The Mindanao Week of Peace
The Mindanao Week of Peace is an annual week-long celebration of solidarity actions for peace through a series of peace-building activities with the public.
Each year, civil society groups, people’s organizations, advocates and supporters of the peace process in Mindanao gather the public for awareness and involvement campaigns and activities.
This year, we weave in a variety of cultural, educational, and promotional activities for the youth, arts and culture lovers, sustainable and fair trade consumers, and peace advocates from all over Metro Manila.
The Mindanao Week of Peace is an annual week-long celebration of solidarity actions for peace through a series of peace-building activities with the public.
Each year, civil society groups, people’s organizations, advocates and supporters of the peace process in Mindanao gather the public for awareness and involvement campaigns and activities.
This year, we weave in a variety of cultural, educational, and promotional activities for the youth, arts and culture lovers, sustainable and fair trade consumers, and peace advocates from all over Metro Manila.
Kapwa Tayo Mindanao: Ka-ISA Tayo sa Kapayapaan
This year's theme is still rooted with the Filipino concept KAPWA or shared self.
We wish to reconnect the rest of the Filipino people with our Kapwa in the south who have been for decades struggling lasting peace and sustainable development.
In solidarity, we start by recognizing our strong weave of values of nationhood, brother/sisterhood that we have so often overused or neglected as we reach out and support their efforts for peace.
In tagalong, the prefix KA is bridging word, something that connects or dugtong between two or more for a shared meaning.
This year we emphasize on connecting KA with ISA (Oneness). Ka-ISA is connecting the shared self in ONENESS.
The symbol of the Ancient Filipino script Baybayin as KA symbolizes two rivers joined by a line in the middle.
Historically, It was used in the flags of Filipino revolutionaries, the Katipuneros during the uprisings against the Spanish colonizers in the 1800s. We'd like to believe that the new revolution is about Oneness towards Peace.
Symbolically the Baybayin symbol means KA but in English it looks like the word "I" which is also about every one has a role in making peace happen and it starts with the self/ with one. Collectively, we wish to send the message that WE ARE ONE with the People of Mindanao sharing intentions and actions towards lasting and sustainable peace which will bring the entire Philippines at peace.
WHY KAPWA?
At the core of our Filipino values is the word Kapwa. Unlike other words for oneness wherein it involves two people sharing, kapwa embeds the other with another as “shared self.” At the deeper level, this also means “shared divinity.”
Kapwa – shared self/divinity | Kalahi – shared race | Kapatid – shared parents, family, sibling | Kaibigan – shared friendship (ibig is love) | Kapit-bahay – shared neighborhood (kapit means held together) | Karamay – shared sympathy or empathy
Kaisa – shared oneness | Kaloob – shared inner self | Kamalayan – consciousness
We also recognize the following needs of our Kapwa in Mindanao:
Kasaysayan – his/herstory | Kaayusan - order | Kalikasan- environmental sustainability | Kalusugan – health and well being | Katotohanan – truth
Katarungan – justice | Karangalan – dignity, honor | Kapayapaan - peace
We wish to reconnect the rest of the Filipino people with our Kapwa in the south who have been for decades struggling lasting peace and sustainable development.
In solidarity, we start by recognizing our strong weave of values of nationhood, brother/sisterhood that we have so often overused or neglected as we reach out and support their efforts for peace.
In tagalong, the prefix KA is bridging word, something that connects or dugtong between two or more for a shared meaning.
This year we emphasize on connecting KA with ISA (Oneness). Ka-ISA is connecting the shared self in ONENESS.
The symbol of the Ancient Filipino script Baybayin as KA symbolizes two rivers joined by a line in the middle.
Historically, It was used in the flags of Filipino revolutionaries, the Katipuneros during the uprisings against the Spanish colonizers in the 1800s. We'd like to believe that the new revolution is about Oneness towards Peace.
Symbolically the Baybayin symbol means KA but in English it looks like the word "I" which is also about every one has a role in making peace happen and it starts with the self/ with one. Collectively, we wish to send the message that WE ARE ONE with the People of Mindanao sharing intentions and actions towards lasting and sustainable peace which will bring the entire Philippines at peace.
WHY KAPWA?
At the core of our Filipino values is the word Kapwa. Unlike other words for oneness wherein it involves two people sharing, kapwa embeds the other with another as “shared self.” At the deeper level, this also means “shared divinity.”
Kapwa – shared self/divinity | Kalahi – shared race | Kapatid – shared parents, family, sibling | Kaibigan – shared friendship (ibig is love) | Kapit-bahay – shared neighborhood (kapit means held together) | Karamay – shared sympathy or empathy
Kaisa – shared oneness | Kaloob – shared inner self | Kamalayan – consciousness
We also recognize the following needs of our Kapwa in Mindanao:
Kasaysayan – his/herstory | Kaayusan - order | Kalikasan- environmental sustainability | Kalusugan – health and well being | Katotohanan – truth
Katarungan – justice | Karangalan – dignity, honor | Kapayapaan - peace