BukSU Center for Peace Studies joins CHED-MSU-IIT workshop, now part of Peace Educators Council in Northern Mindanao

Ten members of the BukSU faculty of Sociology Department and myself representing the new BukSU Center for Peace Studies have attended a two-day CHED-organized capacity building workshop for Peace Educators in Northern Mindanao.

Resource persons came from the Institute for Peace and Development in Mindanao of MSU-IIT. The workshop was organized under the umbrella of the Southeast Asian University Partnership for Peace Building and Conflict Transformation (SAUP). Thanks to BukSU administration for this opportunity.

I am honored to have received inputs and linked with an Outstanding Mindanawon and Award winning peace researcher Dr. Mark Anthony Torres of the MSU-IIT Institute for Peace and Development in Mindanao as part of my mission here in the CHED-organized Capacity Building Workshop for Peace Educators.

I was tasked to touch base for BukSU’s newly created Center for Peace Studies.

I did not also expect the trust and confidence of fellow educators and administrators to be elected as PIO of the Peace Educators Council of Northern Mindanao, thanks to the support of our BukSU and other members of the delegation from Bukidnon.

Kudos to CHED-10 and MSU-IIT for holding the workshop and organizing the council.

Let’s take advantage of the renewed energy for peace education. Indeed, teachers have a potent force to help keep peace in Mindanao.

Image: Sample of an actors’ map, as an output during the conflict mapping exercise as part of the workshop.