"And Still We Rise"
- Bill Sorro, I-Hotel Tenant Activist

Commemoration Program

Opening Remarks: Tony Robles, Manilatown Heritage Foundation Board of Directors President
Unveiling of Chewang chi Biyeg Tapestry: Kalinga Master Weaver Jenny Bawer Young and Kalingafornia Laga

Original Defenders Panel
Moderated by Emil Guillermo, Journalist

Guest Panelists:

Emil DeGuzman, I-Hotel Tenants Association President
Estella Habal, Author "San Francisco's International Hotel: Mobilizing the Filipino American Community in the Anti-Eviction Movement"
Pam Tau-Lee, Co-Founder Chinese Progressive Association
Juanita Tamayo-Lott, Community Activist

Screening of “The Fall of the I-Hotel” with Director Curtis Choy

Current Housing Rights Activists Panel
Moderated by Joy Ng, Veterans Equity Center

Guest Panelists:

Angelica Cabande, Organizational Director of South of Market Community Action Network
Theresa Imperial, Veterans Equity Center Housing Case Manager
Tony Robles, Senior & Disability Action Housing Organizer

Candlelight Vigil led by Emil DeGuzman

Also featuring Tony Remington's art exhibition Launching Point: Portraits of the Manilatown Manong

40th Anniversary I-Hotel Eviction Commemoration
Friday, August 4th at 6pm
International Hotel Manilatown Center
868 Kearny Street, San Francisco CA

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40th Anniversary I-Hotel Eviction Commemoration