Meeting of Filipinos
Against Proposition 54

September 8, 2003
6-8 p.m.
Room 625 Downtown Campus
City College of San Francisco
4th and Mission
(Take Powell Exit off BART)

THE FILIPINOS Against Proposition 54 movement, which includes the National Federation of Filipino American Associations, Filipino Civil Rights Advocates and FOCUS, will hold a meeting on September 8 to coordinate efforts to defeat the proposition.

They are urging all sectors of the California Fil-Am community to vote on October 7 against a "color-blind" proposition that they claim will be dangerous to health and well-being and might be used as a tool for racial discrimination. The Proposition 54 ballot initiative would make it illegal for state and local agencies, including schools, hospitals, and law enforcement agencies to collect or analyze data on race or ethnicity. While the proposition is supposed to create a color-blind society, critics argue that it will deprive health care practitioners of the measured data needed to trace the root cause of diseases and address them effectively.

All members of the California Fil-Am community are being urged to register online at www.ss.ca.gov/elections/votereg1.html and vote against the proposition.

For more information, you may call Rodel Rodis at +415 3347800.

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