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MPI signs MoU with Solomon Islands' Ministry of National Unity Reconciliation and Peace (MNURP)

Catherine Joy Catulong 27 June 2016

On May 20, 2016, during the closing ceremony of the first week of MPI's 2016 Annual Peacebuilding Training, MPI Director Christine Vertucci and Peter Mae, Undersecretary of the Solomon Islands' Ministry of National Unity Reconciliation and Peace (MNURP), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU "states the intention of cooperation for collaboration on mutually beneficial learning and development opportunities in areas of peacebuilding."

The following press release was authored and made available by Peter Mae:

On 20 May 2016 at the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation (MPI), in Davao City, Philippines the Ministry of National Unity Reconciliation and Peace (MNURP) has secured a long term learning and development empowerment initiative and understanding through a Memorandum of Understanding with the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation. Given the unstoppable occurrences of local and national disputes and the probable flow-on effects from regional and international factors that can have the likelihood to inflate and escalate our local and national disputes into aggravating conflicts, MNURP has taken the learning and development approach to advance peacebuilding in this regard.

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Pictures from MPI 2016

Catherine Joy Catulong 27 June 2016

Kaliwat Dancer on Bamboo Pole

Photographs from MPI's 2016 Annual Peacebuilding Training are available on our website. Check them out here.

You will find photos from all the courses and major events, such as opening and closing rituals and cultural night. You can also find the class pictures for each class as full scale photos.

To download a photo, just click on any picture, and it will open up in a popup box. You will see a "DOWNLOAD" button in the bottom, left-hand corner in line with the Facebook like and Tweet buttons. Just click on the button to download the full photo. Photos downloaded this way do not have the MPI watermark.

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The MPI Public Forum that is like the world

Catherine Joy Catulong 27 June 2016

Mags Z. Maglana was the moderator for and synthesized the Public Forum held during MPI's 2016 Annual Peacebuilding Training. The theme for the 2016 forum was “Overcoming Challenges: Making Just, Peaceful and Inclusive Societies a Reality.”

In an article in Sun Star Davao titled "The MPI Public Forum that is like the world," Mags comprehensively sythesized the forum, just as she did so during the forum itself. Even if you were able to attend the forum, it is worth reading Mags' article. You can access at Sus Star Davao here:

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/opinion/2016/06/24/maglana-mpi-public-forum-world-481497.

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MPI Facilitator a 2015 Tanenbaum Peacemaker in Action Awardee

Catherine Joy Catulong 29 September 2015

MPI is proud to share that MPI facilitator Maria Ida “Deng” Giguiento is a 2015 Tanenbaum Peacemaker in Action awardee.

As quoted in her the announcement of her being one of the awardees, her co-facilitator at MPI in 2015, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, stated, “Deng has exceptional power and strength that has sustained her work for over 20 years. Her capacity to connect with people from different races, ethnicities and religions is amazing.”

Deng had been an MPI facilitator since the very beginning of the training in 2000, never missing a single training. In 2015 she co-facilitated Fundamentals of Peacebuilding and Interreligious Dialogue and Peacebuilding: Frameworks and Applications Read more about Deng and her work on the Tanenbaum website here. You can also read a brief bio of Deng on our own website here.

Congratulations to Deng from all of us at MPI!

Tanenbaum is a secular, non-sectarian nonprofit that promotes mutual respect with practical programs that bridge religious difference and combat prejudice in schools, workplaces, health care settings and areas of armed conflict.