Nicanor Perlas Campaign Caravan Comes to Cebu

Nick Was Here! On April 7 he reached out and touched the hearts of many Cebuanos from Carcar to San Fernando to Mandaue to all the hot spots in Cebu City.

The beauty of it is? That the people he and we met along the way reached out and touched us right back with their excitement and sheer delight to have him among them. They were incredulous at seeing him walk among them, stopping to chat and listen, pose for photos with them, share their "butong" and "pan" with them. Through them, they could see with their hearts and what they saw in Nick was authentic and new and hopeful.

Watch this video to see portions of this magical, sun-drenched, heartwarming, spirit-lifting day! and listen to the campaign jingle that our own Cebuano artists and youth brought together from their own hearts. For only from our hearts, will the Truth be freed -- and set us free!



Spread this good news around. You can also find this on our Perlas Cebu YouTube. <<-- Click this to go to YouTube and spread the word about the true love between Nick and the Filipino people!

Watching Our Intrepid Young Campaigner for Nick!

From Nurse Carlie's blogsite Viva La Vida Gabe, comes this blog post in between her speaking engagements and TV, radio and newspaper interviews. You gotta hand it to her, she's got spunk!

VOTE FOR NICANOR PERLAS FOR PRESIDENT!!!

ETA: OMG Mr Perlas tweeted about me! I'm happier than when I learned I passed the exam ::faints::

I'm a pretty low-key person (I really would have preferred to pass and finally get my license without all the fanfare), but I thought, "Hey, why not use all this once-in-a-lifetime attention to promote a cause greater and way more important than me?" So Rex (love of Pam's life), thank you very much for mentioning Nicanor Perlas, who needs all the press he can get. Your mentions made the entire media circus worth it ;)

An aside: I also brought up Mr Perlas at the end of a live radio interview with Bombo Radyo Cagayan de Oro, after which they promptly hung up on me without saying goodbye :((((( Another interview with a local paper:

Reporter: Naa ka mensahe nga ikadungag 'day?

Me: Sir pwede i-mention nga supporter ko ni Nicanor Perlas?

Reporter: ..............................

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The Kosmos Supports Nick Perlas for President

Kosmos Founder & Editor Nancy Roof wrote:

How wonderful to know we are all on the same page when it comes to supporting Nicanor – one of the first new consciousness people to have the courage to run for office. We are all rooting for him...what a coup this would be.

Warm wishes to all!

"Kosmos Journal: the journal for world citizens creating the new civilization" published a thought-provoking feature article on the emergence of values-driven leadership. Who else should they call on but Nick Perlas?

The piece is called, Nicanor Perlas, Presidential Candidate, Philippines: An Interview with Nicanor Perlas by Nancy Roof published in their Fall/Winter 2009 issue. (Click on title to read.)






Read it! And let us know of the insights, questions, dreams that got evoked. Take the conversation forward, into your own circles, homes, gatherings...we are here to listen and join with you.

A Balikbayan's Letter to Her International Community

Dear Friends mostly outside Philippine Soil,

As many of you already know, the rest of my life when not focused on my mother’s final stages of her life’s journey, has been a rather surprising engagement with another campaign for presidency...this time in Philippines. (On the periphery of the international scene, but oh, what a space & true potential we hold!).

Go to www.nicanorperlas.com to understand the man we are behind. And to www.apeopleforperlas.ning.com, the community gathering internationally to support his candidacy. And a new twitter that Brad, I and few others just started and will be gaining momentum soon: twitter.com/perlascebu. We are taking on an area of the Philippines that includes my hometown of Cebu — about 2.5 million voters — and are being invited to take on the larger Visayas Region of some 10 million voters. (I know, I know, mindboggling and insane on one hand, but totally natural and fulfilling on another. Go figure. Actually, don’t! ;-D)

Anyway, picking up on the international thread, I wanted to alert you to this growing body of international volunteers who have started websites, blogs, and more recently Skype calls — from France, Germany, Canada, India, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, US, Belgium & other places I don’t even know about — to engage in strategic thinking to support Nicanor Perlas’ campaign for presidency. If you check out their developing campaign strategy, you will see high involvement among Anthroposophists and Waldorf School leaders. So you know the heart and the principles that this movement for new politics and a new Philippines shares with each of you.

I understand that there is in particular a 3-week period starting now in which international donations are allowed. After that, we’re on our own. The dollar goes a long long way in the Philippines. Things I am asking you to consider doing?

• Read the above sites & blogs, especially Nick's, and his growing community of ALL VOLUNTEERS.
• Go tell your buddies in education and social transformation (the kind we all aspire and are dedicated to) that there is a man running for president who has the mind and heart of an educator you would love to start an educational revolution with, a love and passion for the environment, a dedication to right governance, the vision for a new civil society (see his three-folding writings) and now a dear friend.
• Join A People for Perlas and/or be in touch with Seth Jordan who heads the group (I’ve copied him here) and listen for what you might be able to give to support this huge and beautiful endeavor.
• Contact your own Filipino friends — in the North & South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, etc., even back here in the Philippines -- and share this.
  

THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL — YOUR -- VOICE: Early in the filing of candidacy, the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) denied Nick Perlas his candidacy because he had no money, no political machinery, had not run for political office (his real track record for what he has done instead with his life is in his website) and not a descendant of a political clan. An immediate response worldwide rippled through the cyberspace and in two weeks some 2,000 petition signatures from 44 countries were signed, and letters to COMELEC by the Green Party in Australia and France and other Green Parties arrived. The international presence and voice is well heard and paid attention to here in the Philippines. COMELEC rescinded their initial decision and put Nick Perlas as an official candidate for President of the Philippines in the Election on May 10, 2010.

Thank you beloved community for all you are and continue to be for me, for the work and for our beautiful planet.

All Love, Always, and In All Ways,
Your Tressa