GRACE CALLS

My dear friends and relatives,

I hope you understand my insistence for you to take notice of me, my party, AKP – Ang Kapatiran Party, & our cause. It’s for God and Country.

I am resending you my letter of appeal with my Bio-Data- with some additions/corrections I overlooked at first. Many recipients of my former e-mail told me that they had difficulty opening my attachment.

If you believe in AKP’s cause, please forward to your contacts. I can’t thank you enough but the Lord will.

Grace



“Love of Country is Love of God” – A letter to all Filipinos

Dear Fellow Filipinos,



Our country is God’s gift to you and me. There’s no other place more precious to us than our land. Our spirits and dreams are rooted in its soil. What has happened to this gift of our Creator? Our nation has been debased and abused for so long, both by colonizers and home-grown tyrants; by self-serving leaders and an indifferent people. Yet, we have withstood the ravages of corruption and prolonged neglect. Our country is resilient and so are we.

But our country is at the verge of collapse. Filipinos are scattered throughout the world in search of hope; we are restless, afraid and hopeless here in our homeland. Unless we act now, we may never see the sunrise of our dreams for a better Philippines.

God mandates us to come to our nation’s rescue. Love of God is love of country and love of country is love of its Giver. Your duty is to choose the right leaders. Mine is to offer myself.

I am offering my experiences, my skills and my passion to serve. This is made possible with the registration of AKP “Ang Kapatiran Party”—the only platform-based political party which is founded on the values of our faith as believers in an Eternal Supreme Being. These founding principles are: Options for the Poor and the Vulnerable; Right to Life and Dignity of the Human Person; Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers; Care for God’s Creation; Peace, Active Nonviolence and Progressive Disarmament; among others.

Running for the Senate is my answer to the call of duty to God and country. Given a chance I will be grateful to serve our nation. With your help and with God’s blessings, I will craft laws that will truly serve the people’s interest.

We need laws that are not only fair but also suffer no loopholes that could be exploited by scheming minds for their unjust ends. Human society needs human laws that are extensions of the Divine. We need laws that can guide us in building a community of justice, peace and progress for the good of all.

Let us work together to redeem our land. Resurrect our country’s damaged institutions, decaying culture, and vanishing dreams. With a sense of pride and national dignity and under the direction of the Supreme Leader of all nations, let us save and nurture our country. With God in our midst, how can we fail?



Yours sincerely,

Grace Riñoza-Plazo



Bio-Data

Atty. Grace Riñoza-Plazo

A Lawyer Who Mediates than Litigates

Candidate for Senator of AKP “Ang Kapatiran Party”

I. Personal Information:

* Name: Maria Gracia de V. Riñoza-Plazo
* Birthday: March 10, 1948
* Birthplace: Nasugbu, Batangas



* Parents: both deceased
* Mother – Perla Villas de Veas, of Looc Occ. Mindoro
* Father -- Pedro Lagos Riñoza—Mun Mayor of Nasugbu, Batangas.

1956-68; 1981-1987



* Family Members:
* Husband – Engr. Rodolfo Felonia Plazo



Children:

* Joseph R. Plazo – 33 years old, Entrepreneur; 2nd year Law-Ateneo
* Maria Theresa R. Plazo – 32 years old, Pre-school tutor- Masters in Special Education student, Miriam College
* Voltaire R. Plazo- 31 years old, Operations Manager, Citi Encore RMI, A Convergy’s Co. –Nuvali, Sta. Rosa
* Marlon R. Plazo- 28 years old, Senior Manager, GSMR Devt. for Asia Region, Procter & Gamble, Singapore
* Religious Affiliation: Catholic



II. Educational Background:

* Elementary: Looc Central School, Looc, Occidental Mindoro – Valedictorian - 1960
* High School: Immaculate Conception College, Balayan, Batangas Ist Honorable Mention - 1964
* College: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science- University of the Philippines, Diliman – 1964 to 1966
* Bachelor of Arts in English, Canossian College, San Pablo City-1970, while preparing for the nunnery
* Bachelor of Laws, Ateneo de Manila University – 1981; Bar rating, 85.5% top 30



III. Work Experience:

* Law Practice – Litigation, Mediation Counselling-1982 to date
* Proprietor/ Manager, Hearth Realty – 1983-1995
* Sales Supervisor – V.V. Soliven Realty – 1973-75
* Branch Manager, Foundation Homes Realty – 1971-73



IV. Accomplishments/Awards/Contributions/Published Works

* Author

RUNNING ON DIVINE ENERGY: 2007 – ISBN Number 1-4196-4594-3 Published by Booksurge, USA-- Simple and short meditations on all facts and events affecting the author .

EASING THE PAINS OF BATTLE: 2007 – ISBN-10: 1419672339; ISBN-13: 978-1419672323 by Booksurge, USA- Lyrical accounts of mediation of parties involved in conflicts ripe for litigation—mostly spouses & family members



V.Major Advocacies:

Family Advocacies: Provides psycho-spiritual-legal intervention for spouses in conflicts:

Psycho-spiritual-legal counsel for:

LINGGAP (Ligal na Gabay at Pamamagitang Pampamilya} 2002- to date

TALIMA (Tulong Ligal at Lingap sa Mag-asawa at mga Anak), an outreach program of Ateneo Center for Family Ministry (CEFAM), 1995-2002

* Abandoned Children: Supports Bukid Kabataan Center, a Healing Farm for abused and abandoned children located at Sitio de Fuego, Brgy. San Francisco, General Trias, Cavite 4107 – 2007 to date
* Farmers’ Cause – http:// philandreform.x.am Gives farmers active support
* Legal Aid – Free legal services for the members of the Couples for Christ , among others

CfC St. Thomas More & Associates – 1998 - 2003

* Women’s Issues: Undertakes women empowerment:

Sta. Maria della Strada Parish delegate to the National Conference on Women: PICC Nov. 14-15, 1997

Asian Speaker and Philippine Representative – International Seminar on “The Dignity of Women in the Light of Mary’s Mission held at Centro Internazionale Canossiano, Via della Stazione, Ottava, Roma – March 25-29, 2000

* Foundations: Legal Consultant

Center for Collaborative and Creative Ministry (CCM) Foundation Inc., Canossian Daughters of Charity, Looban, Paco, Manila – for lay empowerment, 1997 – 2002

Vibrant Earth Foundations, for nurture of Mother Earth, Good Shepherd Convent, Aurora Blvd., QC- 2000 – 2007

Cooperative – Corporate Secretary: SMDS Multi-Purpose Cooperative Sta Maria della Strada Parish. June

2000 – May 2001


Others:

* Current--
* Couples for Christ for family evangelization- since 1991
* Centering Prayer Foundation member- since 2004
* Past --
* SMDS Healing Ministry – on leave
* SMDS Family Ministry – Bringing the law to the grassroots for people empowerment- 1995 - 2000
* PPCRV SMDS Chapter- volunteer lawyer – up to 2001