Friends of PASS Banquet
Friday, March 7, 2008
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Alumni House

The Pilipino Academic Student Services* (PASS) cordially invites you, and any guest[s] you wish to bring, to the Friends of PASS Banquet.

This is a fundraising banquet in hopes to establish a stronger connection with Pilipino faculty, staff, graduate students, and alumni with the Pilipino undergraduates at Cal. This banquet will not only serve as an excellent way to expand your networks, see familiar and new faces but will also benefit the Friends of PASS Program.

The Friends of PASS program seeks to bring recent UC Berkeley admits to the Senior Weekend program held on April 10-12, 2008. Through your support of the Friends of PASS Program, we will be able to bring more high school students who may not otherwise be eligible to attend Senior Weekend, and thus not have an amazing experience at Berkeley that students enjoy.

There will be a sliding scale donation of $15-$20. But no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please RSVP email (ad.retention@gmail.com) with your name, major[s]/minor[s] you graduated with, and year of graduation. We hope to see you there for a great night of food, entertainment, and connections!

*PASS is committed to the recruitment and retention of Pilipinos into higher education (http://pass.berkeley.edu).

2nd Annual PAAC Tailgate - Cal vs U$C, November 10th, 12:30pm-4pm, Maxwell Field Parking Lot (North entrance to Memorial Stadium, same location as last year)


Unlimited drinks (beer, sangria) - $5 students, $10 alums

$5 mixed plates (bbq sticks, pancit, lumpia, and rice)

DeCadence will be performing at 3pm

The Cal Football team will enter the stadium in front of the tailgate party.

Please spread the word!



The evite has been sent but in case you were not invite, you see the evite and RSVP by Monday November 5th here

Check out pictures from last year's tailgate vs UCLA here

The #2 Golden Bears football team play the Oregon State Beavers at Memorial Stadium this Saturday, October 13th at 4pm. If you are planning to go to the game or even just be near campus, be sure to pass through Sproul and buy some filipino food and chat with some Cal students.

PAA and PASAE will be selling food at a booth on Sproul along with several campus groups and they would love to meet you and they appreciate your support.

PAAC Tailgate - November 10th, 12:30pm-4pm



The evite has been sent but in case you were not invite, you see the evite and RSVP here

Check out pictures from last year's tailgate vs UCLA here

Location:
The International Hotel Manilatown Center
868 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94108

When:
Thursday, July 26, 5:30PM

Co-Presented by Filipinas Magazine

Co-presented by the Young Filipino Professional Association (yfpa.org), Asian American Journalists Association San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (aajasf.org), APA|5 (apafive.org), Chinese for Affirmative Action (caasf.org), NAAAP-SF (naaapsf.org), HYPHEN Magazine (hyphenmagazine.com) and manja.org.

Co-hosts include Keith Kamisugi, Glenn Fajardo and Dexter Ligot-Gordon.

Donations Requested: $10-$20 sliding scale

Featuring appearances by Supervisor Tom Ammiano and performances by Kevin Camia and Samantha Chanse

On August 4, 1977, more than 50 elderly Asian immigrants, most from the Philippines, were evicted from the 10x10-foot rooms in the International Hotel located on the edge of downtown San Francisco in Manilatown. The evictions were carried out to make way for an office tower, but instead they gave birth to a defiant grassroots movement for affordable housing.

100 percent of all donations will go to Manilatown Heritage Foundation, which promotes social and economic justice for Filipinos in America by preserving our history, advocating for equal access, and advancing our arts and culture.

The (H)API Hour (hapihour.org) brings together supporters of Asian American Pacific Islander communities through happy hours that raise funds for, and awareness of, nonprofit organizations serving AAPIs in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.

*Host:* Young Filipino Professional Association
*Location:* Poleng Lounge (1751 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117)
*When*: Wednesday, July 11, 6:00PM

Want to increase your professional and social network?
Want to share your ideas, opinions and opportunities with other professionals?
Want to make a valuable difference in the Filipino professional community?

If the answer to any of these questions is YES, join us at the July 11th Young Filipino Professional Association (YFPA) Networking Mixer, from 6:00PM-8:30PM, where you can connect, educate and serve with other professionals like yourself in a social and casual atmosphere. YFPA is hosting the YFPA Networking Mixer in San Francisco at the Poleng Lounge

[SCENE]
This pan-Asian restaurant doesn't just have boundary issues; it celebrates them in its food and its dining room. The latter, decorated with Balinese art and artifacts, is split into a bar and, against the opposite wall, a beige banquette lined with two-tops. In between, a few tables serve as an ad-hoc teahouse (well into dinnertime, you'll see people sitting there, hunched over their MacBooks). At 10 p.m. sharp, the lights dim, a DJ starts spinning and voila, it's a nightclub.

[PARKING]
There is a pay lot directly across the street at Albertson's.

[SPOTLIGHT SPEAKER]
Tim Luym, RISING STAR CHEFS 2007

We look forward to meeting you and don't forget to bring your business cards!

Thank you to all for making this celebration an incredible event. Words cannot even begin to express how grateful I am to all the inspirational speakers (Al Bito - founder of PAAC, Nad Permaul - former CAA President, Anatalio Ubalde - keynote), entertainers (LPG - practically had the whole crowd floored, PCN - reminded us all of our performing days in Zellerbach), the MC (Liz thanks for keeping the whole room captivated all night), all the former PAAC presidents who paved the way, Virg (thanks for selling the most tickets), the event committee (Norina especially for the great program and decorations, Kim, Fred, Charity, Lloyd, Jesse, and Virg), and the student volunteers (the event would not have run so smoothly w/o your help).

Also, thank you all who generously donated money towards Senior Weekend. The alumni/student interaction can still continue -- on Sat., Apr 21 from 9am-12pm, PASS is hosting a brunch w/ prospective Cal students before Cal Day festivities. Check the PAAC website and the PASS website (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~pass) for more details.

Whether you were or were not able to attend, we would like to hear feedback about the event and other PAAC events. Please fill out our survey at: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226CJ82AZ78. The survey takes only 5-10 minutes and a random survey participant (who submits their email, of course) will be selected to receive a prize (a personalized gift commemorating the PAAC 20th Anniversary event).

Also, please send pictures (actual jpgs, not photo album links) from the event to johanna@paac.com so that we can add them to the PAAC album.

One more thing...please look forward to more great events from PAAC. We will be hosting our 2nd annual Cal Football Tailgate party on Nov. 10th for the Cal vs USC game in the Optometry/Kleeberger Parking Lot just outside Memorial Stadium.

Have a great day and Go Bears!

Johanna Laigo
Class of 2000

PAAC 20th Anniversary Celebration, Alumni House, Berkeley, CA, Saturday, April 7th, 2007 , 5:30-10pm

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! AFTER PARTY AT HENRY'S AT DURANT & BOWDITCH.

PAAC celebrates 20 great years. Come join your fellow alums for some great food, drinks (wine from Eden Canyon Winery (Elaine Villamin, a Cal alum, and her family own this winery) , entertainment (student (think PCN, hint hint) and alum performances), and fun at Cal's first all-Pilipino reunion on campus.

Evite can be found here: http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/jlaigo@hotmail.com/paac20

Please contact Johanna at johanna@paac.com with any questions, pictures for the slide show, etc.

PASS will also be at the event to let you know about Senior Weekend and let you know how you as an alum can help. They will have some student volunteers and they will be collecting tax-deductible financial support (for this year's Senior Weekend. To find out how you can help and know more details, please check out this letter from from Paola Munoz or contact her at paomunoz@berkeley.edu.

Please use the following form to make donations:

And send to:

Office of Student Life
PASS
c/o Liz Camacho
102 Sproul Hall
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94270-2430
Checks are payable to UC Regents-PASS.