2019 APCO Freedom Ball

APCO’s Achievements, Projects and Events for 2018-2019
Introduction
Now on its 9th year since its foundation, the Alliance
of Philippine Community Organisations Inc (APCO) has
demonstrated its strong commitment to serve the community
and provide strong and effective leadership as manifested by
the various projects and activities it successfully delivered.
The legitimate and duly elected set of officers continued
their voluntary involvement in providing service to the
community, supported its affiliates in their projects and
actively partnered with other diverse organisations to tackle
common issues of concern. The following are the activities
and accomplishments from March 2018 to April 2019:
Advocacy
Attended/Supported the following:
• Sydney Alliance Town Hall Assembly 2019 participated
in by 5,000 people to lobby the government for affordable
housing, low cost and renewable energy. At the roll call, Dr
Cen Amores presented the Filipino community’s demand for
the government to provide affordable housing and renewable
and cheaper cost of power
• Dr. Edgar Escultura was the keynote speaker on
“Innovative Material Science and Engineering Conference”
in Valencia, Spain from July 2 to 10, 2018
• APCO president Violeta Escultura was a speaker
and one of the panelists in the International Women’s Day
celebration organised by APCO affiliates NARRA and Plaza
Filipino held at PIA
• Dr Edgar Escultura was the Resource person of
Migrante NSW regarding human rights violations in the
Philippines
• Forum on Violence Against Women organised by the
Philippine Consulate and PACSI on Social Injustice in the
Philippines
• First Cumberland Volunteer Community Sector
Networking Forum for 2018 organised by Cumberland
Council. Dr Cen Amores was a panelist
• Forum on Social Injustice in the Philippines organized
by NSW Migrante.
• Dr Cen Amores and Ruben Amores represented APCO
at the Community consultation on the New Auburn South
Community and Recreation Centre hosted by Cumberland
Council
• Dr. Jimmy Lopez and Dr. Aida Morden organised and
served as speakers in the Affordable Housing Forum
• Action Plan Workshop organised by Sydney Alliance
to lobby the government for affordable energy
• ECCNSW Members’Forum’s “Stand Together in
Support of Harmony and Peace” in New Zealand”. Dr Cen
Amores expressed our community’s condemnation of the
Christchurch, terror attack
Pista sa Nayon with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, MP Ray Williams and PIA CEO Justin Wang