EPCC NEWS
MAy 20, 2015

ALERT TO ALL FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS

Los Angeles–The present Greater Echo Park Neighborhood Council (GEPENC) is cooking up another scheme to emasculate the Filipino American community in Echo Park.

GEPENC is proposing to break up District 5 and creating a District 6 that they call East Beaudry District. They will make D5 as smaller district with only three (3) representatives.

As a move, the GEPENC is set to censure or remove the representatives of District 5 on their meeting on May 2o, a prelude to dissolving Ditrict 5 or breaking up.

District 5 at present is the most populous district and have 5 representatives. Now, they want to reduce it into a non-entity.

Plain and Simple Gerrymandering

This is what we call GERRYMANDERING. Let us foil and frustrate this long standing scheme of some anti-Filipino elements in GEPENC.

They wish to divide us by emasculating us and foster inter-ethnic division.

HUWAG MATING PABAYAAN ANG MGA MADADAYA, INGGIT AT GALIT SA PILIPINONG ELEMENTONG ITO.

IPAGLABAN ANG DISTRICT 5 NA BUO AT IISA!

PANAHON NA MANINDIGAN TAYO! IPAGLABAN ANG HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN!

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JFAV UPDATES
May20, 2015

IT’S ALL SET AND GO FOR THE 3rd HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN PARADE ON JUNE 6, 2015

Los Angeles– MABUHAY ANG ARAW NG KALAYAAN NG PILIPINAS

The 3rd PH Independence Day Parade Organizing Committee (3rd HFTPIDOC) announced that everything is all set for the 117th PH Independence Day Historic Filipinotown Parade on June 06, 2015 is all set.

FACLA’s Secretary Al Garcia said, ” During the last 3HFTPIDOC meeting last May 19, 2015 held at the Sunset Office of CD 13 Councilman Mitch O’Farrell,the group have finalized the route of the parade, outreach and other preparations for the event.”

New Groups Joined In

Garcia also announced that new groups are the Binibining Pilipinas-USA/Insider productions, Kabataang maka-Bayan (KmB), Knights of Rizal-California Chapter, HIFI CALIEXPO, SMR LLC, Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC),HIFI Indie Film Festival LLC, Historic Filipinotown People’s Council (HFPC),LASOS, GALA, Disciples Church of the Filipino Christian Church (FCC), Rampart Village Neighborhood Council (RVNC), People’s CORE, S4PACE and District 1 Council Office of Council Member Gil Cedillo have joined the parade.

LAKAMIBINI NG KALAYAAN CORONATION NIGHT ON JUNE 5 AT CASTAWAY BURBANK

This time the 117th Philippine Independence Day Celebrations in Historic Filipinotown of Los Angeles has grown bigger and better and will have three major features:

1) The LAKAMBINI NG KALAYAAN 2015 Coronation will be held on June 5 at 6:30 PM at the Castaway Restaurant in 1250 Burbank CA, 91501. The event will start at 6:30 PM. Ticket are for $ 65.0o and are available.

The winner of the said contest will be the LAKAMBINI NG KALAYAAN will be the Queen of the Parade for the 3rd Historic Filipinotown Parade on the next morning, Saturday, June 06, 2105.

2) The 3rd HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN PH INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE to be held on Saturday, June 06, 2015 from 8;00 AM to 11;30 AM The parade will go around the Historic Filipinotown Temple and Beverly Corridor.

The parade assembly area will start in front of FACLA at 1740 W. Temple St and will assemble at 8:00 AM. The parade will start promptly at 9;00 AM and end also at 11;30 AM at the FACLA compound for an after-parade program at FACLA’s Social Hall.

3)The HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION AND FAIR to be held after the parade at FACLA Cultural Center on June 6 from 12;00 to 4;00PM.

There will also be food trucks, food booths and service booths from different participating organizations. The public is cordially invited.

For more information/applications to participate please call Al Garcia at (213)241-0995, Sid at (213)3995042; Bernie at (323) 683-6477. You can also email us at [email protected] or visit our website at newfacla.org

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