Philippine Expo & Typhoon Relief

WHAT IS ANAKBAYAN SEATTLE
ANAKBAYAN (“Sons and Daughters of the People”) is a comprehensive national 
democratic youth and student organization. We uphold the interests and demands of 
the Filipino youth and the people by educating, organizing, and mobilizing 
them to fight for education, employment, land, democratic rights, and social 
services for Filipinos here in the U.S. and the Philippines.

PHILIPPINES EXPOSURE TRIP
As youth organizers, it is important to revitalize our roots and remember the struggle of our families, kasamas, and community. The purpose of expo is to integrate with different communities (womyn, queer folks, youth, students, farmer/peasants, cultural and migrant workers, church workers, indigenous people, teachers, urban poor, allies etc.). We will work as allies in solidarity to understand the true conditions, struggle, and movement of kasamas in the Philippines. Honoring our objectives, we will learn our histories and conditions of the masses from the masses, in order to serve the people.

TYPHOON RELIEF AND REHABILITATION
We'll be working with BAYAN Philippines (Bagong Alyansang Makabayan or New Patriotic Alliance) a multi-sectoral organizations struggling for national and social liberation against imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat capitalism, Kabit Bisig Kabataan Network (Youth Link Arms) a national Filipino American youth and student led relief network built in response to Typhoon Haiyan and future disasters, and Anakbayan USA to assist with the impacts of Typhoon Haiyan in the most affected areas of the Philippines. We will be integrating with all those typhoon and disaster impacted communities in order to support grassroots relief work.

WHEN: Mid July-August

EXPOSURISTS
Enrico Abadesco: I am currently the Vice Chair of Anakbayan Seattle. I am a kultural worker whose art reflects my own experiences as well as the struggles of the masses. My weapon of choice is my pen, which forges poetry and music.