“We in UP hold Bai and all Lumad leaders in very high esteem – for her incredible strength and leadership, for standing for her advocacy and for defending her tribe. She’s very strong and vocal. There is no way we could silence Bai.”
“For many of us, this is our only source of income. We hope that the UP administration can find a way to address the situation before Christmas.”
Remote learning cannot continue in the wake of the global pandemic and the strong typhoons, not to mention the incompetence and indifference of the Duterte administration.
Bagama’t pareho silang binigyan ng oras para magbigay ng presentasyon, isa lang po sa kanila ang may malinaw na haraya (vision) at may malalim na pag-intindi sa pangangailangan ng mga estudyante, guro, kawani, residente, alumni at iba pang sektor ng kampus.
The University of the Philippines-Diliman serves as the base camp for some 3,000 national minorities up to Sept. 22.
“What’s at stake here is the Lumad schools, the heritage, the yutang kabilin (ancestral land). The Lumad must survive.” — UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan