IT’S TIME TO END WAR! SUPPORT THE FIRST EVER WORLD MARCH FOR PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE!
The very first World March for Peace and Non-Violence will be officially launched this November 15 at the World Conference on Ethics which will be held at Punta de Vacas, Argentina. It will start in New Zealand on October 2, 2009 and will pass through more than 80 countries across 5 continents, ending in Punta de Vacas, Argentina on Jan. 2, 2010.
To last 90 days, passing through all climates and seasons, and making use of all kinds of transport, an international team of volunteers will circle the globe to call for an end to all armed conflicts and the use of war in resolving conflicts, to eradicate nuclear weapons, and to expose the many forms of violence be it economic, physical, psychological, sexual or religious that plague the world today.
The World March aims to give a voice to the majority of world citizens who want peace and want to send a clear and strong signal that the time has come to bring about real World Peace.
Initiated by the World without Wars Foundation, an international volunteer organization, the Philippines is the third stop along the route. Participation is open to any individual, group, political party, or business who share the same aspirations and who want to contribute their creativity, to converge in organizing activities such as Forums, Cultural Events and other awareness and advocacy projects.
Everyone is encouraged to log on their support at the official International Site: http://www.marchamundial.org. For more details, you can also contact the local Foundation for a World without Wars Secretariat at Tel. No. 7268770 or email ok.human@gmail.com.
WORLD MARCH FACT SHEET
What: The first ever world march to circle the earth calling for an end to war and the elimination of all forms of violence.
Why: Objectives and Goals;
to denounce the dangerous world situation that is leading us closer to nuclear war.
To give a voice to the majority of world citizens who want peace, specially those affected by armed conflicts
To eradicate nuclear weapons, to work for the progressive and proportional reduction of non-nuclear arms, to renounce the use of war as a means to resolve conflicts
To expose the many forms of violence (economic, racial, sexualm religious); to provide a venue for all who suffer such violence to be held
Who: initiated and coordinated by World Without Wars, an international volunteer organization, open to the participation and collaboration of any interested individual or socio-political-cultural-civic group or organization.
When: October 2, 2009 to Jan 2, 2010
Where: 90 countries, 6 continents worldwide
The World March in Numbers
Distance: 99,419 miles (160,000 kilometers)
Duration: 90 days
Transportation: 40 train trips (including the Trans Siberian) 100 trips by land (four-wheel-drive, bus, car, motorcycle, bicycle, etc.), including the segments from Paris to Dakar and from North to South America through the Andes Mountains 14 trips by air 25 trips by sea (ship, barge, canoe, etc.)
Climates:
all climates, from mild and temperate – crossing through Mediterranean, continental, tropical, and desert zones – to polar. From the Siberian Steppes, through the Sahara desert and the Atacama Desert (the driest in the world), to Antarctica.
Seasons: twice through all 4 seasons of the year
Altitude: climb to altitudes of more than 16,400 feet (5,000 meters)
Permanent team: 50 members
Border crossings: 160
Co-organizing institutions: 500
Collaborating and supporting institutions: 3,000
Visits with governments and political representatives: 100
Spiritual centers: 25
Participants in the tour: 1 million
Virtual participants: 10 million
"Celebration for Peace and
Nonviolence"
(UN International Day of
Nonviolence)
This
year’s celebrations will be held at the Quadrangle and Gymnasium of the
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig (PLP-UPC) at Kapasigan, Pasig City from
September 22 to 26. It will be highlighted by the cultural program
“Expressions for Peace and Nonviolence” at 2:00 PM on Friday, September 26,
2008, with the participation of various secondary schools, universities and
colleges with songs, dances and music.
The
Human Peace Sign highlights the cultural program with hundreds of students
forming the peace sign and lighting candles.
As part
of the celebrations, an
Essay Writing Contest and
Fabric Painting Contest have been launched. The theme of the essay
contest is “Promoting Nonviolence in Education” or “Palawigin ang Walang
Karahasan sa Edukasyon”. The contest is open to all Pasig-San Juan secondary
students and colleges and universities in Pasig.
The
Painting Contest will be done at the open grounds of PLP-UPC in the morning
of Spetember 26. The theme is “Ang Mag-aaral na Walang Karahasan.”
Registration is free and the painting panels and paints are provided by the
organizers.
The
activity is spearheaded by Ang Komunidad para sa Ikauunlad ng Tao and the
Humanist Student Club together in coordination with the Department of
Student Affairs, PLP-UPC. For more information contact Willa Tecson/Jojo
Hubo at 671-6672/671-7332 or (0918)921-1622/(0920)924-5746. For those who
are in interested to join, you may download forms of Essay
Writing Contest and
Fabric Painting Contest
from our website.
Edukasyong Walang Karahasan 2
"Towards a Culture of Nonviolence"
On March 5, 2008, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, the educational
forum-workshop “Edukasyong Walang Karahasan 2” will be held at the Plenary Hall
of Rizal Technological University at Boni, Mandaluyong.
The theme of the forum is “Towards a Culture of
Non-Violence”. Speakers of the Sikolohiyang Filipino notably Katrin de
Guia and Prof. Jay Yacat are being invited to be speakers to share their views
on the native Filipino sensibility which defines the soul of the people and in
which today are still alive in the Filipino culture.
Sikolohiyang
Filipino tackles the native Filipino culture-values studied by Virgilio
Enriquez called Pagkataong Filipino, an indigenous worldview that is life
enhancing because it connects people to one another. This theme is relevant
today because of the growing internal violence in people and its extension to
the social and the institutional field.
Apart
from the speakers, there will be a short DVD show of the different kinds of
violence and the history of Non-Violence as a force for social change. This is
followed by a workshop on the theme of forming councils of non-violence using
as basis the principles of New Humanism.
Registration
on March 5, 2008 starts at 7:00 AM at the Plenary Hall. Online Registration is also available
through this website. Registration fee is P50/participant to cover simple
snacks, handouts and certificate.
This is a
joint activity of the Department of Political Science and the Scholarship
Office of Rizal Technological University under Prof. Elmer Martin, Political
Science Society of Boni and Pasig headed by Aljie Keemper Dacusin and James
Patrick Almocera, Pasig Campus Central Student Council under Paul Senogat
together with Ang Komunidad Para Sa Ikaaunlad ng Tao.
For more information:
Contact Willa Tecson, 671-6672; Erwin Escalada, 671-7332 or Osbi Santillan,
726-8770.
People were already milling around in front of the
RainforestPark
as early as
5:00 AM
last Sunday,
January 13, 2008
. The registration tables were set up by both the students of
RizalTechnologicalUniversity
(Pasig Campus) and the barangay volunteers of Sto. Tomas.
The night before it had rained off and on, making the organizers jittery.
The program started off at the Rainforest Pavilion where participants were welcomed, including the guest student runners of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasige (PLP). Everyone did warm up exercises for 15 minutes, followed by announcement of the safety guidelines by Paul Senogat, student president of PCCSS.
Then off to the start! Everyone enthusiastically launched themselves off! The participants where a mix of mostly non-runners and experienced runners. Some students even brought their bags while running. They made up for their inexperience as runners with their excitement and decision to finish the run come what may.
An estimated 300 participants joined the Fun Run all wearing light blue head bandanas.
Water stations were set up at designated points along the route, an ambulance could be seen within the vicinity in case of emergencies, the sweepers were composed of personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines who came with their military truck, the barangay officials were located along the route to cordon off the street traffic to ensure the safety of the runners.
At the quadrangle of the
PasigCity Hall
, brief speeches were given by the organizers: PCCSS (
Pasig
Campus Central Student Council), Ang Komunidad Para Sa Ikauunlad Ng Tao and Brgy. Sto.
Tomas-PasigCity
. Awards were given for the first fastest runners as well as special awards.
Special mention must be made for Professor Tanawan, RTU Dean of Student Affairs, who
completed the 5K run together with her students. Also P
rof. Elmer Martin, Head of the Political Science Department who, although he did not join the actual run, could be seen on his motorbike helping direct the runners to the safe running lanes. Thanks to
Kagawad Obet and Brgy. Captain Mojica for the barangay’s assistance and Willa Tecson and members of Ang Komunidad for help and support in the preparations of the activity.
The program at the quadrangle ended with singing and the symbolic release doves and light blue balloons to signify peace.
