{{Short description|Filipino civil society organizer and sustainable development activist}} {{Infobox person | name = Gani Serrano | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Isagani Rodriguez Serrano | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|03|01}} | birth_place = Samal, Bataan | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|2|22|1947|3|1}} | death_place = Samal, Bataan | death_cause = | occupation = Civil Society Organizer | alma_mater = University of the East,University of the Philippines Diliman | spouse = | children = | education = | television = | yearsactive = | parents = | awards = Honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani wall of remembrance }}'''Isagani''' "'''Gani'''" '''Rodriguez Serrano''' (March 1, 1947 - February 22, 2019)<ref name="BantayogProfileIsaganiSerrano">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Martyrs and Heroes: Gani Serrano |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/gani-serrano/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}}</ref> was a Filipino civil society organizer and sustainable development advocate best known for his work as president of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rest In Peace, Gani Serrano |url=https://focusweb.org/rest-in-peace-gani-serrano/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Focus on the Global South |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-04 |title=Isagani Serrano: The Philippines' 'little prince' |url=https://www.rappler.com/voices/profile-isagani-serrano-philippines-little-prince/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204002732/https://www.rappler.com/voices/profile-isagani-serrano-philippines-little-prince/ |archive-date=2023-12-04 |access-date=2024-12-01 |work=Rappler |language=en-US}}</ref> and as co-founder of the Congress for a People’s Agrarian Reform (CPAR), which fought for the passage of the Philippines' 1988 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law.
== Career == He was involved in numerous other Philippine Civil Society Organizations, including Social Watch Philippines, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. He was an activist during the Marcos dictatorship, and as a result, was caught, imprisoned, and tortured several times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An art of memory in crisis |url=https://cartellino.com/art/2022/11/26/An-art-of-memory-in-crisis |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Cartellino}}</ref> He is recognized as one of the heroes of the resistance against the authoritarian regime, with his name inscribed on the wall of remembrance at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani memorial, which honors the martyrs and heroes who resisted the Martial Law regime of Ferdinand Marcos.<ref>{{Cite news |last=PANTI |first=LLANESCA T. |date=2023-11-30 |title=Robredo at Bonifacio Day rites: Heroes are determined by their deeds |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/890020/robredo-at-bonifacio-day-rites-heroes-are-determined-by-their-deeds/story/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |work=GMA News and Public Affairs |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/specials/content/262/living-past-the-romance-of-activism-part-2/|title=Living Past the Romance of Activism, Part 2|website=GMA News Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/martyrs-heroes-defined-bantayog-foundation/|title=Even 'pakwans' can be 'heroes': Martyrs and heroes as defined by Bantayog foundation|date=April 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409091317/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/martyrs-heroes-defined-bantayog-foundation/ |archive-date=9 April 2024 }}</ref>
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