Invitation to Upcoming Filipino People's Festival

[Bayan-Canada in Toronto]

Dear Friends,
Bayan-Canada in Toronto is pleased to invite you to the Filipino
People’s Festival to be held on Sunday, July 27, 2008. We will be
celebrating the Filipino people’s movement as it struggles for a
better future for the Filipino people.
As you know, that very day the bogus President of the Republic of the
Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, will be delivering her
fantastical state of the nation address to the Philippine Congress.
She will stand there before a body that is overwhelmingly made up of
ill-gotten millionaires to weave a mendacious tale of advancement for
the Filipino people. Ever mindful of the largess out of Macapagal
Arroyo’s schemes to cling to the throne, the Philippine Congress will
sycophantically grunt as their minds wander off to thoughts of future
pork barrel.
The Filipino people, however, will know the palpable truth through
the ache of their growling stomachs, and the silent emptiness of
another loved one in strange foreign lands just so the family might
survive another day.
It is this profound truth that animates the Filipino people to act in
history to change their society. The choice is simple and increasingly
clear: To do nothing, to cower and hide as each year is worse than
what has gone by; or, to dare to struggle, to scale any peak, so that
the future will be bright.
We are celebrating the past year of the Filipino people’s struggle
with our fellow compatriots and friends. We will speak, rhyme, sing,
or dance truth to power on the authentic state of the Filipino nation.
We hope you can come and join us. Call Ramon at 416-486-8428 or email
BynC...@gmail.com if you wish to contribute in any of the following
ways: 1) food, drinks, or any material resources for this festival; 2)
to read a solidarity statement if you are a non-Filipino group; 3) to
make a statement if you are a Filipino group; or, 4) to perform.
The time and place is currently being finalized. We will inform you
as soon as this information becomes available.
Please circulate this invitation to all interested persons.

In solidarity,
Ramon Grajo
Spokesperson, Bayan-Canada in Toronto