Today, I delivered a lecture titled The Muslim Filipinos: part of a Filipino Nation? at St. Paul’s University -QC. It was part of the Cultural Awareness Lecture Series of the university. The objective of the series was “to help the faculty of SPUQC raise their cultural awareness to new heights and to enhance their social research skills. Dr. Consuelo Paz, former Dean of College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) of the University of the Philippines was the Consultant of the Lecture Series.
Dr. Paz said that my lecture was “an eye opener” for the audience. The audience expressed their appreciation of the lecture. I must say, it was quite successful. I might upload at least part of the lecture sometime in the future.
Last January, I delivered a lecture on the Bangsa Moro Culture at San Beda College Alabang for Sociology and History students. That also went well.
The nice thing about speaking at private institutions is that the speaker gets paid, although only minimally. Public institutions do not pay at all.
But of course, my motivation for public speaking is the same as for writing, i.e., to impart the correct knowledge of Moro history, culture and aspirations to various audiences. Sadly, there is a great need for that.