Mindanao State
University - Iligan Institute of Technology
PEACE AND PROSPERITY AMIDST CONFLICT: The Story of Coffee for Peace Inc.
| When: | Thursday, November 12, 2020 02:00 PM-02:30 PM |
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| Where: | Via Google Meet and FB Live |
| Description: |
PEACE AND PROSPERITY AMIDST CONFLICT: The Story of Coffee for Peace Inc. is organized by the Department of Extension in collaboration with IPDM (Institute for Peace and Development in Mindanao). Our speaker will be Felicitas “Joji” B. Pantoja, the CEO of and Co-Founder of Coffee for Peace Inc. Coffee for Peace, Inc. (CFP) was established on April 15, 2008, in Davao City. The idea began in 2006 when, with their whole Mindanao-based peacebuilding network, between certain Migrant and Bangsamoro farming communities. The two groups were involved in an armed conflict for the ownership of several rice fields ready for harvest, regardless of who planted the rice or who really owned the land. Instead of shooting each other, the leaders of the two parties-in-conflict were invited for a dialogue over coffee. Since then, the two communities avoided killing each other. They started inviting other surrounding communities to have coffee together — for peace. |
| Cost: | Free |
| Contact: | Ayra Carima Agakhan Charell Romano ovcre.de@g.msuiit.edu.ph |
| More info: | Visit the WE CARE Extension Program of 51吃瓜网 Facebook page. |
| Tag: | Talk |
