11/10/2026
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An AI industrial hub is on the table. Pax Silica promises progress, but who decides what that progress costs? For Indigenous Peoples, the stakes are ancestral domains, cultural heritage, and a way of life. Their voices cannot be an afterthought.
As we celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Month, the Xavier University Center for Legal Assistance (XUCLA) and its Indigenous Peoplesโ Clinic (IP Clinic) are proud to unveil our main speaker for this yearโs flagship brown bag dialogue!
Join us as we welcome veteran environmental lawyer, climate justice advocate, and legal scholar: ๐๏ธ ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ "๐๐๐๐" ๐. ๐๐ ๐๐ร๐
With decades of dedicated advocacy in environmental protection, constitutional law, and indigenous rights across Mindanao and the Philippines, Atty. Tony La Viรฑa will lead our discussion on the pressing legal, environmental, and human rights ramifications of industrial threats like Pax Silica on ancestral domains and indigenous sovereignty.
Together with our reactors and synthesizer, we will critically analyze how national policies impact frontline Indigenous Cultural Communities and how future lawyers and human rights defenders can build active, uncompromised solidarity. Four voices will unpack what this means, and the most important voice in the room is yours.
Whether you study law, philosophy, communication, history, or anything else, this issue will shape the country you live in. Let's .
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๐๐๐ญ๐: October 13, 2026
โฐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐: 1:00 PM โ 5:00 PM
๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐: AVR 1 Hall, Old Library Building, Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan (Corrales Ave. Campus)
๐๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXv_ZQJEKluvrmG-B2p2zu1OLrgg0OWdRSyueOU-3dUYvZHw/viewform
(Limited physical slots available at AVR 1 Hall. Complimentary brown bag snacks will be served for early registrants!)
