8th Mindanao Summer Youth Peace Camp

 

ALYANSA NG KABATAANG MINDANAO PARA SA KAPAYAPAAN (AKMK)

 8^th Mindanao Summer Youth Peace Camp

Advancing an Inclusive and Peaceful Mindanao: 

Our Generation’s Responsibility

June 20-23, 2014

 Revisiting the History:

Looking back from the time the Alyansa ng Kabataang Mindanao para sa Kapayapaan (AKMK) was formally organized, the major pressing concern that echoed around the corners of Mindanao is the ongoing unrest and sporadic occurrence of armed confrontation between the government forces and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) that lead to the declaration of an All Out War. The collateral damages were so great that it further fueled the anti peoples sentiments among the inhabitants of Mindanao and its contiguous Islands without taking into account the other issues such as the continuous ecological destruction, development aggression, landlessness, and ill delivered social services that put in peril the situation of the marginalized majority of the Tri-People; the Bangsamoro, the Katawhang Lumad and the Mindanao Migrants.

The unanimous cry amongst the young sector of Mindanao was anchored primarily on the recognition of the very rights of the peoples’ taking into account the recognition to the Bangsamoro Struggle for their Right to Self Determination as inclusive to the struggles as well as to the other peoples’ Right to Self Determination.

History has unfolded, and finally the Bangsamoro are about to gain the sought after recognition of their decade old struggle that took its precedents from the century-old historical injustices that colored the historical consciousness of the people and subsequently reflected on the different programs and policies advanced by the National Government.

The Critical Support

The Alyansa ng Kabataang Mindanao para sa Kapayapaan has consistently stressed on the inclusivity in all aspects concerning the pursuit of long lasting justpeace in Mindanao, inclusivity in the sense that no other peoples’ right will be undermined in whatever initiative that would only cater the few. The alliance believes that only genuine grassroots involvement could realize and operationalize the sense of ownership in all processes.

Further, the Alliance believes in a sound balance that relates peoples’ action towards the harmony of all creations including the recognition to preserve and protect the environment for the future usage of the coming generation; that our environment is not for sale, and not for political bargaining.

The Peaceful Battle Cry

The upcoming 8^th Mindanao Summer Youth Peace Camp is anchored on revisiting the essence of what has long been campaigned by the Alliance for inclusive peace. The development of the peace process between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (GPH-MILF) opened up the opportunity for the Bangsamoro for self-governance. However, the onset of this pursuit left the tribes of Teduray Lambangian, Dulangan Manobo, Arumanen ne Menuvu, and T’Boli Indigenous Tribes question the future of their self governance as well, as they were subjected to be directly under the Bangsamoro Government. It is in this condition, that the entire membership of the alliance felt the need to address the valid struggle of the Indigenous peoples’ for recognition as well. The alliance believes that the deed of emancipating one people is all the more noble if it is inclusive in its purest sense. 

It is now or never. The young peoples of Mindanao want to make it a trend, as a popularized method of advancing the interest of all the tri-people of Mindanao. Let it be known that the Alyansa ng Kabataang Mindanao is for #InclusivePeace: Tara, Sama Ka.