JOIN THE PEOPLE POWER PROJECT!
Mail in your postcard accounts, send in your photos of this turning point in Philippine history!
On February 22 to 25, 1986, Filipinos yearning for change banded together and gave rise to the phenomenon that came to be known as People Power. Throughout those four days, the world saw a most unusual “revolution” unfold in the Philippines as ordinary citizens—in a reversal of roles—gathered to protect the breakaway leaders and soldiers upon a cardinal’s urgent call.
The images were indelible—of massive crowds surrounding the military camps on EDSA; of women and young girls handing flowers and food to armed men in uniform in a gesture of reconciliation; of nuns reciting the rosary in front of tanks; of a widow in yellow being sworn in as the highest official of the land; and finally, of a dictator who had ruled for two decades fleeing in the dead of night.
In 2011, the nation is poised to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the People Power Revolution. To revisit that most powerful moment in our nation’s recent history when freedom and democracy were restored, the website Goodnewspilipinas.com and Project Art are launching The People Power Project. This year-long undertaking will culminate in an exhibition showcasing personal accounts that serve as testaments to the miracle that was—and is—People Power and to what a united citizenry can achieve.
The People Power Project aims to rekindle that sense of hope and pride so alive in 1986, and so needed in these times of bleakness and skepticism.
How you can join
Postcard accounts. Anyone—Filipinos and foreigners alike, here or anywhere in the world—with a People Power story to share may join The People Power Project. Beginning February 25, 2010, www.goodnewspilipinas.com makes available a specially-designed postcard that people can download and print on thick paper or board where they can write their story. These postcard accounts should then be mailed to the address already provided.
A selection of these anecdotes will be collected and exhibited on the 25th anniversary of the event also known as the EDSA Revolution. Apart from the exhibition, a book project and an international tour will be considered.
Throughout the year, responses received by organizers of The People Power Project will also be scanned and posted on www.goodnewspilipinas.com.
Photographs. Interested participants are also encouraged to e-mail their own People Power photographs, along with details as to where and when these were taken. Chosen pictures will also be exhibited along with the postcards. Photos can be sent to projectartmanila@yahoo.com.