26/06/2025
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๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค & ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
From lecture halls to the heart of civic engagement, participants stepped into the afternoon with sharpened skills and a renewed sense of purpose. Divided into five dynamic groups, their task was clear: to turn the morningโs insights into meaningful, action-driven dialogue. This wasnโt just about practicing conversation; it was about owning their voice and creating impact through words. Setting the stage, SPEAK U.P. Project Head, Ms. Rica Be**no, presented the mechanics as the eager youths leaned in, ready to transform theory into expression and learning into leadership.
A government agency mentored each group: ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐๐), ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ - ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐๐-๐๐๐), ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ (๐๐๐๐), ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ (๐๐๐), ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ (๐๐๐๐). With guidance from these agencies, participants were briefed on current policies and pressing challenges. Then came the twist: the youth had to defend the agencies by presenting the issues they had identified from a young personโs lens and propose practical solutions.
Picture it: young people standing not just in front of a crowd, but owning the floor. They tackled topics from unemployment to media visibility, environmental preservation to law enforcement activities. Questions flew from the audience, and answers were fired back, not from officials, but from the youth themselves. It was role-reversal at its finest, and civic engagement at its most genuine form.
By day's end, one thing was clear: these werenโt just participants, they were rising youth leaders. And to all those who made this possible, from the mentors, partner agencies, and uniformed supporters to every courageous youth who dared to take the mic, Youth For Peace Baguio Chapter thank you. You've proven that when we speak up, we do more than unleash potential.
We unleash the future.
Moments Captured by:
Guyaole Pangket | YFP Peace Communication and Development Coordinator
Rica P Be**no | YFP Secretary General and SPEAK U.P. Project Head
Morgan Atiw-an | YFP Member
Julius Calias | YFP Member