It's crazy to think that just a little bit more than a month ago, that we had the opportunity to visit the Philippines and explore the various ways that human rights were being violated by the government at large and how the land of my ancestors was continually plundered and subverted.
Though the situation is dire, the people continue to fight and resist against the forces that seek to oppress them. The call for peace and justice rings out from the mountains of Mindanao, to Jinamoc Island, to the prisons of Camp Bagong Diwa. People of all backgrounds and ages continue to struggle in order to find this justice and to organize together in order to achieve this.
I think back to days of teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School and how children are taught to let "the light of Jesus" shine in their lives. Now it is our task as the delegates of the PSV to let Jesus' vision of justice and peace for all people to shine, in solidarity with the people of the Philippines.
From California, to Palestine, to Ferguson, to the Philippines. "We know we can, show solidarity."
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