MEDIA ADVISORY
November 13, 2013

UP CMC commemorates Ampatuan massacre starting November 14

The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) commemorates the fourth year of the Ampatuan massacre and the third year of the International Day to End Impunity with a series of activities from November 14 to 23. These activities are part of the college’s Mass Media Awareness Month. The public is welcome to participate in all of them.

Nov. 14 (Thursday)
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism & UP Journalism Club
Angkan Inc. showing
3:00 p.m., CMC Auditorium

Nov. 15 (Friday)
Graduate Students’ Association, CMC-SC’s Mass Media Awareness Month & Stand UP CMC
Pangalay: Isang Gabi ng Pagtatanghal at Pag-alala
6:00-9:00 p.m., UPFI

Nov. 19 (Tuesday)
End Impunity Alliance
Maguindanao Massacre Commemoration Press Conference
11:30 a.m, CMC auditorium

UJP – UP, Stand UP CMC & CMC-SC’s Mass Media Awareness Month
Break Free Picket Protest and Maguindanao Massacre Commemoration Launch
11:30 a.m.
CMC lobby

Nov. 20 (Wednesday)
UJP – UP & Stand UP CMC
Break the Silence: A Roundtable Discussion on Impunity
1:00 p.m. Venue to be announced

Nov. 21 (Thursday)
CMC Student Council’s Mass Media Awareness Month
Mission: Lugaw (fund-raising activity for the children of slain journalists)
8:30 a.m.
CMC grounds

Nov. 22 (Friday)
UP Community
Maskom Vigil and March around UPD Academic Oval
11:30 a.m.
CMC auditorium – UP Academic Oval

National Union of Journalists of the Philippines
Human Chain Protest
4:00 p.m.
Raja Sulayman (U.S. embassy – CCP theatre)

Nov. 23 (Saturday)
End Impunity Alliance
End Impunity March to Mendiola
2:00 p.m.
(meetup 11:30 a.m. at CMC parking lot)

For those with social media accounts, please use the hashtags #BreakFree and #EndImpunityinPH.

Media coverage is requested. Interviews and photo opportunities are available.