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Mindanao People’s Peace Movement (MPPM) is a tri-people, grassroots, multi-sectoral, peace alliance/coalition that:  Commits to work for just peace and sustainable development through various initiatives using peaceful means in Mindanao, Sulu, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi and Palawan (MinSuBaTaPa)”.- Builds trust and confidence between and among the tri-people;
- Works to attain the right to self-determination of the tri-people; and
Mobilizes the broadest number of people from the grassroots and all sectors to participate in peacebuilding processes.
Born on June 2000 at the height of the former President Joseph E. Estrada’s All-Out-War Policy in Mindanao, the movement started as a forum to discuss alternatives to the cycle of war and violence in Mindanao. Thus, during its first summit, it came out with a peoples’ proposal foremost of which was declaring war as NOT the solution to the Mindanao conflict. Through the years, it continued to be a venue for the grassroots tri-people to come together, to openly discuss, debate the issues and concerns confronting them and collectively seeking for alternatives to these concerns. It has also fostered understanding and respect for each people’s distinct culture, traditions and beliefs. More importantly, it created a strong solidarity for the aspirations and struggles to uphold the right to self-determination of each people.
MPPM is a story of the collective struggle of the tri-peoples in Mindanao in their continued quest for peace through peaceful means. Guided on the belief that through the active participation of the grassroots tri-people in determining its future, genuine peace and sustainable development can and will be attained and be inherited by the next and future generations. Journey with us in our quest of building a peaceful Mindanao; let us make this possible. Get to know us better... NEWS and UPDATES! IN FOCUS: THE 5TH MINDANAO PEOPLES' PEACE SUMMIT Mindanao's Tri-peoples insist on peace and development Some 400 representatives of the Tri-Peoples and nongovernment organizations based in Mainland Mindanao, Sulu, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi and Palawan affirmed their call for the conduct of a United Nations-supervised/managed/facilitated referendum on four political options: free association, autonomy, federalism and independence. Read more... Groups push for referendum to win peace MARAWI CITY (MindaNews/16 Dec) -- Some groups that initiated a five-day peace summit here that ended today are reiterating their stand for referendum to attain peace in Mindanao. Read more... Tri-Peoples' Summit Calls for referendum in Mindanao In a peace summit, some 400 representatives of people’s and nongovernment organizations affirmed their call for the conduct of a United Nations-supervised/managed/facilitated referendum on four political options: free association, autonomy, federalism, and independence. Read more... Read The Marawi Declaration 2008... 5th Mindanao Peoples' Peace Summit Opens Some 400 representatives of various people’s and nongovernment organizations, including the church sector, formally opened yesterday, December 12 the 5th Mindanao Peoples’ Peace Summit (5MPPS) at the Mindanao State University in Marawi City . The 5th MPPS will be conducted until December 16. Read more... For more information about the 5th Mindanao Peoples' Peace Summit, please check out the links below: THE VENUE: MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS THE HOST: INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN MINDANAO SEEK FOR TRUTH, FIGHT FOR JUSTICE! FACT-FINDING MISSION: UNRAVELING STORIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LANAO DEL NORTE, LANAO DEL SUR AND LANAO DEL NORTE In times of war, human rights had always been gravely violated and as considered petty side-by-side the objectives of warfare: to render the enemy incapable and to eventually bring about "peace and order" in the conlict zones. Nothing had been said and done to seek justice for those whose rights to live peacefully in their communities had been set aside and been trampled upon due to the "greater need" of securing the public populace from the terrors of rebellion. This merely implies that civilians had remained as collateral damages of the war and their lives and human dignity can be neglected or sacrificed when the situation permits it. In response to this human rights crisis, the Mindanao Peoples' Peace Movement (MPPM), Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Karapatang Pantao (AMKP) or Peoples' Alliance for Human Rights (PAHR) and Task Force Civilian Protection (TFCP) conducted a fact-finding mission with main purpose of unraveling stories of human rights violations (HRVs) in Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, North Cotabato and Maguindanao on October 12-18, 2008. Read more... Fact Finding Mission's Concept and Participating Groups Article on the Fact Finding Mission Aksyon at Lakas ng Sambayanan para sa Katarungan, Karapatang Pantao at Kapayapaan! AKLAS 3K! AKLAS 3K Dominating Airwaves across Mindanao The AKLAS 3K campaign for Justice, Human Rights and Peace had conquered the airwaves for four consecutive Saturdays of the month of October as discussions on the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain, the Lumad’s right to self-determination and the results of the fact-finding mission in Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, North Cotabato and Maguindanao was heard across Mindanao from DXMS Radio Station in Cotabato City. Read more...  PASINDOL 2008- In the spirit of camaraderie, the Mindanao Peoples' Peace Movement with its member organizations forming the AKLAS 3K Campaign, the Mindanao Tri-People Women Resource Center, (MTWRC) Tri-People Organization against Disaster (TRIPOD), Alyansa ng Kabataang Mindanao para sa Kapayapaan (AKMK), Young Advocates for Peace and Solidarity (YAPS), Umpongan nu mga Babai sa Bagua 2 (UBB2), OFW Organization of RS Buan, Kaagapay OFW Resource Center , Teduray-Lambangian Youth Students Association (TLYSA) and Lumad Development Center Inc. (LDCI) launched the Pasindol 2008 Program through sharing sindol or the Maguindanaon term for sweet rice porridge to Muslims brothers and sisters in three mosques in Cotabato City- Masjid Rachmania in Bagua 2, Masjid Al Asnar in Campo Muslim and a particular mosque in SKC.  PABUKA 2008- At the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the Mindanao Peoples' Peace Movement , Mindanao Tri-People Women Resource Center, (MTWRC) Tri-People Organization against Disaster (TRIPOD), Alyansa ng Kabataang Mindanao para sa Kapayapaan (AKMK), Young Advocates for Peace and Solidarity (YAPS), Umpongan nu mga Babai sa Bagua 2 (UBB2), OFW Organization of RS Buan, Kaagapay OFW Resource Center , Teduray-Lambangian Youth Students Association (TLYSA) and Lumad Development Center Inc. (LDCI)celebrated Eid'l Fitr with its Muslim borthers and sisters in Cotabato City by giving food after the seven o'clock morning prayer.
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Messages of Solidarity The Institute for Democracy and Human Rights IDHR in Pakistan and National Human Rights Commission, Nepal sent their messages of solidarity on MPPM's peace advocacy.
Read more... An Appeal for Sobriety in the Face of the GRP-MILF Peace Talks Tomorrow, August 5 2008 will be the final signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain between the GRP and MILF after a long period of impasse on the peace negotiations... Read more... 
MUST READ ARTICLES!!! ARTICLES!!! ARTICLES!!! Maximum Understanding, Sobriety & Tolerance (MUST): Our Call The MOA-AD: A genuine effort for Peace in Mindanao, or a ploy for GMA’s survival? Referendum: A Political Option for Mindanao This paper written by Prof. Abhoud M. Lingga, Executive Director of Institute for Bangsamoro Studies and Chairperson of Bangsamoro Peoples' Consultative Assembly, explores the democratic track to find an alternative to war to address that deep-seated sentiment for freedom and independence.
Some Reflections on the National Situation This article written by Ma. Gittel J. Saquilabon, the Executive Director of Sumpay Mindanao, Inc., provides a wide view of the situation of the Philippines vis-a-vis the factors that affect its political, economic and socio-cultural aspects as a developing country of today.
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