CELEBRATE THE LIFE & FIGHT FOR CINDY BALANI

October 26, 2002 from 6:00PM to 12:00PM
Featuring: Audio and Visual Performances and Presentations

During 2002 an estimated 203,500 new cases of breast cancer are expected to occur among women in the United States. Cindy Balani, a 31-year-old Production Accountant born and raised in Los Angeles, was diagnosed with breast cancer on August 5th with no previous signs or family history and is currently undergoing treatment. Cindy and Bud (Guro Hospecio "Bud" Balani, Jr., from Kapisanang Mandirigma and Lameco SOG) have been together since 1988 and have an 11-year-old son named Jonathan. Join the Kali Klub sa SIPA on Saturday, October 26th, 2002 as we celebrate the LIFE & FIGHT for Cindy Balani. BTW... October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Confirmed @ Press Time:

ABADEHA (Original Musical Compositions from the Filipina Cinderella Play)
Aquilina Soriano-Versoza (Artist, Musician, Poet and Songwriter) asceticfish (ConcreteAbstract)
Celina Taganas-Duffy (Original Paintings Art Exhibit)
Debbie Nagata (UNAHI)
DJ E-Rock (ATF, Commonground, Global Records, 2 Phunky Pinoys)
DJ Marky Mark (Commonground)
DJ Nickle-O (Commonground)
DJ Rodskey (Commonground, 2 Phunky Pinoys)
Jenn True (Spoken Word)
Johneric Concordia (Spoken Word)
NEO-ETHNIX BAND (Fusion of Ethnic Musical Instruments and Electronics)
Wendell Pascual (Spoken Word)

* Children's Activities
* Food & Refreshments
* Literatures & Refreshments

Donation: $6.00+ (all proceeds collected from this event goes directly to The Balani Family)

Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
Historic Filipinotown
3200 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026-4522
1.213.382.1819
(corner of Temple Street and Dillon Street)

Friends and Sponsors:
American Cancer Society, ATF1898, Inc., Commonground Entertainment, Kali Klub sa SIPA, Kapisanang Mandirigma, Katipunan-USA, Lameco SOG, Minority Health Research Center, National Cancer Institute, Pilipino Workers Center, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, Symbiosis 3, Tagline Communications.

www.ATF1898.com/event

Katipunan-USA note: Co-Founder Donna Delfin has been touched by this disease too many times from godmothers to friend's mothers. Just recently, her own mother had a breast cancer scare when a mammogram found something. Luckily, the findings from the biopsy showed it was benign.