**Please forward widely**
DAY OF ACTION AGAINST THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT
10 years of the VFA = 10 years of military occupation, abductions, and rape
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
PROTEST and Meeting with the Philippine Consulate General
3:30pm
@ the Philippine Consulate [**note location change**]
447 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Teach-In on the VFA
6pm
@ SOMCAN
1070 Howard Street (c/s: 7th Street)
San Francisco, CA
Both events featuring special guest speaker Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and representatives of BAYAN-USA, GABRIELA USA and NAFCON-Norcal
In the wake of the abduction of Filipino American human rights advocate and health worker Melissa Roxas and her companions Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Handoc, please join BAYAN-USA and GABRIELA USA as we condemn the US-Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and demand justice for victims of abduction and all human rights violations with an action and educational forum on the 10th anniversary of the VFA’s ratification.
