Staff Reflections

Sustaining our culture and nurturing faith in daily life: A story of gratitude, hope, and a call for the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples

Alma Lumista Alma Lumista of the Pulangiyēn Indigenous Community in Mindanao, Philippines, highlights the spiritual relationship of the Pulangiyēn with Creation, and how their culture teaches them to value all forms of life. Alma also shares her story of how…
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Building back better in Bendum: A dream-to-reality journey towards a resilient home and a good life

Mercy Pakiwag Mercy Pakiwag, a Pulangiyēn, shares her story of building a house and a home for her family and the challenges she faced in the process. This effort in building back better houses in Bendum emerged from an earlier…
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APC teacher Maura Lipanda finds hope for the Philippine uplands through culture-based education

I am Maura Deloso Lipanda, a Pulangiyēn community teacher of the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC) in Sitio Bendum, Northern Mindanao, Philippines, a Jesuit-supported Indigenous school. I am a Pulangiyēn Indigenous Community member and live along the Pulangi River headwaters…
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A reflection on the pandemic experience of an indigenous culture

Jenny Lynn Lee APC shared this presentation during the online roundtable discussion on Covid-19 and Interconnecting Concerns in the Philippines on 29 July 2022, organized by the Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC) in partnership with the Ateneo School of…
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Join us in achieving the APC vision!

The Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center envisions indigenous communities who are empowered to learn and live as Indigenous Peoples, exercising self-determination over the management of their ancestral domain, and asserting their cultural integrity in society.   Join us in achieving…
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