Everyone is invited to attend a public tribute in honor of Medardo “Ka Roda” Roda on Feb. 14, 2009, 4:30 pm at the garden of Bulwagang Bonifacio (SOLAIR), UP Diliman.
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Ka Roda was the longtime chair of the transport group Piston, giving a face to our transport workers and fighting with and for them for the longest time. He has since “retired” and has been honored as Piston’s chair emeritus.
He is famous for articulating the demands of transport workers for rollbacks of the prices of oil products, his critique of the oil cartel and the excessive government fees and unfair policies slapped against drivers. Today, Ka Roda is frail and sick. Strokes have affected his body and speech, as you can notice in the way he talks. He looked terribly affected at the wake of his comrade Rep. Crispin Beltran last year:
A highlight of Saturday’s tribute program will be the showing of “Ruta ni Ka Roda”, a film by Kodao Productions which was written, directed and edited by Risa Jopson.
Ka Roda, of course, will be there, together with his family.
The tribute is organized by Kodao Productions in cooperation with Piston.
Taas kamaong pagpupugay! mabuhay si ka roda!
Hello
Is it possible to get contact information for Medardo Roda of Piston? I’d like to interview him for my blog.
Thanks.
Hi Pauline. I don’t know his contact information.
You may ask KMU for help regarding that. PISTON is a member of KMU.
By the way, Ka Roda has difficulty speaking. His speech is slurred. He’s had a stroke or two.
Pauline, you may reach KMU through this page:
http://www.kilusangmayouno.org/contact
tonyo,
Thank you for your kind words and the articles about my father. I now live in England but unfortunately I have been unable to get home for a long time. I miss my father a lot and it has been good to read what you and others have to say about him. He always instilled a strong belief in human rights to us when we were children. I owe it to my parents for where I am now.
Maraming salamat sa suporta ni’nyong lahat para sa aking ama.
lisa
Galak kong alaala
Dalawang tao nakikilala
isang pari Fr. Rey Roda
at isang tsuper Ka Medardo Roda
kapwa nagmamahal sa kapwa
at minamahal nila