Dallas Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines - DCHRP

10/16/2023

05/01/2023

Jennifer was a fiery organizer who always had amazing speeches that dug right to the heart of the issue she was sharing about. That passion was balanced by a deep love and respect for the local communities, particularly working class Black communities here in Dallas. She showed off this radical love in the care she demonstrated for the family of Atatiana Jefferson. Jennifer was a friend of the Filipino community and the cause of freedom and democracy in the Philippines. She highlighted this solidarity at numerous actions and at a 2021 webinar on the intersections of support between the movements for Palestinian, Filipino, and Black Liberation. Jennifer was a phenomenal woman, organizer, mother, and beloved member of our community. She will be dearly missed. Rest in power comrade! ❤️✊

Update: For everyone who would like to pay their respects, Jennifer's funeral will be Friday, May 5th at Bethany Church (📍 6851 Wichita Street, Forest Hill, TX 76140). It is with great sadness that the Dallas branch of the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression has learned of...

09/27/2022

LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, son of a deposed dictator and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visited New York City at the invitation of U.S. President Joe Biden himself. His itinerary included the UN General Assembly, the New York Stock Exchange, and a private meeting with Joe Biden (something the U.S. president was so ashamed of, he kept it off his public calendar). All week, Marcos made clear his intent to continue undemocratic and violent repression of dissent; defense of the interests of big landlords and overseas corporations / “investors”; labor export policies; welcoming ever increasing foreign plunder of Philippine labor, land, and natural resources. HOWEVER, at virtually every stop Marcos made across New Jersey and New York, the Filipino-American community mobilized in force to express their anger and their will to resist fascism, struggle for genuine democracy, and achieve true sovereignty for their people.

AND RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS, the U.S. state with the 3rd-largest Filipino population, the movement for a genuinely liberated Philippines is alive and well - made evident by both a downtown Dallas highway banner drop with Malaya Movement Texas that same week, and by our cultivation of community in Texas over the past few years.

WHO ARE WE? WHAT DO WE DO? We are the Dallas chapter of the International Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) - a global network of organizations concerned about the human rights situation in the Philippines and committed to campaigning for lasting peace in the country. Through education, mobilizations, and mutual movement support, we integrate the Filipino struggle with the unique struggles of the peoples of Texas - ultimately building stronger solidarity between the two. By building people power with other DFW community organizations, DCHRP highlights how the root causes of exploitation and repression of both the Philippines and all oppressed peoples originate from economic and political forces within the state of Texas itself.

JOIN US as this movement and its work grows in Texas, via the link in our bio! Ang tao, ang bayan, ngayon ay lumalaban!

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