for the interests of the majority of the oppressed masses to be met. KmB has chapters in Los Angeles and in the Bay Area (California).
Contact information: propeopleyouth@gmail.com; www.myspace.com/propeopleyouth

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June 1951, a memorable day and week for our Town, Portadown welcomed HM Queen Elizabeth and the Princess Margaret at the start of Festival of Britain week celebrations. The original plan was that Her Majesty would have accompanied King George VI, unfortunately he was ill and unable to travel and in the circumstances The Princess Margaret accompanied her mother.

The King never recovered from his illness and sadly died 8 months later on the 6th, February 1952; he was succeeded by our present Queen Elizabeth II.

These six clips show various celebrations which took place in Portadown during that week. How many of us remember those events? I do, even though I was only ten years of age then.

Each clip is 7 minutes long, so clear some time to view the complete 40 minutes in six parts. You will see our youth organizations, sports in the Public Park and Shamrock Park, displays of Portadown Unit of the Territorial Army and our Fire service Brigade, not forgetting street scenes and the many local dignitaries of the time. You may even catch a glimpse of your parents or grandparents or yourself!

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Evanston Escola de Samba teacher Avo Randruut leading students from Youth Organizations Umbrella in performance of “Congo” (arrangement courtesy of Simeon Smith of MaSamba in Dublin, Ireland). Recorded on March 17, 2010 at the Music Institute of Chicago.

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Emerging Humanity is a Hawai’i-based, non-profit organization that is managing
sustainable development projects in Kisumu, Kenya. We’re making a dramatic impact
by putting our effort into two main areas:

School Renovations – improving the infrastructure and the learning environment for thousands of students at local primary schools.
Youth employment initiatives – creating jobs for young people in the agribusiness sector.

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/05/Transforming_the_System_An_Interview_with_Michelle_Rhee

Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, shares some prominent moments in Teach For America and how they have affected her reform ideals. She describes her personal experience discovering and participating in the program.

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Transforming the System: An Interview with Michelle Rhee with Eli Broad. – Aspen Institute

Michelle Rhee is chancellor of DC Public Schools, a district with 50,000 students and 144 schools. She is also the founder of The New Teacher Project, a nationally recognized leader in developing innovative solutions to the challenges of hiring new teachers.

As president and CEO of TNTP, Rhee partnered with school districts, state education agencies, nonprofit organizations, and unions to transform the way difficult-to-staff schools recruit, select, and train highly qualified teachers.

Her work resulted in widespread reform in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Miami, New York, Oakland, and Philadelphia. Rhee’s commitment to excellence in education began in a Baltimore classroom as a Teach-for-America teacher. Rhee currently serves on the advisory boards for the National Council on Teacher Quality, the National Center for Alternative Certification, and Project REACH of the University of Phoenix’s School of Education.

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June 1951, a memorable day and week for our Town, Portadown welcomed HM Queen Elizabeth and the Princess Margaret at the start of Festival of Britain week celebrations. The original plan was that Her Majesty would have accompanied King George VI, unfortunately he was ill and unable to travel and in the circumstances The Princess Margaret accompanied her mother.

The King never recovered from his illness and sadly died 8 months later on the 6th, February 1952; he was succeeded by our present Queen Elizabeth II.

These six clips show various celebrations which took place in Portadown during that week. How many of us remember those events? I do, even though I was only ten years of age then.

Each clip is 7 minutes long, so clear some time to view the complete 40 minutes in six parts. You will see our youth organizations, sports in the Public Park and Shamrock Park, displays of Portadown Unit of the Territorial Army and our Fire service Brigade, not forgetting street scenes and the many local dignitaries of the time. You may even catch a glimpse of your parents or grandparents or yourself!

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a-fightingchance.org

A Fighting Chance is a program that improves the thinking processes of at-risk youths through weekly group sessions with a cognitive trainer and physical training. Participants will engage in rigorous physical activity with a goal of entering in a certified boxing event. Groups of 10 participants are treated on an eight-week cycle, providing The Glenn Goodson Sports Community Organization an opportunity to impact the lives of 60 juveniles annually.

Services are held at A1 Boxing & Fitness in Aurora, Colorado.

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June 1951, a memorable day and week for our Town, Portadown welcomed HM Queen Elizabeth and the Princess Margaret at the start of Festival of Britain week celebrations. The original plan was that Her Majesty would have accompanied King George VI, unfortunately he was ill and unable to travel and in the circumstances The Princess Margaret accompanied her mother.

The King never recovered from his illness and sadly died 8 months later on the 6th, February 1952; he was succeeded by our present Queen Elizabeth II.

These six clips show various celebrations which took place in Portadown during that week. How many of us remember those events? I do, even though I was only ten years of age then.

Each clip is 7 minutes long, so clear some time to view the complete 40 minutes in six parts. You will see our youth organizations, sports in the Public Park and Shamrock Park, displays of Portadown Unit of the Territorial Army and our Fire service Brigade, not forgetting street scenes and the many local dignitaries of the time. You may even catch a glimpse of your parents or grandparents or yourself!

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June 1951, a memorable day and week for our Town, Portadown welcomed HM Queen Elizabeth and the Princess Margaret at the start of Festival of Britain week celebrations. The original plan was that Her Majesty would have accompanied King George VI, unfortunately he was ill and unable to travel and in the circumstances The Princess Margaret accompanied her mother.

The King never recovered from his illness and sadly died 8 months later on the 6th, February 1952; he was succeeded by our present Queen Elizabeth II.

These six clips show various celebrations which took place in Portadown during that week. How many of us remember those events? I do, even though I was only ten years of age then.

Each clip is 7 minutes long, so clear some time to view the complete 40 minutes in six parts. You will see our youth organizations, sports in the Public Park and Shamrock Park, displays of Portadown Unit of the Territorial Army and our Fire service Brigade, not forgetting street scenes and the many local dignitaries of the time. You may even catch a glimpse of your parents or grandparents or yourself!

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Various CPN-UML youth organizations staged a protest rally against the Maoist aligned Young Communist League (YCL) for attacking Sangina Rajak a few days back prior to submitting a memorandum against them for action against the guilty. Nepalnews.com, (www.nepalnews.com) is a leading Internet destination dedicated to bring you news, events, polls, discussions, forums about and from Nepal. Our primary objective is to bring “news as it happens”; quality news which is impartial, timely and independent. Our equally important other objective is to make this a web community for all people around the globe who have any interest, or need any information about Nepal.

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