HWPL urges collective action for peace at 4th National Peace Convention
“What can I do, beginning today, to become a living legacy of peace?” This was the call of John Rommel Garces, Chief Branch Manager of Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) Philippines, during his welcome address at the 4th National Peace Convention at the University of the East Theatre in Manila, urging participants to move beyond discussing peace and take an active role in building it. Around 1,000 representatives from government, education, religious organizations, youth and women’s groups, the media, civil society, and other sectors gathered under the theme “Be a Living Legacy of Peace.” Organized by HWPL Philippines in partnership with the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF)-NCR, Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA), DepEd Schools Division Offices of Cavite Province, Laguna, Southern Leyte and Navotas City, and the BARMM Parliament’s Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS), the convention highlighted peacebuildi...