YACAL Pilipinas

Youth for Active Citizenship and Leadership or YACAL is a youth-led movement aiming to engage the youth in relevant and meaningful educational discussions in pursuit of action. Youth for Active Citizenship And Leadership (YACAL Pilipinas)

ORGANIZATIONAL STATEMENT:

Youth for Active Citizenship And Leadership also known as YACAL Pilipinas is a youth-led movement aiming to engage the youth in rele

vant and meaningful educational discussions in pursuit of action towards socio-cultural, economic, and political issues that surround our country and the world, such as human rights, social equality, sustainable development, and global politics. Yet, due to logging and capitalist greed it is now declared as critically endangered. Like the Yacal tree, youth who possess so much potential, are also threatened to extinction due to the vast and sometimes state induced misinformation coupled with lack of access to quality education. As a response, Alec Buenaventura, together with James Buama, educators at the time, decided to create a platform to engage the youth through training, webinars, and educational discussions in social issues as well, with the same goal of encouraging them to action. VISION

To become one of the leading movements which aspires to promote the voice of the youth through active citizenship and transformative leadership. MISSION

Advocating for a genuine youth participation through in-depth knowledge building by creating a democratic space for intellectual discussions about socio-cultural, economic, and political issues. Utilize theoretical knowledge and critical thinking to devise sound ideas and encourage civic action.
2. Provide an avenue for the youth to freely engage in meaningful discussions regarding society, culture, politics, economy, and the like.
3. Hone the leadership skills and maximize the potential of the youth in providing genuine change in all levels of the society. CORE PRINCIPLES

• Vita Activa (Active life in ‘Action’): YACAL believes that the fulfillment of man’ highest existence and fullest potential rested on the shoulders of active engagement in political life.
• Modus Vivendi: Truth and liberty are indispensable pillars of society. YACAL believes that the discovery or the act of moving near to these require man’s natural tendency for rational deliberation.
• Arete (Virtue): A just and good society requires just and good citizens. In order to achieve this, YACAL endeavors to instill and strengthen the youth’s moral values.
• Eudaimonia (Happiness/To live well): Good life or happiness is not a state but an ‘activity’ achieved by relentless cultivation of man’s intellectual and moral virtues through practice. Movement Motto: Kabataan ang Tanglaw ng Pag-asa, Vita Activa!