LIFE SERIES #1 (2006):

- Community (Participating, volunteering, helping others in our community - youth, schools, public service, politics)

- Health & Well-Being - Mental, emotional and physical health, feeling good about yourself and others

- Learning - Acquiring and applying new knowledge, skills, and abilities to improve different areas of life

- Social Relationships - Getting along with all types of people, nurturing friends, making new acquaintances

Domestic Violence Training Workshop (three dates) -

The training will allow all of us to become informed advocates and peer counselors in ending domestic violence in our community. As a founding member of the Filipino Community Alliance, our participation in the DV workshops fulfills our pledge to get as many involved in our violence campaign. Thank you all for your loving support.

No fee.  RSVP required by calling 415.278.9410 or send email to vday@ffwn.org to reserve your spot.  You are also welcome to invite a friend to the DV workshop, if you like.

Sunday, Jan. 8, 3-6pm
5th Floor, Philippine Center Bldg.
447 Sutter St. (between Stockton & Powell Sts.)
San Francisco

Thursday, Jan . 12, 6-9pm
5th Floor, Philippine Center Bldg. 447 Sutter St. (between Stockton & Powell Sts.) San Francisco

Monday, Feb. 13, 6-9pm
CORA (Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse)
1633 Old Bayshore Highway, Ste 280
Burlingame 94010

We are grateful to the following incredible FWN advocates who have made the DV workshops possible -

• Geene Gonzales, Asian Women's Shelter (will facilitate the workshop)
• Kevin Pimentel, Esq., Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (co-facilitator)
• Consul General Rowena M. Sanchez (for sponsoring our workshop location)
• Cherie Querol Moreno, Community Outreach Coordinator, CORA (facilitator)

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PRESS CONFERENCE AND OFFICIAL LAUNCH

Filipinas Against Violence: Third Season

Saturday, January 14, 1:00pm

Variety Theatre, Hobart Bldg.
582 Market Street at 2nd St., San Francisco, CA

Please join us as we launch our third year of empowering and celebrating Filipina women and their sexuality with a festival of theatre, comedy, and spoken word highlighted by the all-Filipina performance of Eve Ensler’s "The Vagina Monologues".

HIGHLIGHTS:

- 2006 marks the first Tagalog version of "The Vagina Monologues" performed in the U.S. "Usaping Puki" - scheduled for Feb. 26, 2006 at the Herbst Theatre, http://www.cityboxoffice.com for tickets.

- Meet FWN's 2006 local beneficiary - "My Sister's House", the only domestic violence agency that serves the needs of Asian and Pacific Islander women and children in the Sacramento area

- Meet the Cast & Crew of the 2006 production of "The Vagina Monologues" and "Usaping Puki" - the brave women and men working behind the scenes making these benefit performances happen

- View footage of Filipina 'comfort women' - when Eve Ensler met these "lolas" in 2002, she promised to take their plight to the international stage through V-Day's 2006 Spotlight "Justice to Comfort Women"

- View "Until The Violence Stops" - V-Day's documentary of V-Day performances worldwide including the Philippine production

Questions? - go to http://www.ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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V-DAY SAN FRANCISCO 2006
FWN and V-Day present Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues and Usaping Puki (Tagalog version)

Two benefit performance to end violence against Filipina women and girls

What are “The Vagina Monologues”?
Hailed by The New York Times as "funny" and "poignant" and by the Daily News as "intelligent" and "courageous," “The Vagina Monologues,” which was first performed off-Broadway by Ms. Ensler, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement buried in women’s experiences.
FWN’s production is an all Filipina cast with some monologues in Tagalog to honor the Filipina culture.

2006 Beneficiaries include:

• My Sister's House
• V-Day 2006 Spotlight Campaign: Justice to Comfort Women
• Filipinas Against Violence

When: Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006
Time: 1:30 PM (Tagalog version); 6:30 PM (English)
Where: HERBST THEATRE
401 Van Ness at McAllister in San Francisco

Tickets:
$35, $55, $65
$100 (VIP seating includes reception @5:30pm)
10% discount for groups of 10 or more; Students/Seniors @$35 upgraded to dress circle or orchestra based on limited availability

Charge by phone (415) 392.4400
online @ www.cityboxoffice.com and www.tickets.com

Questions? Email vday@ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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TVM 2006 V-lebration Party, Party, Party!!!

Saturday, March 4, 2:00pm to 6:00pm

Richard Jervais Showroom & Garden
965 Natoma (between 10th & 11th), San Francisco, CA

Dear TVM and Usaping Puki 2006 Cast & Crew Members -

THANK YOU for making many Filipinos proud. It was truly an outstanding finale to our three-year commitment to V-Day!. We have now empowered ourselves and have become advocates in helping STOP violence in our community.

For now it is time to party.....and celebrate.....and bask in our glory.....and say, hey,,,,we did a hell of a good show!

Richard Gervais who so generously allowed us to use his Filipino furniture for our stage set has graciously offered to host our cast party celebration at his beautiful showroom and garden.

Vagina Warriors, FWN Members and 2004 & 2005 TVM cast & crew - please join us and meet this year's awesome group!

LIFE SERIES #5 (2006):

- Learning (Acquiring and applying new knowledge, skills, and abilities to improve different areas of your life)

 - Family/Kinship - Caring for life partners, marriages, children, parents, extended family

 - Work/Career - Choosing a field, feeling satisfied, contributing to society, creating balance

 - Health & Well-Being - Mental, emotional and physical health, feeling good about yourself and others

"Power Lunch With Remarkable Filipina Women"

Celebrating Filipina Women in America, one of a series of events honoring 100 years of Filipino achievements and contributions to American business and society.

The Filipina Women's Network warmly invites you to a lively and thought-provoking discussion of being Filipina in the American workplace: bi-culturalism, career barriers and opportunities, personal insights of getting to their chosen field and why Filipina women are leading the way. 

• Friday, Aug. 18, 11am - 1:30pm
• The World Trade Club, One Ferry Plaza, San Francisco
• $35, FWN Members; $40 postmarked after Aug. 11
• $45, nonmembers; $50 postmarked after Aug. 11
• Online: http://remarkablefilipina.mollyguard.com
• Mail checks to Filipina Women's Network, P. O. Box 192143, San Francisco, CA 94119
• We recommend taking public transportation to the Ferry Bldg. Limited parking @ $12.
  
  REMARKABLE PANEL

• Jocelyne Vistan, Healthcare Ombudsman/Mediator, Kaiser Permanente
• June Parina, Senior Associate, SparkPR
• Linda Ordonio Dixon, Senior Trial Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Marissa Aroy, Producer & Director, Media Factory
• Nini Alvero, Philippine Trade Commissioner
• Panel Moderator:  Henni Espinosa, Editor-in-Chief, Kababayan Edition, Manila Bulletin USA

Questions? Email filipina@ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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LIFE SERIES #2 (2006):

- Community (Participating, volunteering, helping others in our community - youth, schools, public service, politics)

- Health & Well-Being - Mental, emotional and physical health, feeling good about yourself and others

- Learning - Acquiring and applying new knowledge, skills, and abilities to improve different areas of life

- Social Relationships - Getting along with all types of people, nurturing friends, making new acquaintances

FWN invites you to audition for the New York Productions of "The Vagina Monologues" AND "Usaping Puki" (Show Date: June 24, 2006 in New York City)

SAN FRANCISCO

When: Saturday, May 7, 20, 272006
Time: 1:00 PM
Where: A. P. Giannini Auditorium, Bank of American Bldg., corner California & Montgomery Sts., San Francisco

NEW YORK

When: Saturday, May 13, 20, 27 2006
Time: 9:00 AM
Where: Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th St. (between 6th & 7th Aves.), New York City

RSVP & Questions? Email vday@ffwn.org

or call 415.278.9410

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LIFE SERIES #3 (2006):

- Community (Participating, volunteering, helping others in our community - youth, schools, public service, politics)

- Health & Well-Being - Mental, emotional and physical health, feeling good about yourself and others

- Learning - Acquiring and applying new knowledge, skills, and abilities to improve different areas of life

- Social Relationships - Getting along with all types of people, nurturing friends, making new acquaintances

PRESS CONFERENCE AND OFFICIAL LAUNCH

TAMA NA! (STOP!) Filipinas Speak Out Against Violence through productions of The Vagina Monologues & Usaping Puki (Tagalog version)

Marily Mondejar, President, Filipina Women's Network (http://www.ffwn.org) in cooperation with Cecille B. Rebong, Philippine Consul General (New York), invites YOU to be our honored guest as FWN officially launches TAMA NA! (STOP!) Filipinas Speak Out Against Violence - breaking the silence about the cycle of violence against Filipina women and girls through two benefit performances of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues and Usaping Puki (Tagalog version).

The Filipinas Against Violence campaign kicks off the FIRST New York production and FWN's third year of empowering and celebrating Filipina women.

HIGHLIGHTS -

- 2006 marks the first year that the Tagalog version of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" is performed in the U.S.

- "Usaping Puki" - is a one-day only performance on Saturday, June 24, 2006 (2:30pm) at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts @ New York University located at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South in New York City. The Vagina Monologues will be performed at 7:30 pm.

- To purchase tickets for the performances - go to Skirball Center @ http://www.skirballcenter.org or call 212-279-4200 (Ticket Central). Admission - $12 (NYU students), $35, $55, $100 (VIP).

- Meet the all-Filipina Cast and the brave women and men working behind the scenes making these benefit performances happen. Cast members include community leaders, actors, students, professionals, activists, and homemakers.

- The cast and crew will bring spoken word, song and a provocative discussion about the issue of violence against Filipina women and girls and the perception of violence in the Filipino community. Broadway actors, EMY BAYSIC (Miss Saigon) and SUSAN ANCHETA (Flower Drum Song) will lead with a musical number.

- Meet FWN's New York local beneficiary - Filipino American Human Services, Inc. (FAHSI) represented by Venessa Manzano, Executive Director.

- FWN has invited Atty. Tunting Cruz Matters to share information about FWN's Philippine beneficiary - TOWNS Foundation: Legal Defense Fund for "Nicole" Rape Case in Subic (Philippines)

- View footage of Filipina 'comfort women' - when Eve Ensler met them in 2002, she promised to take their plight to the international stage through V-Day's 2006 Spotlight "Justice to Comfort Women"

- View "Until The Violence Stops" - documentary of V-Day performances worldwide including the Philippine production

- Check out San Francisco Chronicle's Pinoy Pod feature of the FWN's Usaping Puki at http://www.sfgate.com/blogs/podcasts

NEW YORK

When: Friday, June 16, 2006
Time: 6:30 PM
Where: Philippine Center
556 Fifth Avenue (bet. 45th & 46th), New York, NY

RSVP & Questions? Email vday@ffwn.org

or call 415.278.9410

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LIFE SERIES #4 (2006):

- Community (Participating, volunteering, helping others in our community - youth, schools, public service, politics)

- Health & Well-Being - Mental, emotional and physical health, feeling good about yourself and others

- Learning - Acquiring and applying new knowledge, skills, and abilities to improve different areas of life

- Social Relationships - Getting along with all types of people, nurturing friends, making new acquaintances

Until the Violence Stops: New York City Making New York City the first safe place for Filipina women and girls.

This Filipino community theatre event is part of V-Day's first ever UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS (UTVS): New York City, a two-week festival (June 12-27) of theater, spoken word, performance and community events bringing the issue of violence against women center stage (www.vday.org).

• WHAT: Filipina-American women come together in solidarity to speak about ways on how to break the silence, deal with the shame and how to stop the cycle of domestic violence against Filipina women and girls through performances of Eve Ensler's Obie award- winning The Vagina Monologues and Usaping Puki (Tagalog version).
• WHY:To increase awareness about the high incidence of violence in Filipino homes and help Filipina women in abusive relationships take action and seek help.
• WHO: All-Filipina cast are community leaders, actors, students, professionals, activists, and homemakers. Tagalog version is performed only for the second time in the U.S.
• BENEFICIARIES:
  1. FAHSI (Filipino American Human Services Inc.)
  2. TOWNS Foundation: Justice for Nicole Legal Defense Fund for Subic (Philippines) Rape Case
  3. Filipinas Against Violence
• WHEN: June 24, 2006 (Saturday) - 2:30pm (Usaping Puki); 7:30pm (The Vagina Monologues)
• WHERE: Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts @ NYU, 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
• TICKETS: $35 - $100 (VIP)
• TO PURCHASE BEST SEATS:

1. www.skirballcenter.org
2. Call 212.279.4200 (Ticket Central)
3. Ticket package with reception, go to http://tvm062406.mollyguard.com

Celebrating Filipino History Month in October!

The Filipina Summit is convened in October because the earliest documented proof of Filipino presence in the Continental United States was in October 1587 in Morro Bay, California.

4th Annual FWN Summit

"A Future Search Conference: Shaping the Filipina Image "

Oct. 27 - 29, 2006

Crowne Plaza Union Square San Francisco, California

Realizing that there has been no formal planning in the Filipino community about how to navigate the complex nature of the second largest Asian Pacific American (APA) group, the Filipina Women’s Network is going to reach out to the mainstream U. S. community as well as the Filipino community, in two ways:

1)  Convene the 4th Annual FILIPINA Summit on Oct. 27-29, 2006 in San Francisco

2)  Publish the FWN Magazine: FILIPINA Resource Guide & Membership Directory (October)

Join Filipina American women in a series of compelling conversations, brainstorming, and learning on what it takes to lead our community throught change and innovation.

Coming together as a community. . .

Managing our future. . .

PURPOSE

Every year, the Filipina Women's Network (FWN) brings together Filipina women, corporate America's untapped source of leadership at a time when economic, social and political challenges demand new levels of talent and innovation.

The FWN Summit is held in October in celebration of Filipino Heritage Month. 2006 is significant as it marks 100 years of Filipinos in the U.S. It is a most appropriate time to honor our accomplishments and contributions to American society.

FWN strives to meet this demand by providing Filipina women the knowledge and resources and by building a network of women who dare to change the landscape of the leadership in today's workplace.

At this two and a half day gathering, Filipina women and FWN's stakeholders will come together as a community to convene a Future Search Conference. We will articulate a progressive agenda to develop new strategies, expand and enhance current personal and professional situations, and share ideas about “re-invention” as a vehicle for social change.

The future search conference will explore the Filipino community's:

• PAST: Milestones in society, self, and the Filipina community over three decades
  o PURPOSE: Experience similarities, share facts of each others’ worlds
  
• PRESENT: External forces shaping our lives and out community right now
  o PURPOSE: Talk about same world, find common ground, confront chaos, take responsibility

• FUTURE: Ideal scenarios and common ground
  o PURPOSE: Translates dialogues into aspirations, discover common ground
  
• ACTION PLANNING
  o PURPOSE: Increase probability of aligned actions

4th Annual FWN Summit

"A Future Search Conference: Shaping the Filipina Image "

Oct. 27 - 29, 2006

Crowne Plaza Union Square San Francisco, California

Crowne Plaza Hotel special room rates available:

- $170 Single / Double, and $20 each additional person

- Call 1-888-218-0808 and ask for the "Filipina Women's Network" special rate.

Summit Fees:

Early bird discounts until Sept. 30

Register online at http://fwnfuturesearch.mollyguard.com

American Airlines Travel Discounts:

• Low-rate "Zone Fares"
• 5% off the lowest applicable fare or 10% off the full coach fare
• For reservations, call 1-800-433-1790 and reference
• STARfile # 18968
• You can earn AAdvantage miles for your trip. Enroll online at www.aa.com.

Avis Car Rental Special Rates:

• To reserve a car, contact Avis at 1-800-331-1600 and use your Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) number J995209.
• Or click to reserve online.

"People get trapped into thinking about just one way of doing things."

—Erik Weihenmayer, Blind Rock Climber

CORPORATE RECRUITERS: Join FWN's Career Fair and Expo.  Access corporate America's untapped source of leadership: experienced, qualified and talented Filipinas.

Sponsorships and Exhibit space still available.ADVERTISE in the Filipina Resource Guide (October publication) and reach 20,000 Filipinos in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Questions? 415.278.9410 or email summit@ffwn.org