PAA News and Announcements
October 21, 2003



1. Thank You Alumni, Students, and Friends!
2. Next PAA Event: Calibar
3. UCLA Homecoming and Parade
4. UC Career Revolutions: Build Your Networking Matrix
5. UCLA Founders Day
6. UCLA Volunteers: I’m Going to College
7. Public Poilicy Leadership Conference
8. Filipino-American Survey
9. Visual Communications Presents Past/Forward
10. Film: Small Voices
11. Filipino Martial Arts Class in Historic Filipinotown
12. ViFF: vietnamese international film festival]
13. Celebrating Women's Wisdom

UCLAPAA EVENTS / INFORMATION:


1) Thank You Alumni, Students, and Friends!
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PAA’s 8th Annual Tailgate, "MAGANDANG UMAGA" was a huge success!
Thank you alumni, students, and friends for being there Saturday in
person and in spirit. We hope that you all had a lot of fun at both the
tailgate and the game. Even though the heat wave was “un-bearable”
at times both you and our beloved Bruins stuck it out to beat the Bears,
23 to 20. With Saturday’s victory, the Bruins remain undefeated in the
Pac 10 and in 1st place.

Special thanks goes out to longtime PAA advisor Aris Tagle for providing
the free UCLA seat cushions that everyone received. Additionally a warm
thanks goes out to all the volunteers and donors who helped make the
day successful.
If you would like to view pictures for the tailgate please visit the PAA
website at www.uclapaa.net or
go directly to the album using the following link: http://community.webshots.com/user/paa0304a.



2) Next PAA Event: Calibar
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You won’t want to miss PAA’s next social/fundraiser at Calibar! It will be a celebration in Beverly Hills on Nov. 15th.

More details will be announced soon.

November 15, 2003
Calibar
9667 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, California 90210



UCLA EVENTS / INFORMATION:


3) UCLA Homecoming and Parade
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Friday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.
Westwood Village

Why go to Vegas when you can light up Westwood in glittering blue and gold? The UCLA Homecoming Parade and Rally will be fun for everyone – you can bet on it!
For more information please visit: uclalumni.net.



4) Career Revolutions: Build Your Networking Matrix
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An All-UC Alumni Career Networking Event
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12
6:00-9:00 p.m. – C. Simmons Ballroom
Oakland Marriott City Center
1001 Broadway, Oakland

You are cordially invited to join alumni from all UC campuses and AAUC Treasurer /
UC Regent-designate Gary Novack to hear about career strategizing from a panel of professionals and to network among your UC peers. The evening begins with a one-hour reception, followed by a keynote address and a career panel. A Q&A session, resume
critiques, as well as an opportunity to have informal discussions with speakers and alumni
are included the program.

Program Schedule: (times are approximate)

6-7 p.m. Reception.
Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served. Resume critiques by career consultants.

7-7:30 p.m.
Keynote address: Networking and Career Management in a Changing Economy, by Marty Nemko, Ph.D. (UC Berkeley alumnus) Author, career coach, columnist and SF Bay Area radio show host

7:30-8:00 p.m.
Panel discussion: Current Job Market in the Bay Area
Maintaining Your Employability: Tactics from the Trenches
Robin Holt, principal, Bay Area Career Center, San Francisco (UC Berkeley alumna)
Grad School: Is it Right for You?
Ben Baron, vice president, Kaplan, and former admissions director, Harvard Business School
Strategies for Approaching Jobs in Biotech
Bill Lindstaedt, director, Career Center, UC San Francisco

8-9p.m. Networking and informal discussions with speakers

For information on speakers and topics: www.martynemko.com,
www.bayareacareercenter.com, www.kaplan.com

Oakland Marriott

UC alumni association members $10
Non-members and guests $20

You may also make reservations by:
tel (510) 987-0508
fax (510) 987-9181
email events@ucop.edu
mail AAUC-Career Event, 1111 Franklin St., 9th floor, Oakland, CA 94607-5200
Include your name, address, daytime phone number, email address and UC campus affiliation (and alumni membership number). Special needs assistance available upon request.

Payment by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX) or by check to "UC Regents."

For questions about this event: (510) 987-0508



5) UCLA Founders Day
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Debbie Allen
Actor, Director, Producer, Choreographer
and a special centennial tribute to
Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche ’27
Pioneer Bruin and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Sunday, October 26, 2003, at noon
Royce Hall
Complimentary tickets are available.
RSVP by Tuesday, Oct. 21, to kdanley@support.ucla.edu or 310-794-0660.
Your ticket(s) will be available for pickup at 11:15 a.m. at Royce Hall Will Call the day of the event.



6) UCLA Volunteers: I’m Going to College
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Volunteer for the best time of your life: Greet schoolchildren before the UCLA vs.
Oregon game on Nov. 15 at the Rose Bowl, teach them the Eight Clap and turn them into college-bound Bruin fans. You’ll get a free T-shirt, a ticket to the game and lunch -- plus a
lot of great memories.

To volunteer, contact Ari Avishay at 310-206-8127 or AAvishay@athletics.ucla.edu.
I’m Going to College, the nation’s largest collegiate community outreach effort, has touched
the lives of thousands of elementary, middle and high school students across Southern California. Offered through Southern California school systems, this unique program couples the excitement and tradition of UCLA athletic events with a message about the importance
of higher education.

UCLA alumni, students and student-athletes are instrumental in facilitating the success of
this game-day program as they guide thousands of children through educational fairs,
campus tours and special attractions. Children delight in the success of Bruin teams. In addition, they leave I’m Going to College events with a greater understanding of the college environment and a feeling that it is an attainable goal.



EDUCATION- EVENTS/INFORMATION:


7) Public Policy Leadership Conference
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Applications Must be Postmarked By: November 20, 2003

The Public PolicyLeadership Conference (PPLC) will take place February 26-29, 2004 at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The intensive three days of workshops, panels and lectures is designed to encourage undergraduate students who possess a commitment to public service (in particular to addressing policy issues most affecting historically under-served communities, including
African Americans, Native Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and Latino) to prepare for graduate study in public policy and international affairs as well as to provide information on financial support through various Fellowship Programs.

While in Cambridge participants will learn about:
• Careers in public service
• Domestic and international policy issues
• Fellowship programs
• Summer Public Policy and International Affairs Institutes
• Graduate schools that offer programs in Public Policy
• Student Life

The conference is free of charge, and once accepted, participants will receive free travel,
room and board.

An application can be downloaded at: www.ksg.harvard.edu/pplc
If you have any question or comments, please contact
Jason Smith: (617) 496-6542 jason_smith@harvard.edu
Maritza Hernandez: (617) 495-1153 martiza_hernandez@harvard.edu



8) Filipino-American Survey
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Forwarded from Doug Barlett:
From Nicole Gonowon:

My name is Nicole Gonowon, and I am an undergraduate research assistant
to E.J. David. E.J. David is a Clinical/Community Psychology PhD
student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The purpose of this e-mail is to ask all of you, and your other Filipino
members, relatives, and acquaintances who are 18 years old or older, to
complete a survey about Filipino American psychology. Upon completing
the survey, you will be eligible to win $100, $50, or $25. The survey is
on the Internet and may be completed at a time that is convenient to
you. It may be completed through any computer with an Internet access.
Your responses will be strictly confidential and secure. Your name and
other personal identifiers will not be asked in the survey. Also, it
will take you only approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Also, I am hoping that, you can pass this e-mail along to your members,
relatives, and other acquaintances so that they may complete the survey
as well if they wish.

Psychological research on Filipino Americans is rare, which is why we
believe our society lacks a deep understanding and appreciation of
Filipino Americans. With this group being the second largest Asian
American subgroup in the US, and with this group being the only ethnic
minority group that experienced direct US colonization, it is surprising
how little mainstream Americans know about Filipino Americans. We hope
that this psychological research on Filipino Americans will contribute
to a more accurate understanding, knowledge, and appreciation of our
people.

We humbly ask all of you to please take a few minutes of your time to
complete the survey. Also, please try and pass the word (and e-mail)
around to other Filipino Americans or Filipinos in America and ask them
to complete the survey. The more Filipino Americans we have
participating in this study, the more accurate and valid the results
will be.

If you wish to participate in this short Filipino American survey,
please reply to this e-mail. After that, the web address of the survey
and the password will be given to you so that you may access and
complete the survey.

Thank you very much for your time!

"Sana po ay pag-bigyan ninyo ng kaunting panahon ang aking proyekto.
Maraming-maraming salamat po."

Sincerely,

Nicole Gonowon
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Clinical/Community Division
Department of Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
gonowon@uiuc.edu




COMMUNITY EVENTS/INFORMATION:

9) Visual Communications Presents Past/Forward
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Past/Forward marks a crucial turning point for Visual Communications,
fiscal sponsor of "the Debut." The fundraiser, to be held on October
25, will be a celebration of the arts, of Asian Pacific American
heritage and the tremendous achievements of our filmmakers and
community. More importantly, it will be about bringing back old friends
and memories, and looking forward to a bright new future for Visual
Communications. The event will kickoff the Linda Mabalot Legacy Fund, a
campaign to support programming and operations with the long-term goal
of an endowment fund. Sponsorship and proceeds from the event will
benefit Visual Communications' programs in Education, Preservation,
Production and Presentation.

You can buy tickets and RSVP by calling (213) 680-4462 x59 or go to
http://www.vconline.org/



10) Film: Small Voices
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Forwarded from Katipunan-USA:

A new film debuted last Friday, October 10. Small Voices is a movie that
delicately portrays the contemporary and social issues of the Philippines,
especially the chilren who are in the CDE strata of our society, where education
becomes secondary to many families' survival. MUNTING TINIG (Small Voices)
shows the deprivations brought by poverty, insurgency and social injustices that
still exist in the Philippines.

Don't miss the film that the San Francisco Chronicle calls "sweet, funny and
touching" and the New York Times calls "wonderful...a heartwarming, poignant and
uplifting film!" You can get more information online at
http://www.smallvoices.cjb.net/

The award-winning Filipino film "Small Voices" is PLAYING NOW in the following
theaters:
New York City, NY - City Cinemas Village East (212) 529-6799
Los Angeles, CA - Music Hall - Beverly Hills (310)264-6869
Pasadena, CA - Laemmle's Playhouse 7 (626) 844-6500
Encino, CA - Laemmle's Encino (818) 981-9811
Irvine, CA - University Town Center (949) 854-8818
San Diego, CA - Madstone Hazard Center (619) 299-4500

For advance ticket sales: call 1-800-Fandango or log on to
http://www.fandango.com

In unity,

Ernie and Donna Delfin
Katipunan-USA



11) Filipino Martial Arts Class in Historic Filipinotown
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This is our final semester for 2003 and logistics are still being worked out for 2004.
If you have been putting this off in anticipation of the next semester that may never
come, we have been asked to focus more on the children and youth which is why
the Kali Klub was formed in the first place.

Kali Klub sa PWC (Semester 04)
Sunday, 10/26/03 through Sunday, 12/14/03
11:00AM - 1:00PM (Adults 18 & Over)
1:00PM - 3:00PM (Children & Youths)
3:00PM - 5:00PM (Children & Youths)
5:00PM - 7:00PM (Adults 18 & Over)
Pilipino Workers Center (PWC)
153 Glendale Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, California 90026-4522
1.213.250.4353
(corner of Glendale and Rockwood in Historic Filipinotown)
http://www.ATF1898.com/kaliklub/kkPWC.html

There is one session in the morning, two sessions in the afternoon and one session in the evening. The morning and evening sessions are structured for adults and elders and the afternoon sessions are structured for children and youths.

Enrollment is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis due to the size of the outdoor facility. Early registration is suggested. Each course consists of eight sessions. Each
session last for two hours. In addition to dedication and an open mind, students are
asked to furnish the following items for their personal use: Black Workout Clothes, Notebook, Rattan Sticks, Safety Goggles and a Training Knife. Certain items may be purchased in class.
Donations: Youth and PWC Staff are $50 per 8-Week Course. Adult and Elders are $100
per 8-Week Course. All donations, not fees, go directly into funding the cost of the program. All instructors from Kapisanang Mandirigma are volunteers for the benefit of the Filipino American Community. Kapisanang Mandirigma, a federation of warriors from different disciplines of the Warrior Arts of the Philippines, is strictly a non-profit endeavor.
http://www.ATF1898.com/kaliklub

Forms are available for download.
http://www.ATF1898.com/kaliklub/FORM%20S.pdf
http://www.ATF1898.com/kaliklub/FORM%20L.pdf

For inquiries related to enrollment:
Arturo "Dino" Flores
1.213.366.9636
dino@mandirigma.org
For inquiries related to expansion:
Arnold A. Noche
1.213.366.9636
arnold@mandirigma.org



12) ViFF: Vietnamese International Film Festival
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The First VIETNAMESE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL(ViFF) to be Hosted by University of California, Irvine(UCI)

CONTACT:
Ysa Le (714) 914-2260: Ysa@kicon.com
Tram Le (626) 627-6826: TramLe21@yahoo.com

Two consecutive weekends:
October 23-26 and October 31-November 2, 2003

Film & Video Center, HIB Room 100, UCI
Map: www.uci.edu/campusmap)

Edwards University 6 Theatre (across from UCI: 4245
Campus Drive, Irvine, CA 92612)

Opening Night Gala: Thursday, October 23, 9:00 p.m.
Cross Cultural Center, UCI (Map:
www.uci.edu/campusmap)

Closing Night Awards Gala:
Sunday, November 2, 5:30 p.m. Crystal Cove Auditorium,
UCI (Map: www.uci.edu/campusmap)

For additional information on the Festival, please visit www.VietFilmFest.com.



13) Celebrating Women's Wisdom
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From: perla daly
Location: SOHO address to come, New York City, NY
When: Wednesday, October 29, 6:30pm
Phone: 2037707530

Hi there! I am using evite.com to again invite you to a NewFilipina.com gathering in New York City.
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=IAODOPXGSERTCXNZGKVX&src=email

Event: Celebrating Women's Wisdom (Wowee!)

Topic: the Malakas at Maganda dynamics within us(Feminine and Masculine Principles).
Sounds out there, but I promise that you will get something out of this topic.

Donation: for refreshments $8

call me on my cel phone to get directions. Please don't fail to leave a message

If you cannot attend, look up the guidebook to see about holding your own get-together
and email me to get topics and ideas for your group's needs. go to this link to find the downloadable PDF handbook. www.newfilipina.com/wowee

love power peace joy

Perla Paredes
www.newfilipina.com
www.babaylan.com
www.newfilipina.com/wowee



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Maraming Salamat!

Pilipino Alumni Association of UCLA
c/o Diversity Outreach Council
UCLA - James West Alumni Center
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1397
alumni@uclapaa.net
www.uclapaa.net