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RP language, culture class offered at PS2
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NEW YORK --- This Spring term, Manhattan’s PS2 will offer to school children a Filipino language and culture class.
The class, according to Little Barangay, a volunteer organization in the New York region, will start on April 30.
Developed with an accredited curriculum planner from University of Pennsylvania, the Spring session will focus primarily on teaching the Filipino language and vocabulary with history and culture as sub-topics.
The tuition cost is $80 for the entire course and will simply cover administrative expenses. Sibling discounts of $10 are applicable.
For more information, visit www.littlebarangay.com.
Interested students are encouraged to attend one of the Winter class sessions.
Despite the large number of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans living in the greater New York metropolitan area, there are currently no long-term classes available for school-age children that educates them about the distinct Filipino cultures, languages, and history in a formal institutionalized fashion.
Little Barangay seeks to promote knowledge and awareness of the different Filipino and Filipino-American cultures among school-aged children, of all backgrounds.
PS2 is located at Meyer London (Manhattan's Chinatown), 122 Henry Street, in New York.
About registration, call Meredith Lopez at (917) 721-4951, laltavita@gmail.com, or Myla Lopez (917) 453-3039, myla.lopez@gmail.com.
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JERSEY CITY --- In a bid to equip aspiring Filipino entrepreneurs the right business skills on starting a new business, the Pan American Concerned Citizens Action League (PACCAL), Inc will hold a free small business seminar on April 14 at the PACCAL Neighborhood Center at 6 p.m.
Dubbed as “Building Bridges For Your Business,” the workshop will inform participants on the techniques needed to make a business grow.
Linda Mayo, executive director of PACCAL said the event would provide the necessary information and step by step procedure in setting up a business. It will also help entrepreneurs to get information on how to get capital, to do research and the paperwork needed for starting a business.
“We will be able to impart important tools to make aspiring business owners start a business and how to stay in business and how to earn profits,” said Mayo.
Small businesses are the engines for economic growth. It creates jobs and its professional services are respected in the community. Buoyed by surging number of immigrants who are mostly their clients, many Filipino Americans in New Jersey and New York have become successful business owners. They are very visible in small retail, restaurant, travel, mortgage, beauty shops, health, electronics and phone card business. The diversity of their services and the staying power of these small enterprises reflect the determination and talents of many Filipino American entrepreneurs to compete and make it in the mainstream market. Learning a lesson from them would propel aspiring entrepreneurs to make their business stronger.
Speakers in the forum have solid background in business. They are: James Adams, Jr. , president of Corporate Concepts and Solutions, Inc. He will discuss on how to start a business. Another speaker is SK Suiban , Assistant Vice President of PNC Bank. He will talk about small business financial opportunities. Another speaker is Pat Berberabe, President of Phil-Am Food Mart. She will talk about her experiences, risks and challenges in her business.
Mayo says the workshop is part of many programs of PACCAL to provide information and assistance to the community. PACCAL is a non-profit organization dedicated to serve the health and human services of a culturally diverse community.
Refreshments will be served during the seminar. For information on the event, call Mayo at (201) 547-5158.
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