Solidarity Day with the Palestinian People

To commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on November 29th in Marawi City, various activities and events were organized. There was peaceful demonstrations happened in the Most Affected Area (MAA) otherwise known as ground zero of Marawi City to raise awareness about the ongoing issues.

In the afternoon, with Idefend and student leaders of History department held peace dialogue in IPDM Convergence Hall, MSU Marawi City. They invited Drieza Lininding for short message. In this dialogue, Palestinian struggles were discussed, and students expressed their solidarity. There was also insightful discourse on the statement made by the Office of the President. The statement was significant of expression of support for Palestine’s collective aspirations for enduring peace and harmony.

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The institute for peace and development in Mindanao (IPDM) was created by the MSU Board of Regents during its 182nd Meeting on December 7, 2001. The institute assumed the functions of two defunct units: the Muslim Christian Center for Peace Studies and the Muslim Mindanao Development Institute. It is now the central coordinating unit for all existing peace and development programs of the campuses of the University. MSU was established on September 1, 1961 as one of the government responses to the so-called “Mindanao problem.” The problem includes a violent struggle of segments of the Filipino Muslim population to redress long-standing grievances and assert Muslim selfhood and identity in the face of real and imagined threats of cultural and spiritual assimilation by the majority Filipino Christian population. The University was mandated to accelerate the “integration” of the cultural communities in Mindanao into the mainstream body politic and to accelerate the development of its service areas through instruction, research, and extension. In the pursuit of these objectives, the University also seeks to infuse spiritual and moral values, national consciousness and solidarity, and mutual understanding among Filipinos, which are necessary for peaceful coexistence and sustainable development. IPDM was therefore, created with the expectation that it would contribute to the easing of tensions and the promotion of justice and peace between Filipino Muslims and Christian by expanding knowledge, improving understanding and heightening sensitivity in relations between the peoples of Mindanao in particular, and the Philippines in general.

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