Join the Pilipinos for Community Health and the Filipino-American Service Group for the 2nd Annual Healthy Tayo Health Fair on Saturday, April 28.

The fair will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Rosemont Avenue Elementary School (421 North Rosemont Avenue).

The fair will feature vision and dental screening, mammograms, blood pressure screening and much more — stop by for a free assessment!

For more information, please send an email to pch@ucla.edu.

Volunteers are needed to assist with Councilmember Garcetti’s upcoming Historic Filipinotown community walk.  Volunteers will walk door-to-door to speak with local residents about their concerns.

The walk will take place on Saturday, March 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.  Please meet at Unidad Park (1644 Beverly Boulevard) to receive instructions and assignments.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Ryan Carpio at ryan.carpio@lacity.org or Billie Jean Londono at billie.jean.londono@lacity.org.

You can also reach them via telephone at 323-957-4500.

Unidad Park  (1644 Beverly Blvd) now has a new garden featuring 20 raised beds, a nopal garden, and a pollinator garden to entice bees and butterflies!

The new garden was made possible by a grant from Kaiser Permanente.  The Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust is providing workshops to educate the community about gardening.  Unidad Garden Partners include Clinica Romero, HIFI, People’s CORE, SIPA, and the Children’s Institute.

For additional information about Unidad Garden, contact Benita Duran, community organizer, at bduran@lanlt.org or 213-572-0188 ext 219.

The Filipino Migrant Center will hold a free ”Know Your Rights Training” on Saturday, October 29, to provide information about labor rights.  Migrant workers are particularly encouraged to attend to learn more about the common issues faced in the workforce.

Members of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, labor attorneys, and Filipino Migrant Center leaders will participate in the training.

The session will take place at the Manila Terrace’s Social Hall (2328 West Temple Street) in Historic Filipinotown from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.  Please RSVP to the Filipino Migrant Center at (562) 438-9515 or email fmcsc09@gmail.com

This morning the City Council passed two resolutions by Councilmember Richard Alarcon that put Los Angeles officially on record in support of two pieces of state legislation related to Filipino veterans. Assembly Joint Resolution 6 supports H.R. 210 – the Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2011, which would provide the benefits that were promised to Filipino veterans who fought alongside American soldiers during World War II. Assembly Bill 199 would encourage teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District to include the history of Filipino veterans in World War II as part of social science lesson plans.

We must make sure our courageous Filipino veterans and their families get the benefits they were promised and earned. And we must teach the next generations about this important part of our American history so that their story is never forgotten.

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