PEACEtahan rocks out Penguin!
October 29, 2007Whoever said the young don’t know what’s what? Sulong Youth is on a mission to rattle up the ranks and prove them wrong. PEACEtahan 2008, Sulong’s peace awareness campaign, is on the roll. Far from the regular flag-waving, bead-bearing, flowers-in-your-hair brand of peace – Sulong calls for justice, respect for human rights, and resolution of the enduring conflict between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front (NDF).
Through a lecture-concert tour of different cafés and bars in Manila, Cebu, and Davao, a multimedia contest, and consciousness-raising exhibits in schools and universities nationwide, PEACEtahan hopes to stir up young Filipinos to pay heed to the conflict and its effects on the lives of ordinary civilians caught between the two parties at war.
The newly-formed Sulong CARHRIHL Youth Network spearheads the CARHRIHL and peace advocacy among the youth, and PEACEtahan is its first national campaign. The network includes DAKILA (Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism), Pax Christi-Miriam College, PNU-UNESCO Club, PNU Social Science Club, UP Anthropology Society, UP Politica, UP Sidlangan, UP Red Cross Youth, and Generation Peace. PEACEtahan hits the Penguin Bar in Malate on October 26, Cebu on November 16, and Mag:net Gallery Katipunan on December 14.
Just out – pictures from the Penguin lecture-concert, with DAKILA’s Out of the Box campaign:
L-R: Toyo, Free All, Bobby Balingit (with hosts Darlene and Vanni), Color It Red, Drip.
Updated Entry Forms/Contest Guideleines
October 25, 2007
We have updated our contest Entry Form and Guidelines for PEACEtahan 2008 so more people can join the contests. (Yay!) The deadline is extended to February 15, 2008.
October 23, 2007
Sulong CARHRIHL and
DAKILA (Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism)
Invite you to
PEACEtahan sa Penguin!
(Lecture Concert @ d Bar)
October 26, 2007 Friday, 7:00 p.m.
Penguin Bar, Remedios Circle, Malate, Manila
Hosted by Vanni and Tado of DAKILA
Drip * Session Road * Color it Red * Topjunk * Bobby Balingit * Free All
Peace. Human Rights. Kabataan, Tayo Naman!
Peace Tsong! Takbo Ulit Tayo!
September 19, 2007
PEACEtahan, Sulong CARHRIHL’s 2007 youth campaign, will be launched on 6 October with Peace Tsong! Takbo Ulit Tayo! - Sulong’s second Fun Run For Peace, 8 a.m. at the Peace Bell at the Quezon Memorial Circle U.P. Sunken Garden Grandstand, Q.C.
For more details about the Fun Run and PEACEtahan, text (0915) 817-7375 or call 905-0452 or email youth@sulongnetwork.ph.
Sulong CARHRIHL is a nationwide network of individuals, organizations, institutions, and programs who uphold human rights and international humanitarian law as a means to build a just and lasting peace. Visit our website at www.sulongnetwork.ph.
Kabataan, Tayo Naman!
September 12, 2007Calling all peace-loving and creative young Pinoys and Pinays!
Sulong CARHRIHL Youth Network and its partner youth organizations Dakila, Pax Christi-Miriam College, PNU UNESCO Club, PNU Social Science Club, UP Anthropology Society, UP POLITICA, UP Red Cross Youth, UP Sidlangan present…
PEACEtahan 2008: Galing at Sining para sa Karapatan at Kalinaw
Song and Music Video, Infomercial, and Poster Making Contests
Young people can be a powerful force for change! Sulong CARHRIHL’s PEACEtahan 2008 invites the youth to share their ideas on peace, human rights, international humanitarian law, and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) signed by the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front.
· Open to all Filipino youth aged 16 to 35 nationwide
· Contest categories are: original song and music video on peace and human rights (three to five minutes long), infomercial about CARHRIHL (20-30 seconds), and poster.
· Entries must conform with the contest theme, “Kabataan, Tayo Naman!”
· All entries should be submitted via e-mail or post, along with the official entry form. Only digital files of posters should be sent.
· The shortlisted entries will be exhibited in schools, universities, or malls for public viewing
· The winning entries will be featured during the concert and awards night set in April 2008 in Metro Manila
· Cash Prizes per category are the following:
|
|
Song and Music Video |
Infomercial |
Poster |
| Grand Prize 1st Runner Up 2nd Runner Up |
P 35,000.00 P 25,000.00 P 15,000.00 |
P 18,000.00 P 14,000.00 P 10,000.00 |
P 10,000.00 plus P 5,000.00 x 5 categories |
The winners will be selected through a public polling system (25%) and evaluation of entries by a set of judges (75%) comprising of peace and human rights advocates and artists.
Criteria for judging will be as follows: 40 points – content; 60 points – composition, originality, and impact
Deadline of submission of entries: 15 February 2008
Send your entries to:
The Sulong CARHRIHL Secretariat – 24-E Malingap Street, Barangay Teachers’ Village West, Diliman, Quezon City 1101
or via E-mail – peacetahan@sulongnetwork.ph
Download the official PEACEtahan Entry Form and contest rules at www.sulongyouth.wordpress.com. To know more about Sulong CARHRIHL, visit www.sulongnetwork.ph or call (02) 905-0452 or (02) 434-0289
Inday peace text messages
July 26, 2007“Inday”, the ubiquitous Pinay housekeeper, has turned into an instant celebrity because of the recent deluge of text messages from all over the Philippines. These witty, sometimes snarky, and always amusing epiphanies of hers sound off on the issues of the day – from capitalism during the Christmas season, to explaining the psychological benefits of a day off, to changes in the weather patterns wreaking havoc on her backyard sweeping.
This September, let’s see what Inday has to say about conflict, human rights, and peace.
“Conflict is a product of differing beliefs, worldviews, and goals. Unless the parties in conflict resolve their issues in a peaceful way through a compromise of positions, this may boil over into aggressive hostility, which will by no means signify the end of the conflict, but the beginning of a vicious cycle of violence.”
– sabi ni Inday habang inaawat ang dalawang alagang nag-aaway.
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“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that ‘No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.’ With that, sir, I concur respectfully.”
– sabi ni Inday nang sya’y nag-resign.
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“The traditional political definition of peace originated among the ancient Romans who defined peace, ‘pax’, as absentia belli, the absence of war. This conception of peace as mere absence of overt violence, however, is still challenged by some as incomplete. Suggestions that underlying points of conflict must themselves be resolved in order for true peace to exist.”
– sabi ni Inday sa boss na ini-isnab ni Misis dahil nakalimutan ang birthday nya.
