HAPI Admin, Author at Humanist Alliance Philippines International

HAPI-Cagayan de Oro Leads Anti-Human Trafficking Talks in Bukidnon

On June 26, 2022, HAPI-Cagayan de Oro and Youth Volunteers for Peace and Development (YVPED) along with the Sangguniang Kabataan of Barangay Pualas conducted the second leg of their Anti-Human Trafficking Symposiums at Barangay Pualas, Baungon, Bukidnon. The workshop gathers local youth to discuss Anti-Trafficking in Person (ATIP) and Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OSAE), […]

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Over the Rainbow: Negros Occidental Pride!

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Over the Rainbow: Negros Occidental Pride! By Eldemar R. Sabete HAPI-Bacolod Member | HAPI Scholar After the rain, look for the rainbow Amidst a tumultuous past two years in Negros Occidental, HAPI-Bacolod’s partnership with local LGBT, feminist, and ally organizations has arrived to break the sadness and devastation brought by the pandemic, Typhoon Odette, and

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How I Overcame Sorrow in My Writing

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How I Overcame Sorrow in My Writing By Junelie Velonta HAPI Youth Ambassador | HAPI Scholar In the afternoon that I wrote this, I came across an interesting Facebook post circulated by my writer friends. Though I had no way to check its source, people say that it was from Mary Oliver’s “Blue Pastures.”

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Empathy = the Cure to Cancel Culture?

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Empathy = the Cure to Cancel Culture? By Edgar Louis de Gracia HAPI Scholar Cancel culture is a controversial internet phenomenon that has put down a lot of people, innocent or otherwise. In the beginning, the movement’s heart was in the right place, taking down predatory men in power like Harvey Weinstein. Then, it

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No Child Left Behind: An Act of Humanism

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No Child Left Behind: An Act of Humanism By Glemir P. Sordilla HAPI-Bacolod Member / HAPI Scholar “Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism” – Charles Francis Potter It was with great excitement that representatives from HAPI National headed to Bacolod for a Chapter Development Training that aimed to enhance HAPI-Bacolod’s resources

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HAPI Leaders Join the World’s Largest Humanist Conferences

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HAPI Leaders Join the World’s Largest Humanist Conferences By Mary Jane Valenzuela HAPI Chief Financial Officer Humanist Alliance Philippines, International (HAPI) was thrilled to join not one but two major humanist conferences this past June 2022. The first was with Humanist Society Scotland in its first-ever International Humanist Conference last June 4. A day before

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Poverty => Anti-intellectualism => Brain Drain

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Poverty => Anti-intellectualism => Brain Drain By Junelie Anthony Velonta HAPI Youth Ambassador | HAPI Scholar At this point, the term “anti-intellectualism” has lost its meaning. It has been used and reused in social media and all over the internet that, even if the usage is correct and the context appropriate, the word does not

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Why We Should Worry About Microplastics

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Why We Should Worry About Microplastics By Joshua O. Villalobos HAPI-Bacolod Member & HAPI Scholar Here is cause for concern: microplastics have been found in bodies of water, air, soil, the food we eat, and even in our bodies! Microplastics are extremely small pieces of plastics produced when plastic disintegrates or because of industrial

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Measuring Excellence

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Measuring Excellence By Donna T. Darantinao HAPI Scholar How do we measure excellence? Is it through the words we write? The things we say? Our school and work achievements? Or perhaps it is through the praises and good words people say about us. Who really knows? The thing about “measuring excellence”, though, is that it

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How the Philippines Achieved Its Freedom

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How the Philippines Achieved Its Freedom By Kryshia Gayle Solon HAPI Scholar As we celebrate the Independence Day of the Philippines once more, it’s vital to remind ourselves how we got our freedom to begin with (not to mention what it really means). Before the Spanish colonial period, the islands in our archipelago were

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