[asia-apec 569] Young Agrarian Reform Advocates' - AS A PEASANT STRATEGY

[kmp]

dear friends  at  the appa-sect.,

hello! i  am sending  this article below as it was  not posted in  the
appa-mail services.   pls. post  this  for  the  info of our readers  and
possible delegates.   we will send you  soon our second announcement  for
the Peasant Forum.

many thanks and pls. find time to relax amidst your heavy  work. 

kmp [peasant movement of the phil.] 
peasant forum sect.  
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>Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 08:33:54
>To: asia-apec at jca.ax.apc.org
>From: kmp at info.com.ph
>Subject: Young Agrarian Reform Advocates' - AS A PEASANT STRATEGY
>
>dear friends, advocates of peasant, rural workers and the struggle of the
landless and to KMP's [Peasant Movement of the Philippines] counterpart
peasant organizations in the different parts of the world.
>
>this is to share with you [pls. read NNARAA - Youth statement on its 2nd
Generaal Assembly below] one of the approaches or strategies that KMP is
employing to broaden its support base for the struggle of the peasants for
land and for genuine land reform. 
>
>surely, we will discuss more approaches and peasant strategies when we meet
and share during the PEASANT FORUM - Throwing Off the Yoke of Imperialist
Globaalization in November 11-12, KUAALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA as one of the
issue forum of the Asia-Pacific Peoples' Assembly's [APPA] - Confronting
Globalization, Reasserting Peoples'Rights in time with the 6th APEC world
leaders' meeting.
>
>SO FILL UP YOUR REGISTRATIONS FORMS TO THE PEASANT FORUM AND TO THE APPA
[November 8-15]
>
>See  you then!
>
>PEASANT FORUM SECRETARIAT
>c/o Mr. RAFAEL MARIANO, KMP 
>#69 MAAYUSIN corner MALAMBING STS.
>UP VILLAGE, DILIMAN, 1100, Q.C.
>PHILIPPINES
>TEL: 632 - 920/5668 / TEL/FAX: 632 - 435/3564
>E-MAIL: KMP at INFO.COM.PH / PX.ISDA at SKYINET.NET
>  
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>To: (Recipient list suppressed)
>Subject: Young Agrarian Reform Advocates' second general assembly
>
>National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates Youth Sector
>NNARA-Youth
>
>NEWS RELEASE
>22 July 1998
>Reference: Phoebe Mendoza, publicity officer
>e-mail: px.isda at skyinet.net
>
>        YOUTH RENEW VOWS TO CHAMPION PEASANT RIGHTS IN ASSEMBLY
>
>STUDENT leaders from 13 schools in Manila reaffirmed their vows to help
>peasants fight for genuine agrarian reform in the second general assembly of
>the National Network for Agrarian Reform Advocates Youth Sector
>(NNARA-Youth) last week.
>
>The group's newly-elected chair Mary Ann Alejo of the College of Holy
>Spirit told the crowd of two hundred delegates that the group hopes to
>expand membership among the students in double the number of schools for
>1998 in anticipation of intensifying social conflicts to be raised by
>landless peasants under the Estrada administration.
>
>NNARA-Youth had its beginnings in 1995 to provide an accessible venue for
>students and teachers especializing in community work, for them to sustain
>links with rural villages in a manner that would make academics more deeply
>aware of the peasants' problems. By 1997, the increasing number of chapters
>pushed for its first assembly. 
>
>During its existence, NNARA-Youth developed into a movement of idealistic
>activists whose commitment to helping the poor took them to march alongside
>peasants during rallies and visit victims of agrarian injustices jailed or
>killed while fighting for their farmlands.
>
>The student council of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
>hosted the assembly at the school's Sta. Mesa campus. The other elected
>officers are: Ma. Elena Urbano, vice-chair; Ma. Clara Ibarra,
>secretary-general; Anna Espilimbergo, finance officer; and Phoebe Mendoza,
>education and publicity officer. # # #
>
>
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