In an unprecedented move, Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc, chair of the SES Board and Fr. Francis Escano, President of PHAVISMINDA and SEPI, discussed informally in a chance meeting in Davao City through BISU Prof. Marc Olaguir and CTU Prof. Anesito Cutillas, the possibility of a future collaboration or a joint conference between the SES and PHAVISMINDA/SEPI. Dr. Maboloc said that it is possible if the three organizations will hold a conference in Mindanao, perhaps in 2026. Dr. Maboloc also relayed to the group what transpired during the World Congress of Philosophy in Rome during the session that was attended by PAP President Dr. Ruby Suazo and former PAP President Dr. Jove Jim Aguas. The SES Chair mentioned that the independent role of each philosophical association in the country was emphasized while being one with the vision of the Union of Societies and Associations of Philosophy in the Philippines, including his proposal for a Professional Code of Ethics for Philosophy teachers in the country.
Professor Thomas Pogge of Yale University will be the mentor of Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc in the ASAP Global Justice Program Fellowship at Yale University. Prof. Pogge is the author of World Poverty and Human Rights. Dr. Maboloc will write his research on structural issues in Muslim Mindanao using the perspectives of Iris Marion Young and Thomas Pogge. ASAP is an acronym for Academics Stand Against Poverty. According to its website, it utilizes "scholarship to influence policy and public attitudes to poverty. Established in 2010, (ASAP) is a non-partisan, independent global organization aiming to eradicate severe poverty worldwide." It is based in New Haven, Connecticut. It is under the Global Justice Program at Yale. Fourteen scholars around the world were chosen for the ASAP Program. Pogge is the most prominent scholar on global justice. He proposed the global difference principle as a critique to John Rawls's A Theory of Justice. Rawls was Pogge's adviser at H...