10 October 2014
Dear KOMPRe Founding Members,
Walang iwanan sa tuwid na daan. Isang daan na matagal na nating sama-samang tinatahak. Kaya gusto naming simulan itong email sa isang pasasalamat sa inyong pagsuporta sa paglunsad natin ng Koalisyon ng Mamamayan Para sa Reporma!! At sa pamamagitan nitong mga regular KOMPRe email updates, we hope we can share with you all the various efforts, plans, concerns and activities of our KOMPRe member networks around the country in pursuing our reform agenda.
Over just a month ago, we together launched the coalition with over 400 CSOs last August 25, 2014 at the Ateneo de Manila University Campus in Quezon City. There we agreed on our KOMPRe Unity Statement, and discussed the many achievements of the PNoy administration these past four years, and the proposed priorities for the next two years. We then dialogued with several Cabinet Secretaries including Sec Mar Roxas, Sec Dinky Soliman, Sec Edwin Lacierda, Sec Ronald Llamas, Sec Arsenio Balisacan and NYC Chair Gio Tingson who greatly appreciated the opportunity to meet and listen to the CSO community. Our launch was covered widely by many national TV stations, newspapers and news websites, inspiring many others to want to join.
This was followed by successful KOMPRe launches in La Salle Cavite for CALABARZON members last September 21, then in Bacolod City on September 23, and in Davao City just last week on September 30. Again, we had broad participation with over 300 participants from various sectors and organizations in each of the areas, and successful media coverage. The workshop outputs were also presented to Sec Mar, Sec Butch Abad and Sec Edwin Lacierda in Cavite, to Sec Mar and Sec Ging Deles in Davao, and to several regional and provincial directors from DSWD, DILG and DBM in Bacolod City. Below are some pictures from those gatherings.
