Thursday December 17, 7:30 pm
Epworth United Methodist Church
1953 Hopkins St. Berkeley, CA
The recent massacre in Maguindanao, Philippines claimed the lives for 57 people, including activists, journalists and attorneys. Among the dead is Attorney Concepcion Brizuela, who was a mission partner of the General Board of Global Ministries through Inpeace, Mindanao. The service will include music, meditation and installation art.
The killings were related to the upcoming 2010 elections and while arrests have been made, the overwhelming culture of impunity in the Philippines keeps justice and true democracy at bay. The International Philippines Election Observation Team 2010 (IPEOT) is directly responding to this brutality with non-violence.
IPEOT is an organization based in Northern California that will be traveling to the Philippines (including Mindanao) in April/May of next year. This delegation will oversee various election sites in hopes of deterring violence with peaceful international presence. Due to conflict of interest, this organization is not funded by the US or Philippines Governments.
For more information visit the IPEOT website or to find out how to donate to IPEOT or other work in the Philippines contact Lindsey Kerr at coord@usapan.org.
Its really sad that someone would do such crime. Let us offer some prayers to those who are killed and to there family that they would find justice soon.
By: theinnocentone on December 12, 2009
at 5:36 am