Project Heal Manila http://projecthealmanila.org Empowering the Youth of the Philippines Thu, 17 May 2012 13:40:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 An Evening In Manila : Spring Edition http://projecthealmanila.org/news/2012/an-evening-in-manila-spring/ http://projecthealmanila.org/news/2012/an-evening-in-manila-spring/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:52:31 +0000 Shanti Garcia http://projecthealmanila.org/?p=771

Please join us at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion for An Evening in Manila: Spring Edition.

Saturday, June 2, 2012
8:00 PM to 11:00 PM (ET)

Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion
2 E 79th St (at 5th Ave)
New York, NY 10075

Donations will be made to ARC (Advancement for Rural Kids).

Purchase tickets here:

For more information, please email info@projecthealmanila.org.

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Our friends at Deep Foundation are working with an amazing organization called Rock The School Bells, a hip-hop educational youth conference based in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Through a comprehensive blend of workshops and performances, Rock the School Bells aims to enhance students’ ability to:
  • think critically about current issues in their communities as well as in the world
  • read and write about topics related to their life’s experiences
  • display effective oral and written communication through readings, spoken word and poetry
  • understand the historical and cultural aspects of hip-hop and its effect on society, education and personal development

They are currently raising funds for the conference and Deep Foundation is hoping to be one of the guest facilitators to teach their hip hop writer’s workshop out there in March.  With a mission to empower and educate our youth about the importance of higher education and promote social change within their communities, please spread the word and support!

Be sure to check out the fundraising page for more info and watch the video below on what it’s all about:
Photo and video from Rock the School Bells.
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A million thanks to everyone who came out and joined us at the An Evening in Manila event in support of Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. A very special thanks to DJs Neil Armstrong, Riddler, and RaiZe as well as all of the silent auction contributors and those who helped us the night of the event.  And finally, a shoutout to our co-host, Maharlika Filipino Moderno, and their crew for the great food and fabulous drinks.

We will send out an email to all of our auction winners regarding payment information and prize claiming.  Thanks so much for bidding and congratulations!

Finally, for the amazing early supporters who purchased $80 tickets- you will also be receiving an email from us shortly.

Photos from the event can be found in our Gallery.  Be sure to check out our Events section for news on our next event or contact us at info@projecthealmanila.org.

Maraming Salamat again.  You guys rock.

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Courtesy of Team Manila.

If you haven't yet, please check out Team Manila's #HelpDOT posters!  Our friends at the popular design house, known for its innovative concepts that celebrate all things-Philippines, released an amazing collection of posters in support of twitter-based brainstorming project #HelpDOT.  Team Manila's posters are just some of the many great efforts taken to aid the Department of Tourism in campaign ideas that promote Philippines tourism to the public.

Team Manila's HelpDOT posters also landed an 8-page feature in Travel Leisure Southeast Asia's March edition.  Grab your copy now and check it out!

View the spread on Team Manila's lifestyle blog.

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East Coast artists Deep Foundation x Hydroponikz got together for a music video for their track “Generation ILL”. In an era of economic instability, flawed educational values and political apathy, “Generation ILL” serves as a head-nod to those most affected by these trends. Despite the recent downturns however, these individuals choose to continue, persevere, and carry-on in the spirit that life was meant to be lived- with an eye towards better days and both feet planted in the present. This is our homage to the working class, the youth coming into their own amidst such uncertainty and those who struggle in the hopes of what tomorrow may bring.

Via DeepFoundation

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Deep Foundation and Philippine Forum present the Hip Hop Writer’s Workshop, a two hour workshop open to teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 in Woodside, Queens on Fridays at 7PM starting June 10th, 2011 at the Bayanihan Filipino Community Center.

Deep Foundation has been a long-time dominant player in New York’s underground hip hop scene while Philippine Forum serves as a highly regarded not-for-profit organization that offers direct services to both the Filipino and the larger immigrant community

For more information, please e-mail Anne Beryl Corotan, Philippine Forum Youth Coordinator, at aberylc@gmail.com or info@philippineforum.org or call 718-565-8862.

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PRESS RELEASE

11 May 2011

NY’s Deep Foundation and Philippine Forum Start Hip-Hop Writer’s Workshop June 10

WOODSIDE, NEW YORK – In a collaborative effort between a community-based outreach group and a collective of MCs bound by their love for music, a celebration of the innate cooperative spirit fostered by grassroots movements springs to life in Queens, New York. Deep Foundation, a long time staple in New York’s underground hip hop scene has banded with the Philippine Forum, a well respected not-for-profit organization that offers direct services to both the Filipino and the larger immigrant community.

In a consolidation of resources, the two are proud to announce the launch of The Hip Hop Writer’s Workshop, housed in the Bayanihan Filipino Community Center of Woodside Queens, to be instructed by Woodside’s own M.U.G. Shot and ILL Poetik, both members of Deep Foundation. The two hour workshop will be open to teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 on Fridays at 7PM starting June 10th, 2011. A requested fee of $25 will cover one-year membership of the youth participants to Philippine Forum and contribution to the use of space and maintenance of the Bayanihan Filipino Community Center, which has become a home to community organizations and different youth, workers, and many other programs.

“With respect to the Philippine Forum’s mission of social assistance and their endeavors to better the community through enacting positive and meaningful social change, Deep Foundation has taken up the parallel cause of educating, enlightening and motivating local youth through the use of creative expression. With the two entities tackling issues of poverty, social inequality and discrimination through their respective mediums, undertaking the creation of a workshop geared specifically towards the propagation of cultural, social and self awareness for the stalwart yet sometimes forgotten younger generation, can only be seen as a marriage between the spiritual and practical,” says Rosendo Pili a.k.a. M.U.G. Shot.

The workshop also aims to prepare the participants for upcoming open-mics and the Sumisigaw Youth Festival, one of the festivals organized by the Philippine Forum and SANDIWA National Alliance of Filipino-American Youth, which will be held in October 22.

Through the poetic discourse of two home grown musicians and the stern awareness of an organization entrenched in the day to day community struggle, The Hip Hop Writer’s Workshop serves as a rally point, a beacon and a podium for those whom our future relies upon.

For more information on the Hip Hop Writer’s Workshop, please email Anne Beryl Corotan, Philippine Forum Youth Coordinator, at aberylc@gmail.com or info@philippineforum.org or call (718) 565-8862.

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Starla, the new film directed by Rik Cordero and executive produced by Chris Robinson, premieres to the world on Saturday, June 25, 2011 and we invite you to be a part of it!

For every ticket purchased with the discount code PROJECTHEALMANILA, a donation will be made to eKindling.

Visit our Events section for more information and be sure to email us at info@projecthealmanila.org for any questions.

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Maharlika, PIDCI, & Project Heal Manila present An Evening in Manila, Saturday, May 14, 2011.  66th St. Manse, New York, NY.

Photos courtesy of Robert Delacruz and Richard Reyes.

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Thanks to a very generous sponsor, ticket prices are now $40!  Proceeds will still go towards PIDCI, Inc who has led efforts in bringing the Philippine Independence Day Parade to New York City.

Remember when purchasing tickets, all guest names must be accounted for as they will be added to our guest list.  There will be no physical tickets involved at check-in; simply say your name at the door for admittance.

For those who showed amazing support early on by already having purchased tickets, we have something special for you as we adjust your purchase!  Please visit us at the door this Saturday after you check-in at the event or email info@projecthealmanila.org for more information.

Purchase tickets here.  Visit our Events section for more information.

See you all Saturday!

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