Socio-Political Transformation
As I worship the Great Creator today, I’m praying for the Indigenous Peoples of the great Turtle Island (North America) who are being united now by the Great Spirit as they continue to struggle against the unjust and oppressive colonization of their ancestral domains by the United States of America. I highly respect the IPs …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/11/06/my-spirit-joins-my-fellow-mennonites-who-stand-with-standing-rock/
I’m happy that the current Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Ms. Gina Lopez, has been expressing his support to the plight of the Indigenous Peoples! But here’s a higher reality of Hope: With or without the assurance of DENR, the Indigenous People’s inherent power will endure any attempt of eviction initiated …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/10/30/our-higher-hope-as-we-walk-with-the-indigenous-peoples/
Long time ago, in another universe, I dreamed of the Filipino people getting closer to Asia. I grew up in an American-dominated religious community and I felt I needed to get to know the Asian in me. So, I went to the Asian Center at the University of the Philippines and completed a master’s degree …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/10/26/in-search-of-the-asian-within-me-a-philosophical-theological-journey/
Tuesday, 27 September 2016. The All-Out-Peace network representatives had a meeting with Sec. Hernani Agsalud Braganza — panel member of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) supervising the Reciprocal Working Committee on Ceasefire). USec. Braganza was accompanied by Atty. Antonio Arellano (GRP panel member), Lt.Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero (Commanding Officer of the …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/09/28/pbci-joins-all-out-peace-network-in-its-ceasefire-mechanism-proposal/
02 September 2016, around 2200H Philippine Time. An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Davao City that killed 14 and injured 67. The Abu Sayyaf Group claimed the responsibility. At that exact moment, my sister Edna, her business partner Mary, along with Joji and I were having an informal business meeting at home regarding the …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/09/06/pbci-cfp-on-davao-blast-a-peaceful-defiance-against-terror/
The Duterte Administration is being handed a very strong Philippine economy. “It accelerated 6.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, the fastest among 11 selected economies in Asia,” according to the latest report of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries. “It outpaced expansions in China (6.7 percent), Vietnam (5.5 percent), Indonesia (4.9), …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/08/24/joji-represents-cfp-in-a-national-conference-on-shared-prosperity/
I’m so excited about the on-going construction of Coffee For Peace Bistro, the second Coffee For Peace (CFP) shop. It was first conceptualized 18 months ago when the management team realized the growing market demand for our products and services. The various awards we have been receiving also prompted our clientele, our partners, and our network to …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2016/08/16/the-second-coffee-for-peace-shop-is-being-built/
Honours and distinctions we received for excellence and impact
