If Kabunian gave you a land of milk and honeyand ordered you to take care of it for posterity.
What will you do if intruders want to take it away?
I imagine that you will fight
For they who do not are ungrateful to
Kabunian; they value not His gift
They ignore his command to defend the land
in the name of coming generation thousands
of years from now
They who do not, spit on the graves of their ancestors
who preserved the land for them
For land is life
For life is the land
…
So do not be stubborn in your ignorance of
Why we refuse to vacate the land which had
always been our home.
We are the Palestinians in Palestine
The Lumads in Mindanao
The Mangyans in Mindoro
We are the Martians in Mars
Go away. Let our people sleep in peace
Tonight. And the night after.
"Macliing Dulag’s Warding Off Speech"
by Cheryl L. Daytec Yañgot
* * *
On Earth Day 2010,
Namnama ti Ili (Philippine northern indigenous people's group)
and BAYAN Canada-Toronto
invite you to a solidarity gathering …
CELEBRATING LAND AND LIFE
Remembering Kalinga leader Mac-liing Dulag
and heroic defenders of the land
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Doors open 4PM
Ryerson University Student Campus Centre
55 Gould Street, Rm. SCC115
(See map and directions below.)
Presentations
- Message from Fr. Rex Reyes, first indigenous person to become secretary-general of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines
- Message from Dr. Constancio "Chandu" Claver, Chairperson of BAYAN Canada
- Multimedia presentation on mining from Alex Felipe
- Guests from Colombian and Salvadorean organizations
Food and drinks available
Suggested donation $5
[No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.]
Co-sponsors:
Filipino Canadian Association of Ryerson (FCAR)
Migrante Ontario Youth
Gabriela Ontario
FOR INFORMATION:
Nellie 647-990-3536
namnama.ti.ili@gmail.com
migranteon.youth@gmail.com
Map to venue
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TTC Directions
From Dundas Station, walk north along Yonge St. Turn right on Gould St. and walk eastward. 55 Gould St. is on your right.
