Mindanao People’s Peace Movement (MPPM) is a

tri-people, grassroots, multi-sectoral, peace alliance/coalition that:

- Commits to work for just peace and sustainable development through various initiatives  using peaceful means in Mindanao, Sulu, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi and Palawan (MinSuBaTaPa)”.

- Builds trust and confidence between and among the tri-people;

- Works to attain the right to self-determination of the tri-people; and

- Mobilizes the broadest number of people from the grassroots and all sectors to participate in      peacebuilding processes. 

Born on June 2000 at the height of the former President Joseph E. Estrada’s All-Out-War Policy in Mindanao, the movement started as a forum to discuss alternatives to the cycle of war and violence in Mindanao. Thus, during its first summit, it came out with a peoples’ proposal foremost of which was declaring war as NOT the solution to the Mindanao conflict.

Through the years, it continued to be a venue for the grassroots tri-people to come together, to openly discuss, debate the issues and concerns confronting them and collectively seeking for alternatives to these concerns. It has also fostered understanding and respect for each people’s distinct culture, traditions and beliefs. More importantly, it created a strong solidarity for the aspirations and struggles to uphold the right to self-determination of each people. 

MPPM is a story of the collective struggle of the tri-peoples in Mindanao in their continued quest for peace through peaceful means. Guided on the belief that through the active participation of the grassroots tri-people in determining its future, genuine peace and sustainable development can and will be attained and be inherited by the next and future generations.