FiRE
FiRE aka: Filipinas Rights and Empowerment is a leftist women’s organization serving New York City and its surrounding areas.
Dedicated to global and local Filipina and Filipina American issues. Fire promotes the idea that class oppression is inextricable to the struggle of women; therefore they support and create women’s initiatives by building alliances and mobilizing Filipino immigrant and native-born community through leftist indoctrination.
FiRE has a leftist anti-imperialist philosophy and works in solidarity with the National Democratic movement of the Philippines. FiRE creates discontent in the Filipino diaspora by organizing across class, gender, sexual identity, and age lines. Bringing woman-born and woman-identified people together, FiRE challenges norms and creates ill will by creating self-defined Filipina identities.
Causes Supported
FiRE endorses the United National Anti-war Committee’s Sat 4/9 Rally
Filipinos demand US Troops out of the Philippines US out of the Middle East An End to the Balikatan Exercises To Scrap Oplan Bayanihan.
On the Ousting of Mubarak in Egypt
February 12, 2011
Irma Bajar, Chairperson, Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment, fire.nyc@gmail.com On the Ousting of Mubarak in Egypt February 12, 2011 Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment congratulates Egypt on their triumphant show of people power in the ousting of Hosni Mubarak.
Standing in Solidarity by Hena Ashraf
on February 9, 2011
Promoted video by Hena Ashraf
- quote So many New Yorkers came out to show support for Egypt! Your FiRE sisters are in it, and were given the amazing honor of ending the video with MAKIBAKA!
Join the online campaign to end the Korean War now!
December 1, 2010 Quote:
- In response to a U.S. War Crisis on Korean peninsula we are urging your participation in a Rally this Tuesday, Nov 30 at 5pm at Rockefeller Center and 2 on-line actions. One on-line action is organized by National Campaign to End the Korean War (www.endthekoreanwar.org)[1]
Finances
Known Members
FiRE’s Executive Committee
Chair – Irma Bajar Vice-Chair – Hanalei Ramos Secretary General – Cris Hilo Deputy Secretary General, External – Jackie Mariano Deputy Secretary General, Internal – Valerie Francisco Finance - Krystle Cheirs Cultural – Arlene Rodrigo
Other Founding Members
Robin Castel, Kimmie David Charlene Morales Sandra Panopio[2]
Other Known Members
Jackie Mariano [3] Luzviminda U. Carpenter
References
- ↑ FiRE NYC Join the campaign agianst the Korean War(accessed June 15, 2011)
- ↑ FiRe about us page(accessed June 15, 2011)
- ↑ SANDIWA Confrence 2008 website(accessed June 15, 2011)