Fredisinda Buchlak
President
Joselito Tungcab
Vice President
Carmen Fraser
Secretary
Cleo Baltazar
Assistant Secretary
Jaime Lopez
Treasurer
Josephine De Los Reyes
Assistant Treasurer
We see all generations of Filipino -decent migrants in Australia actively preserving and appreciating Filipino culture, traditions, linkage, and significance to the Indo-Pacific and Oceania regions.
We will continue to advocate and advance the interest of Filipino talents, culture and communities by:
- Committing to acquiring properties to establish Filipino Community Centres, not just as physical spaces, but as vibrant hubs that foster a sense of belonging and provide a platform for communities and religious organisations to thrive.
- Building an Art, Culture and Innovation Centre for Filipino-Australians to promote literature, music, performing arts, visual art, crafts, design, film, video, television, radio, aboriginal arts, and movable cultural heritage.
- Continuously seek and implement ways to empower community members while supporting their advocacy of promoting artistic creation and their cultural linkages.
The Co-operative was registered on 20 November 2013 (NSWC31887) with the Department of Fair Trading, NSW with the following objects and primary activities:
The objectives of the co-operative are:
- To acquire land and construct a Community Centre with facilities where arts, cultural, civic, spiritual, sporting and social activities could take place;
- To provide for the member to exercise control over their community centre through participation in the management and decision making processes of the co-operative;
- To manage on co-operative principles the land, community centre and its facilities;
- To educate its members, employees and the public on the principles, benefits and activities of co-operation and co-operatives;
- To liaise with other co-operatives and likeminded groups and individuals;
- To encourage artistic creation for the development and promotion of the Filipino-Australian culture and arts; and
- To do all such lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objectives and the exercise of the powers of the co-operative.
The primary activities of the co-operative are:
- To raise funds for the acquisition of land and construction of Community Centre and its facilities.
- To have active participation by the members in the management and decision making processes of the co-operative.
- To organize forums, trainings and seminars for the education of the members.
- To create public awareness by promoting activities of the co-operative through coordination with local media.