Dear everyone, Join the first webinar of the "Philippine Public Policy in a Time of Pandemic: Confronting the COVID-19 Challenge" series, titled *"Southeast Asian Peoples' Alternatives in Pandemic Times,"* on *March 9, 2021 *(Tuesday), *2:00 to 4:00 PM (GMT+8/ Philippine Time)*, via Zoom and Facebook Live. This webinar will highlight how marginalized communities in Southeast Asia are coping with the pandemic and how their responses are conditioned by their location, the existence of community and sectoral organizations, and levels of social solidarity and collective consciousness. It will feature case studies from the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Thai-Burma border which are part of the UP CIDS Program on Alternative Development (AltDev)'s project on grassroots responses to COVID-19 in Southeast Asia. [image: 📋] Pre-register via bit.ly/CIDSCovid19Forum <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FCIDSCovid19Forum%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3UNCoNFl6J370BMkmLnR6gqqElUDt1CxgT5ENYpunqyRcTt9qAvuD68II&h=AT3W9lC27hOYfmstszfp2RLq0xXmILAFH_qHmmf8wPU_LBD9msNmZW-hvHlHllkzYLH4v3ZVBnSP_SbrTNlo9e9r6Sf5uz8lBsMf_AxakNmriQcebmIX5oLGQWGrRzTq&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT3xcko-Y0MdWBuRdBBBvkre_JADnXNXL9kn9l4A-MbTQITWl4WftCod_ObCKKUom6Sxs3K718lrkcxjr1enr6_rEQN9gDhvkMc0DuJz4kEsTONwFXZTCaE4AarxrL4M-9buQb3inaLAbCgmATFAmHDOKNxYz71NvDz6VERSxpxjaGrwGcL3PQeU-uZn2zzqTbtysOGQ> [image: ✉️] Email [email protected] for inquiries and for more information (This webinar is brought to you by the Development Cluster composed of the UP CIDS Program on Alternative Development, the UP CIDS Program on Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Chains for Change, and the UP CIDS Political Economy Program, with support from the Global Tapestry of Alternatives.) [image: [Feb 26 440] COVID Webinar_Devt Cluster_AltDev Poster.png] Warm regards, Angging *Ananeza Aban, MCD* Senior Program Officer Program on Alternative Development (AltDev) University of the Philippines | Center for Integrative and Development Studies *Ang Bahay ng Alumni, Lower Ground Floor * *Magsaysay Ave., UP Diliman, Q.C. 1101 Philippines* *Tel. nos.: 981-8500 loc. 4266-4267 & 435-9283* *Tel. fax: 981-8500 loc. 4268 & 426-0955* *Website: cids.up.edu.ph <http://cids.up.edu.ph>* *Facebook page: www.facebook.com/upcids*