Baguio PAGASA
TRANSFORMING THE PHILIPPINES FROM THE INSIDE OUT
PEOPLES ASSEMBLY FOR GENUINE ALTERNATIVES TO SOCIAL APATHY
“We must become the change we want to see in this world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Dear Friend,
Hope and Peace from PAGASA!
PAGASA (Peoples Assembly for Genuine Alternatives to Social Apathy) is a spiritual-cultural movement which hopes to involve individuals from all walks of life in the process of creating a better country.
We would like to invite you to a 2-day Workshop of Hope entitled “Inner Change Towards Societal Transformation” to be conducted by Mr. Nicanor Perlas, a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award also known as Alternative Nobel Prize in 2003.
The workshop details as follows:
Date : April 21-22,2008 Monday-Tuesday
Time : 1st day 830am – 9pm
2nd day 830am – 7pm
Latecomers will not be allowed in, as the workshop is sequential.
Venue : Betania Retreat House (RVM), 31 Navy Road, St. Mary’s Hill 2600 Baguio City
Fee : Php 3,000 (includes all meals and workshop materials)
NOTE: Accommodation is not included. Please contact us for this request.
For a detailed description of the workshop click here and an editorial entitled “New People Power”
Click to read written by Mr. Perlas published in a national newspaper recently.
The workshop is open to 20 participants only. Please reserve for your slot on or before April 11,2008 by calling/texting or emailing me.
Let us use our collective talents and force to create a better country, one of purpose, integrity, and positive achievements. Let us prepare to engage in the daunting but doable task of creating a better Philippines.
Thank you and we hope to see you at the workshop.
Very truly yours,
Eric D. Pangilinan
Mobile: 0927-398-1680
Email: ericdpangilinan@gmail.com
“Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead
RESOURCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
http://www.cadi.ph/nicanor
Awards:
Outstanding Filipino Award or TOFIL, in 1994
Global 500 Roll of HonorAward of UNEP in 1994,
Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize 2003.
He also received highest honors upon his graduation from Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro) with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, major in Agronomy and minor in Agricultural Economics.
Article: New People Power
Inquirer Headlines / Nation, Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://services.inquirer.net
The Philippines is known globally for “people power”, its non-violent method of deposing dictators and corrupt heads of state. First there was People Power 1 that ended the Marcos dictatorship in 1986. Then there was People Power 2 that toppled the corrupt regime of President Joseph Estrada. So the nation felt a surge of energy when Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, the President of the highly influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), even if he was speaking for himself, publicly endorsed the idea of a new kind of People Power. A key question remains, however. What are the ingredients of this new kind of People Power? Click to read more
