TOWARDS A BAGUIO FOR THE PEOPLE
We are committed to advance people’s rights and welfare, social justice, and national democracy in Baguio and beyond.
About us
Our history
We trace our roots from the progressive Baguio-Benguet People‘s Coalition formed in 1986 after the fall of the Marcos dictatorship.
This coalition transformed to a group for a national anti-poverty campaign, until 1991, when it decided to be known as “Tongtongan ti Umili” (Ilokano, People’s Forum) during a Baguio Peoples Assembly which formulated the Baguio Peoples’ Agenda — outlining the people’s urgent demands amid widespread poverty and marginalization, development aggression, and rights violations.
In 1992, Tongtongan formally became an organization, an alliance that ties together the energies of various Baguio-based groups with the common principles for people’s rights and welfare, and national democracy.
Today, Tongtongan remains to be in the forefront of the movement to advance the social, political, and economic rights of the people of Baguio and beyond.
Who we are
"Mangmangged ken mannalon, umili nga urban poor, aglaklako, ken mamaestro, propesyunal kas abogado/ Papadi ken mamadre, agtutubo, estudyante, umili iti siyudad, nailian a minoridad..." (Workers, farmers, urban poor, vendors, teachers, professionals like lawyers / Priests, nuns, youth and students, people in the city, national minorities) -- Bumangon Ta'y Amin, Salidummay (1985)
Our membership comes from a wide range of democratic sectors in Baguio. Representatives of these sectors comprise Tongtongan’s Council of Leaders. Day-to-day work is carried out by our secretariat, guided by the Executive Committee. Tongtongan is the Baguio chapter of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance, and the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan.