UP Day of Remembrance
September 21 is declared as the “UP Day of Remembrance” by virtue of Proclamation No. 1, series of 2018, signed by then University of the Philippines President Danilo L. Concepcion on September 17, 2018.
The Day commemorates UP’s continuous resistance to martial law and the preservation of heroic memory and legacy of the UP community. It also highlights the importance of academic freedom, civil liberties, and human rights in Philippine society.
Learn more about the UP Day of Remembrance here.
UP Day of Remembrance 2024
For UP Day of Remembrance 2024, UP Diliman hung banners around the Academic Oval to look back on and learn more about the events and experiences leading to the declaration of Martial Law until the EDSA People Power Revolution in 1986, which marked the restoration of democracy in our country and the end of the Marcos regime.
The mural Kalahating Siglo ng Daluyong (2022) by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) was also displayed at the 1st Floor Lobby, Palma Hall from September 16-20, 2024.
Read the UP Diliman Day of Remembrance 2024 memo here.
UP Day of Remembrance 2023
In 2023, the UP President Angelo A. Jimenez, through the UP President’s Committee on Culture and Arts (PCCA), enjoined the UP community to participate in a “noise-making event through symbolic forms of dissent that demonstrate the refusal to be silenced.”
For UP Day of Remembrance 2023, UP Diliman hung banners that read “September 21. We will never forget.” along the University Avenue.
UP Day of Remembrance 2022
Noong 21 Setyembre 2022, ginunita ang ika-50 anibersaryo ng pagsasailalim ng Pilipinas sa Batas Militar ng rehimeng Marcos. Ang pagbabalik-tanaw sa madilim na yugto ng ating kasaysayan ay lubhang kinakailangan sa kasalukuyan dahil na rin sa mga banta sa kalayaan, lalo na sa prinsipyo ng academic freedom.
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