The People I Met and Worked With

This summer, I went to different places and met many faces.

FIRST ROW (from left to right) Negros Press Club President Julius Mariveles, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Vice Chairman Nonoy Espina, Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo, Gabriela Representative Liza Maza, Pinoy Weekly Editor-In-Chief Ilang Ilang Quijano,

SECOND ROW (from left to right) PIOM Team Marawi: Carol Crabtree (Canada), Roger Scott Powers (Presbyterian Church Pastor, USA), Sister Francis Burgos (Philippines), Joyce Ann Mercer (Theology Professor/Author, USA), Gill Boehringer (Lawyer/Author, Australia), Christine Williams (Canada), Taro Aihara (Japan), Jacques Morial (Louisiana Justice Institute, USA), Omega Bula (Executive Minister/Ecumenical Officer Justice Global and Ecumenical Relations, Canada), and Kyle Hamilton (Ontario Human Rights Commission, Canada), Lanao del Sur’s Healing Democracy Spokesperson Adelaida Ditucalan, Raymund Villanueva of Kodao Productions, Suara Bangsamoro President Amirah Ali Lidasan, Moro and Christian People’s Alliance Secretary General Dayling Java

These are some of the faces I had the chance to meet and work with.

People whose credentials, experiences, and stories never fail to amaze me.

I am just glad to have been part of their summer at least.