We always know ahead of time when Independence Day is coming up.  Vendors along the main thoroughfares will be hawking hand-held flags, some more aggressively than others.  We are all for supporting small enterprise so that’s not the main point of this article.  I think the more important point will be discovering the spirit and the will behind our flag-waving.  June is always a busy month for Rock Ed Philippines, the campuses will be bustling with new waves of activity and student leadership.  Rock Ed will always welcome being invited to visit and make its ‘campaign for nation-involvement’ felt in schools and universities.  Our first stop will be on Wed, June 18, 2008 at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. 

In this light we’d like to share with you a video made by a film-director named Mae Paner.  Paner is a part of PAGASA (www.pagasa.net.ph) .  A group that pushes against social apathy.  This piece is her contribution to the cause.  Straight up and simple, the video ought to speak to most of us.  If it doesn’t, then that’s cool, too.  It takes all sorts to form a nation.  And all shapes are welcome here. 

Mabuhay ang Filipino iba-iba ang pananaw.
Mabuhay ang Filipinong iba-iba ang sagot sa pare-parehong tanong. 

Maligayang Araw ng Kalayaan sa ating lahat.

Words:  Gang Badoy
Video: Mae Paner copyright 2008

The young ones of Magallanes Village decided to end their summer with a shindig that makes more sense to them than their usual park festivities. Dubbed as “The Great Summer Bookdrive,” the teen-agers of the village will host an ambitious bookdrive, requesting for donations from their neighboring Makati villages first. Holding it on the last day of May, this gig will end the awarding ceremonies of the summer-long annual sport fest of Barangay Magallanes. Rock Ed volunteer musicians will be performing on that night, check out this line up: THE DAWN, RADIOACTIVE SAGO PROJECT, SANDWICH, CHILLITEES, ENEMIES OF SATURN, SOUTHERN GRASS, MAYONNAISE, URSA MINOR, KING ANTARES, UNNAMED, PITIK and more.

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50 volunteers traveled all the way to Don Ignacio Ramirez Memorial Elementary School (DIRMES) in Jayubo, Lambunao, Iloilo. Situated at the mountainous part of Lambunao, DIRMES is 60 kilometers from the city.

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Barely a month after launching Rock Ed Cagayan de Oro, JCI hoisted their first major event. Rock Ed-CDO is officially open for business. Volunteer now.

Last April 13-19, 2008, JCI Cagayan de Oro celebrated JCI Week, among the many projects and activities prepared for this annual festivities is BUHrock, Banig Ulan Habol drive concert in cooperation with Rock ED Cagayan de Oro and SM City Cagayan de Oro.

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For 12 Sundays only. (Nov2007-Nov2008) Roughly every 3rd Sunday of the month, we gather by the bay to watch the glorious Philippine sunset together. We sit and chat and look at how many other people believe that change should happen. No poetry, no songs, no placards, none. Just silence. This Sunday will be a bit different.  If you think you deserve the truth, then stand here. With us. On Feb 17, be your own cause. Come. Practice participation.

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