Marjorie Pamintuan is the General Secretary of the Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN). The APRN is a network of leading research NGOs in the Asia-Pacific. APRN will organize a workshop on the TPP on 17 November during the International Festival for Peoples Rights & Struggles (IFPRS 2015) – an international solidarity event that serves as part of a series of counter-APEC events in Manila from Nov 4–19, 2015.