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5TH NAKEM SECRETARIAT RELEASES THIRD SET OF CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

The conference committee of the 5th Nakem Conference on "Adal ken Sirib: Education to Cultural Democracy and Linguistic Justice" releases the 3rd batch of conference papers accepted for presentation at the said conference.

Paper presenters are required to:

1. Prepare a PPT of no more than 15 slides including artworks and graphs.
2. Send these PPT slides to Dr Jun Malinnag at the address in the Nakem Websiste, cc to Dr Alegria Tan Visaya, atvisaya@yahoo.com.

Presenters are required to turn in their registration forms and fees ASAP.

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5TH NAKEM SECRETARIAT RELEASES SECOND SET OF CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

The 5th Nakem Conference Secretariat has released the second set of Abstract of Conference Papers accepted for presentation at the 5th Nakem International Conference on "Adal & Sirib: Cultural Democracy and Linguistic Justice" to be held December 16-18, 2010 in Caoayan, Ilocos Sur.

All speakers are required to email their PPT presentation by November 30, as previously intructed, to: nakem2010@gmail.com, cc to: Dr Alegria Tan Visaya, Dr Jun Malinnag, and Dr Marie Rabang (all their emails are in the Call for Papers).

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5TH NAKEM SECRETARIAT RELEASES FIRST SET OF CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

The secretariat of the 5th Nakem Conferences has released the first set of abstracts accepted for presentation at the conference on "Adal & Sirib: Education to Cultural Democracy and Linguistic Justice" to be held December 16-18, 2010 at Caoayan Heritage Resort, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur.

All speakers are required to turn in their PPT presentations by November 30 to the general email of Nakem Conference at nakem2010@gmail.com, cc to: Dr Alegria Tan Visaya, Dr Jun Malinnag, and Dr Marie Rabang (their emails are in this website).

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‘KABAMBANNUAGAN: OUR VOICES, OUR LIVES’ launched

Honolulu, HI--Timpuyog: Ilokano Student Organization, in collaboration with Nakem Youth and the UH Manoa Ilokano Language and Literature Program, launched October 29 the first-ever bilingual non-fiction narrative, Kabambannuagan: Our Voices, Our Lives.

The book is a truthful chronicle of the lives of fourteen people, all of them of Ilokano ancestry, some born in Hawai’i, and others coming to Hawai’i at a young age to live diasporic lives away from the familiar sense of home and homeland in the Philippines.

The Guild of Ilokano Writers Global Press—Timpuyog Dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano Global—in collaboration with Nakem Youth, published the book.

Kabambannuagan—the prime of youth—is a product of the Nakem Youth Writers Workshop held in conjunction with the UH Ilokano Language and Literature Program’s Community Language Project.

The Writers Workshop was facilitated by Aurelio Agcaoili, program coordinator of Ilokano and editor in chief of the Fil-Am Observer, and assisted by Jeffrey Acido, program director of Nakem Youth.

Kabambannuagan is the first attempt to provide a venue for the voices of the young Ilokanos to be heard, in the English language that they are familiar with or have forced themselves to become familiar with as part of their Americanization process.

A translation into Ilokano, done by Agcaoili, was meant to have these voices heard by the Ilokano community at large particularly that part of that community that is most at home with the Ilokano language.

Edited by Agcaoili and Acido, Kabambannuagan promises to be the first of a series of publications aimed to make known to the public the various social issues related to education, immigration, gender and sexuality, culture and heritage rights, politics and leadership, and civics and citizenship.

Kabambannuagan features the works of the following: Lourdes Acido, Sharon Agamao, Rachelle Aurellano, Brenna dela Rosa, Cindy dela Vega, Glenda Duldulao, Charissa Fabia, Janelle Funtanilla, Jaclyn Galinato, Kristine Garabiles, Walter Luares, Kathryn Parado, Izaiah Pascua, and Calvin Rilveria.

To avail of a copy, write to: nakemyouth@gmail.com or call Jeff: (808) 295-7687 or Calvin Rilveria, (808) 343-9050.

(PUBLISHED Timpuyog: Ilokano Student Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa, November 2010) 

Congressman Magi, Dr Ricky to grace 5th Nakem Conference as plenary speakers

 Four plenary speakers are taking part in the 5^th Nakem International Conference on “Education to Cultural Democracy and Linguistic Justice” to be held December 16-18 at the Caoayan Heritage Resort in Caoayan, Ilocos Sur.

The town is adjacent to Vigan City, a heritage city in Northern Philippines and once the bastion of the Spanish government that ruled the place—and the country—for more than 300 years.

Hon. Magtanggol Gunigundo, whose legislative initiative for Mother Language Education gained national attention and whose proposal he saw to it that it is implemented in his city’s school district, will speak on “Mother Language Education from the Perspective of Legislation and Advocacy” on December 16.

Gunigundo, currently the deputy majority floor leader of the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines, has been in the forefront of advocacy work for MLE. He has joined forces with 170+Talaytayan MLE to pursue a nationwide campaign for the adoption of the mother language of children as life-changing approach to equipping literacy and life-skills to students.

Dr. Ricardo Nolasco, former chairperson of the Commission on the Filipino Language and president of 170+Talaytayan MLE, will speak on “Our Urgent Tasks in the Mother Language Education Movement.”

170+Talaytay MLE is a non-profit/non-government advocacy group organized to advance the cause of mother tongue-based mother language education in the Philippines. Some of those serving the board of trustees of the organization aside from Nolasco are Lino Faelnar, Arnold Azurin, Ched Arzadon, Kiko Datar, Lydia Liwanag, and Aurelio Agcaoili.  

Nakem Conferences Philippines and Nakem Conferences International, in coordination with the University of Hawai’i Ilokano Language and Literature Program, will partner with local school districts Northern Philippines in pushing for MLE.