Philippine Advocacy Through Arts and Culture

.	PATAC short essay writing contest Guidelines and Forms available for download: 1. PATAC Literary Contest Rules and Guidelines 2. PATAC Literary Contest Overview 3. PATAC Literary Contest Participant Form 4. PATAC Literary Contest Participant Waiver Form All forms are in PDF format. These forms require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
	Touch a Life, Help a Soul campaign “Songs of Our Times – Touch a Life Help a Soul” The Concert A group of local Filipino artists are coming together to raise money to help the children victims of human rights violations in the Philippines. “Songs of Our Times – Touch a Life Help a Soul”, a concert for peace and human rights, will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at the OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto) Auditorium, 252 Bloor St. West (at St George Subway) Tickets are $15.00 The proceeds of this concert will go to the Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) in the Philippines. For ticket sales, please contact: 416-486-8428 – Mon or 416-995-7957
	The Beneficiary The proceeds of this concert will go towards the Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) in the Philippines. The Children’s Rehabilitation Center is a non-profit, non-government institution serving children and families who are victims of state violence in the Philippines. It focuses its services on children in the rural and urban areas who suffer physical health problems, emotional disorders, and social maladjustments due to such traumatic events as arrest, torture, forced displacement, strafing, bombing, massacre, disappearance, and other forms of human rights violations. CRC also provides immediate psycho-social aid to children and families who are affected by natural disasters and accepts referrals for children-victims of other social disasters such as abuse and exploitation on a case-to-case basis. Through its different programs, CRC hopes to strengthen the support system of the affected children to cope in a threatening milieu. (http://www.childrehabcenter.org/) .
	The Context There is an alarming rise in political killings and forced disappearances, which many people believe, involve Filipino state security forces. Since 2001, more than 830 deaths have been documented. Many more have not been counted. To date, according to the Children’s Rehabilitation Center, the death toll of children killed by the military during operations has reached 54. Seventeen children have been tortured, 69 illegally arrested, and 63 beaten and raped. The urgency of this situation has not been lost on many Canadians, Filipinos, and Filipino-Canadians in Toronto. And, the work of highlighting the terror being experienced by ordinary Filipinos today can benefit from strong international vigilance and continuing exposure of the situation. Our Partners Concern for human rights and compassion for the victims and their families know no boundaries, so we are asking you to help us in this initiative.


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