Writing from The Heart: "Writing from The Heart" in Talipanan Mangyan School, Oriental Mindoro (November 4

Writing from The Heart

"Writing from The Heart" is a workshop on creative writing, creative drawing, and creative drama. There are three available versions of this workshop: one for beginners on the secondary, tertiary, and graduate levels, and another for practitioners. A third version of this workshop is designed as an outreach program to disadvantaged and underserved audiences such as the disabled, the poor and the marginalized, victims of human trafficking, battered women and abused children, drug rehabilitation center residents, child combatants, children in conflict with the law, prisoners, and gang leaders. This third version incorporates creativity and problem awareness, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, trauma therapy, and peacemaking.

Saturday, November 8, 2014

"Writing from The Heart" in Talipanan Mangyan School, Oriental Mindoro (November 4 - 8, 2014)

This workshop was a partnership between the Ayala Foundation Inc., Filipinas Heritage Library, and the Embassy of the U.S.A. in Manila. I had 22 Mangyan children, three faculty members, and three observers in this workshop. Many years ago, when I was twelve, my father brought our family to a mountaintop in San Jose, Oriental Mindoro, where my father operated a cattle ranch. That was my first contact ever with the Mangyan, a nomadic tribe. It was a nice to see that Bea Zobel had worked so hard, over the years, to put together a showcase Mangyan settlement.

We stayed in Barangay Aninuan, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro. The workshop was held in Sitio Talipanan.