The following are the activities lined-up for the MARTIAL LAW EDUCATION for the month of September:
September 14
- Symposium and Reflection Session on Martial Law, its historical and political perspectives (all Lasallian Partners).
- Target Resource Persons: Dr. July Teehankee (DLSU Political Science c/o Ms. Vangie) and Prof. Xiao Chua (DLSU History) c/o Ms. Ley Castillo
September 19
- Symposium and Reflection Session on Martial Law (for 4th year and Grade 11 students and with class integration)
September 20
- Symposium and Reflection Session on Martial Law from 4:00PM- 6:00 PM (for all night high school and Tech Voc students, and parents) to be culminated with a Human Exhibit performance c/o Tanghalang Lasalyano
- Target Resource Person: Ms Susan Quimpo, Martial Law Victim, Affiliate, Martial law Chronicles
- Susan F. Quimpo is the co-editor and co-author of the book, Subversive Lives: A Family Memoir of the Marcos Years (published by Anvil Press, April 2012). Subversive Lives won the Filipino Readers’ Choice Awards for Essay Anthology in 2013, was short-listed for the National Book Award (2013), and a nominee for the Manila Critic’s Circle’s Coyiuto Prize for Biography (2014).
- Subversive Lives is the true story of the Quimpo family, a middle class family that migrates from a provincial city to Manila in the hope of better education and lives for the children. Of ten siblings, seven are drawn into the anti-dictatorship movement prior to and during the turbulent years of martial law. Eventually the Quimpos find themselves pursued by the Marcos police and military. Five are arrested, heavily tortured and incarcerated without charges filed against them. A brother, who leaves for school to file for graduation, mysteriously disappears. Another brother is found dead in a rice paddy with seven bullet wounds.
- Susan holds graduate degrees in Journalism and Southeast Asian Studies from Ohio University; completed the Writing Program at Columbia University, and holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Susan is also an art therapist with a post graduate diploma in Anthroposophic ( An-thro-po-so-phic) Arts for Health Training given by Hibernia College, UK. As an Art Therapist, she has designed and facilitated several workshops for trauma victims of Typhoon Haiyan, victims of human rights violations, and political prisoners. She continues to see clients who have cancer, Parkinson’s disease, bi-polarism, depression, and people who are experiencing difficulty with life transitions.
September 21
- BRAFENHS Symbolical Candle Lighting at 6:00PM to commemorate Martial Law. Other Day School Student Clubs and Organizations shall be invited.
September 19-23
- Week-long mounting of freedom wall where students and other members of the community can write/express their thoughts about Martial Law and Marcos Burial in LNMB
September 19-23
- Week-long experiential and guided tour Martial Law Exhibit (for lower levels in HS, Night High School and TechVoc Students, and other levels in Grade Schools)
- Exhibit Providers: Center for Youth Advocacy and Networking c/o Ms Ivy Tolentino Task Force Detainees of the Philippines.
For GS Department: It will on the 3rd Trimester where Grade 6 Level shall discuss Martial Law as part of the Contemporary History of Social Studies 6.