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NEW YORK–The Filipino language may be melting away from America's melting pot, but the need to learn it and speak it persists in the consciousness of many Filipino American youth!
Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Linking the Children of the Motherland), a grassroots Filipino youth organization based in New York and New Jersey, is teaming up with Bing Magtoto, New York University (NYU) faculty member who teaches Elementary Filipino I & II, to organize "SALITA (WORD): A Beginner's Filipino Language Class". It aims to empower second-generation Filipino youth through learning the Filipino language.
Ugnayan decided to organize the language class with the recognition that majority of second-generation Filipino youth grew up not knowing how to speak and/or understand the Filipino language. The language loss usually begins at home when the Filipino immigrant parents would not teach their children so they could assimilate immediately into mainstream US society and be spared from the racism that the parents experienced themselves. This loss of the native tongue contributes to a "generation gap" between the youth and the parents.
This is made worse by the culture of silence in the family where the parents' stories of struggle and survival in the US are often left unspoken and not shared to their children. The second-gen youth become detached and feel like outsiders in their own homes or family gatherings.
The second-gen youth, uprooted from their heritage, would grow up not knowing about their ancestors' history and culture that have been also systematically erased from the US education system. (Re)Learning the Filipino language then becomes an important part of any second-generation youth's process of (re)claiming their identity as Filipinos and (re)connecting with the stories and struggles of their families and communities, both in the US and in the Philippines.
SALITA will teach the basics such as vocabulary, grammar, ans sentence construction, and provide a framework for further study. It will be held on July 8, 10, 15, 17 & 22, 7-9 pm, in Barnard College. Registration fee is $40 for the general public ($30 for students). Classes are open to anyone interested, but priority will be given to second-generation Filipino youth. All participants must sign up on or before Friday, July 4.
To register, please visit www.ugnayan.blogspot.com, fill out the registration form and email to ugnayan.nynj@gmail.com. Final list of participants will be confirmed on or before Monday, July 7.
Participants are required to attend all five classes, and will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the class. A summer socialization will also be held in August where the participants will get to meet and speak with Filipino domestic workers and practice their new language skills. Participants who will also write a cultural piece in Filipino will be given a chance to be part of "Reclaim 3: Rerooting in Our Culture of Resistance", the grand cultural event organized by Ugnayan that will be held in the fall.
SALITA is co-sponsored by the Department of Women's Studies, Barnard College. For more info, please contact Ugnayan at ugnayan.nynj@gmail.com or 212.564.6057 or visit www.ugnayan.blogspot.com.
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Philippines Number 1 noontime show performs at
Boardwalk Hall on July 12
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ATLANTIC CITY – The world’s most popular Filipino noontime game show “Wowowee” is coming to New Jersey next month.
Based in Manila, Philippines, “Wowowee” (Wow!) is today’s most watched program of Filipinos abroad who have access to The Filipino Channel, ABSCBN. And for our kababayans in Atlantic City, the event promises to bring you closer to home!
Since its premiere in September of 2005, the show has been the favorite of locals and overseas Filipinos due to its humanitarian theme.
“Wowowee” blends the characteristics of bingo and “The Price is Right” together to give contestants, who are either chosen from the audience or selected by need, a chance to win cash and prizes. Its various games, such as Bigat 10 and Questune, combine spontaneity, cleverness, and fun to bring exciting entertainment the whole audience will enjoy.
Audience participation is crucial to the show's appeal and popularity with dancing, singing and brief, sentimental messages to family members abroad.
Its host, Willie Revillame skyrocketed to fame and his career in showbiz has soared high. Though he has had a number of challenges and personal controversies, along the way – he is brave enough to continue the mission of the program by being able to help the less fortunate and touch the lives of his countrymen. This has inspired many TFC subscribers around the world to support the show.
This season, local event production group Calla Lilly Entertainment Production will present the game show, which is being perceived as the biggest gathering of Filipinos in Atlantic City to date. Fourteen thousand people are expected to come watch and participate in the celebration. The show will be staged at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, July 12 at 7 PM.
Leading the celebrity lineup is Roxanne Guinoo, one of the show’s pioneer cohosts, Kristine Hermosa, and Angelica Panganiban, three of the country’s most sought after young actresses; comedy queen Pokwang; along with the show’s regular co-hosts: Mariel Rodriguez, Valerie Concepcion, Luningning, Mariposa, Milagring, RR, Dingky- Doo and Eric & Tuko.
Tickets to “Wowowee” are available at the Boardwalk Hall Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, by calling ticketmaster at 1-800-736-1420, or online at ticketmaster.com. Also, they can be purchased by phone at (732) 763-0021. Prices are $150, $135, $95, and $75.
For local information concerning this show, please contact Mary Godleski at (609)348-7021 or by email at mgodleski@accenter.com.
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