I’m getting weirder emails by the minute.  Just received

this message from “Be Not Afraid” movement on a symposium on “HOW

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

WERE CHEATED IN THE  2004 ELECTIONS,” to be held

this Friday, August 5.  Details as follows:


  • Time: August

    5, 2005; 9:00-11:00am

  • Venue: BULWAGANG TANDANG SORA

    Institute of Social

    Work and Community Development (ISWCD)

    University of the Philippines

    Diliman, Quezon City

Check out http://www.888.ph for the movement’s website.  Judging from

the sidebar, I’m getting a sense of who’s sponsoring this stuff. 

But I reckon it’s an interesting discussion, so I’m posting it here.



Sponsor:


  • BE NOT AFRAID Movement

Co-Sponsors:


  • Public Administration

    291 Class (under Prof. Edna Co),

  • Public Administration

    231 Class and 239 Class (under Prof. Leonor Briones), and

  • College of Public Administration and Governance (CPAG),

  • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City




The National Symposium is intended to provide information

on how the people of the Philippines were cheated in the 2004 Elections and

take a consensus-for-action from an assembly of the leaders and representatives

of institutions, organizations and movements, NGO’s,  civil society,

academe, business, labor groups,  religous, studentry, diplomats and other

stake holders for the Filipino people.


At

the end of the Symposium, the audience will


  • Know and learn how the people of the Philippines

    were cheated in the 2004 elections;  how was it prepared, performed and

    detected; and

  • Express their thoughts on how to develop the appropriate

    courses of action.