A
roaring, ear-blasting crowd stumbled with deep excitement and pure
amazement as three undeniably influential personalitites- Ramon
Bautista, Ana Alexandra Castro, and Lourd de Veyra, graced the DL
Umali Auditorium with their timeless charisma and influence as they
ought to empower UPLB studs thru the launching the Youth Republic-
Youth Empowerment, last January 21, 2012.
The
three-hour discussion forum, now on its fourth year, aims to
encourage youth sector in various institutions, mostly in schools and
universities, in building a self-governing body through leadership
and unconditional services, and urges youth in worthwhile yet timely
actions such as in community-involvement, media literacy, and social
awareness for empowerment and development.
Leading
the entire pact was Diliman's USC Vice-Chairperson and proud
bisexual, Alex Castro who tackled the misconceptions about gender and
equality. As a founder of the “Proud to be LGBT Campaign”, Castro
cited her personal experiences when she revealed her real
sexual-preference after her fearless confession of having a
girlfriend. Born into oppression and criticisms, both from her family
and others, the BA Psychology student of UP Diliman shared the role
of liberalized mind in empowering youth, ending her timely speech by
encouraging everyone to respect one another by letting everybody live
up on the lives they chose.
Renowned
vocalist and broadcaster Lourd de Veyra enchanted the audience as he
came next in a very interesting, jaw-dropping litany. Highlighting
the media's and internet's influence and contribution in affecting
the country's presentday realities in the society and how people use
these modes of communication in their daily advantage. With such a
manly and complete tone he received tons of applause as he ended up
his topic by reiterating that youth must set free of their minds
first before planning to set free of the nation.
As
expected from the audience, Ramon Bautista received the wildest
cheers, from the time he went to the stage until he put a smashing
reminder at the end of his topic in literacy. The acclaimed internet
action star once again proved his hype to the crowd of scholars as he
left them mesmerized by his viral videos, citing how one could use
the opportunity from social media and its scope in empowering the
youth and building relationships. Prior to that, he shared his
secrets by having a self-adopted 3G's in life- gutts, glory, and
gold, in which according to him, sealed his life and fortune. For
once,the UP Diliman professor has shown his best side by summing it
up by saying “Huwag muna umibig!” at the end of his speech,
leaving the entire DL Umali in complete amazement.
An
open-forum followed quickly after the speeches of the guests which
satisfied the audience.
The
activity was made possible thru the sponsorship of BUKLOD UPLB.
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