We have invited a couple guest speakers to help start us off, but it’s not really about the speakers at all, but about the participants sharing their questions, thoughts, and knowledge with each other.
Who were these guys? Why are the considered heroes? Why are they also sometimes considered less than heroic? Why did they matter? And most importantly why do they still matter today?
You don’t have to know a lot about Philippine history, or the Philippines today, you just have to be curious and eager to discuss.
Speakers:
Caroline Mangosing, a descendant of Jose Rizal’s sister Olympia will share what she knows about her ancestor. Caroline is the Exec Director of the Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture. http://www.kapisanancentre.com/
Joe Rivera is a Toronto based writer, and former lawyer. He will be speaking about Andres Bonifacio. You can read his writing here: http://letterfromtoronto.blogspot.com
Sunday, 1 November 2009
1:00 PM (DON’T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR.)
SEAS Centre
606 Gerrard Street East (east of Broadview)
Click here to see map.
From the subway: Go to Broadview Station, take any southbound streetcar down Broadview, get off at Gerrard and walk one block east.
For more info - migranteON.youth@gmail.com
Who were these guys? Why are the considered heroes? Why are they also sometimes considered less than heroic? Why did they matter? And most importantly why do they still matter today?
You don’t have to know a lot about Philippine history, or the Philippines today, you just have to be curious and eager to discuss.
Speakers:
Caroline Mangosing, a descendant of Jose Rizal’s sister Olympia will share what she knows about her ancestor. Caroline is the Exec Director of the Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture. http://www.kapisanancentre.com/
Joe Rivera is a Toronto based writer, and former lawyer. He will be speaking about Andres Bonifacio. You can read his writing here: http://letterfromtoronto.blogspot.com
Sunday, 1 November 2009
1:00 PM (DON’T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR.)
SEAS Centre
606 Gerrard Street East (east of Broadview)
Click here to see map.
From the subway: Go to Broadview Station, take any southbound streetcar down Broadview, get off at Gerrard and walk one block east.
For more info - migranteON.youth@gmail.com
Congatulations on this initiative.
ReplyDeleteI suggest members be asked to read Renato Constantino's "Veneration Without Understanding" as a basic reading on Rizal. This is a landmark article on the significance of Rizal's life and works in the context of Philippine history in the 1890's and in the 1970s when the article was written and became a popular reading material among campus activists.