No.

55 Ferguson Road, 2600 Baguio City, Philippines

Tel. No. (63) 74 422 9754, Fax No. (63) 74 443 7159, Email: cpa@cpaphils.org, Website: www.cpaphils.org

34th Cordillera Day Celebration

22-25 April 2018
Pacday Quinio Elementary School, Asin Road Barangay, Baguio City

“Unite to Resist Tyranny! Assert Our Right To Self Determination!”

PROGRAMME
APRIL 22
MORNING:
6:00 Breakfast
7:00 Registration

10:00 Pattong
Opening Ritual
Ibagiw & Metro Baguio Tribal Elders and Leaders Assembly (MBTELA)

11:00 Ecumenical/Prayer Service

Pattong

12:00 Lunch

AFTERNOON:
1:00 Community Dance
Flag Dance and Acknowledgement of Delegates

1:30 Welcome Remarks

Hon. Peter Dumapi, Punong Barangay, Barangay Asin Road
Dr. Remedios Quinio, Principal, Pacday Quinio Elementary School
Reynaldo Suello, Ibagiw
Roger Sinot, Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative, Baguio
Geraldine Cacho, Chairperson, Tongtongan Ti Umili

Opening Remarks
Windel Bolinget
Chairperson, Cordillera Peoples Alliance

Pattong
Solidarity Messages

3:00 Concert: Saniweng/Samiweng iti Maysa a Tignay

Dap-ayan ti Kultura iti Kordilyera (DKK) and Friends
6:00 Dinner
7:00 – 10:00 Solidarity Evening
APRIL 23
MORNING:
5:00 – 7:00 Breakfast & Cleaning of Surroundings
7:00 One Billion Rising (OBR) Against Tyranny

8:00 Opening Pattong

Briefing for Simultaneous Activities

8:30 – 12:00 Simultaneous Activities:

1) Protests actions at the City center

2) Youth Forum on Development Aggression and Tyranny at Saint Louis University Campus,
9:00 AM – 12:00 NN

3) Workshops, Exchanges and Learning Sessions at the venue

 Charter Change, Federalism and Genuine Regional Autonomy
 Small Scale Mining
 Development Aggression and Tyranny
 Impact of TRAIN Law on Agriculture
 Indigenous Peoples Education (IPED)
 Baguio Environment Issues
 Community Mapping
 On Indigenous Peoples and IP Rights
 Jeepney Operators and Drivers
 Cordillera Youth Summit
 Legal Clinique on Human Rights Violations
 International Forum and Solidarity Exchange
 Storytelling with children
 Cultural Workshop

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

AFTERNOON:

1:00 Pattong

National Situation and Challenges

Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano
Chairman Emeritus, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
Co-Convenor, Coalition for Land, Against Martial Law and Oppression (CLAMOR)

Cultural Presentation
Taiwan Delegates

2:15 Cordillera Situation and Challenges

Santos Mero
Vice Chairperson for Internal Affairs, Cordillera Peoples Alliance

Cultural presentation
Apayao delegates

3:15 Presentation of Workshop Results and Synthesis

Pattong
4:15 Lessons of the Cordillera Mass Movement and Present Challenges
Joanna K. Cariño
Pioneer and Advisory Council Member, Cordillera Peoples Alliance
Co-Chair, SANDUGO Movement of Moro and Indigenous Peoples for Self Determination

Cultural Presentation & Community Dance

Anti-Open Pit Mining Kids

5:00 Cultural Production: Oktubre

Sining Banwa

6:30 Dinner

7:30 – 10:00 Solidarity Evening

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MORNING:

5:00-6:30 Breakfast
6:30-8:00 Travel from venue to City center
8:00-8:30 Assembly
8:30-12:00 March Against Tyranny: March-Rally and Program at Baguio City Center

AFTERNOON:

12-1:30 Travel back to venue

1:30-2:30 Lunch

2:30 Community Dance

Keynote Address
Judy Taguiwalo
Professorial Lecturer, CSWCD, University of the Philippines Diliman
National Vice Chair, Alliance of Concerned Teachers

Cultural Presentation

3:20 Orientation of Movement Against Tyranny (MAT)

Teodoro “Teddy” A. Casiño
National Council Member, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN)
Secretariat, Movement Against Tyranny

3:50 Tyranny in the Cordillera

Windel Bolinget
Chairperson, Cordillera Peoples Alliance

4:10 Cultural Presentation

4:20 Presentation of the Cordillera Movement Against Tyranny (CMAT) and

Formation of CMAT Convenors

Solidarity Messages

5:20 Presentation and Approval of Cordillera Day 2018 Resolution Against Tyranny
5:30 Signing of Cordillera Declaration of Unity Against Tyranny

Cultural Presentation

6:10 Tribute to Cordillera Heroes and Martyrs

Closing Remarks

7:00 Dinner

8:00 – 11:00 Solidarity Evening

APRIL 25

5:00 – 7:00 AM Breakfast

Departure
Community exposure
Submission of Resolution on SSM at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Office