Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song, and
In the Middle of the Night. Mike De Leon’s documentary
Signos featuring press freedom icon Joe Burgos, nationalist Jose “Pepe” W. Diokno, director Lino Brocka, human rights lawyer Rene Saguisag, Manila Archbishop Cardinal Sin, and sectoral representatives from the peasants, labor unions, and religious groups who spoke truth to power during the dark years of the 1970s under a dictator. Most of the personalities shown and interviewed in
Signos became the inspiration behind the characters portrayed in the acclaimed film
Sister Stella L., starring Vilma Santos and also directed by Mike De Leon. It tells the story of the social and political awakening of a nun as she becomes involved in a labor strike.
Published February 14, 2021, 8:34 PM
Millions of people from 63 nations convened online last Feb. 6 to call for the healing of the nation and the world at the Rally of Hope Philippines sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation, (UPF), an NGO holding general consultative status with the United Nations.
Dubbed “One Million People Praying for the Healing of the Nation and the World”, the event was telecast on PTV 4 and was simultaneously livestreamed on radio, cable tv stations in different parts of the nation and in countries even as far as Fiji and other social media platforms.
The event brought together Filipinos and other citizens from different corners of the world in an online interfaith gathering to collectively pray for the healing of the world from the COVID-19 pandemic, the healing of Mother Earth from the ruins of climate change, and the healing from social divisions ripping apart our human family.
My Story: My Suicidal Mother Sent Me To Buy Rat Poison
Joyce Wanjiru, 31, is a mental health advocate and
the CEO of Impart A Generation. She became an advocate for children’s mental wellbeing after struggling with anxiety occasioned by domestic violence.
Wanjiru shared her experience with nation.africa and here’s her story:
“As a child, I suffered mentally as I witnessed my parents fight. That’s why today, I am a mental health advocate.
My struggle with anxiety began when I joined a boarding high school. I kept worrying that my mum would poison herself and my brothers too. So severe were anxiety attacks that I would struggle to breathe. I did not know who to talk to about my struggle. I just did the one thing I knew; pray.
(Remarks at a virtual rally organized by the Universal Peace Federation with the theme
“One Million People Praying for the Healing of the Nation and the World”)
May I congratulate the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) led by our co-founder and tireless peace advocate Dr.HakJa Han Moon and international president Dr. Thomas Walsh for organizing this virtual worldwide rally for peace, solidarity and healing in this period of enormous challenges and uncertainties.
Indeed 2020 was a year of massive disturbance not just in our country but around the world.
We in the Philippines were battered by the Taal Volcano eruption, successive typhoons and floods, and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic which claimed some ten thousand lives, infected more than half a million, and put some 10 million of our countrymen out of jobs and livelihoods.
Interfaith topics lag far behind 18 Dec 2020 / 14:23 H.
THREE interfaith virtual forums were held on the same day Dec 12, 2020 with several thousand Malaysians participating online.
Getting the conversation rolling from 10am, the KL Archdiocesan Ministry for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue in partnership with Catholics At Home titled its panel discussion “Relating with peoples of other faiths” that featured Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Bahai and Christian speakers.
At 11am, Kesatuan Mahasiswa Universiti Malaya began its convention on “Toleransi dalam rangka kemajmukan agama: realiti dan harapan” (Tolerance in the framework of religious pluralism: reality and hope).
Across the Asia Pacific region, the Universal Peace Federation held a webinar which began at 11am on the theme: “The role of faith-based organisations in building a heavenly unified world” featuring seven international speakers from different faiths including two Malaysians.