Union City, California - Protect VIP, a coalition of groups advocating for the protection of the Verde Island Passage, launched its solidarity campaign with the Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity on Saturday, garnering more international support for the protection of global biodiversity hotspot. 

FACES hosts our next Biennial Gathering on Saturday, January 27, with our partners from the Philippines to the Bay. We are launching our new #ProtectVIP: Protect the Verde Island Passage solidarity campaign. Please join us for kwento and calls to action in support of communities in the Philippines fighting to stop fossil fuel development, and working to protect local livelihoods and marine ecosystems.

FACES, the Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity, lends our voice among the millions who have risen up in solidarity with the People of Palestine and calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to the genocide of the Palestinian people, and an end to occupation and apartheid in Palestine.

FACES is launching our #ProtectVIP Solidarity Campaign here in the United States, in support of allies in the Philippines - Philippines Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) and Center for Ecology, Energy, and Development (CEED). FACES is committing to fighting to stop the expansion of fossil gas and other dirty energy in the Verde Island Passage region and across the Philippines.

FACES has worked with the Filipino Advocates for Justice (FAJ) for several years growing a community garden in Union City next to the FAJ offices. FAJ has recently rejuvenated the care and maintenance of their youth garden, for workshops, nurturing staff activities, and youth development programs.

As the spring brings us hope we are excited to share a new vision of FACES for these times, rooted in our twenty-year history of building community, transnational solidarity, and care for the planet.