The Young leaderThe Filipino Youth and Youth Leadership

Who are we?

poverty

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

Health

YOUTH PARTICIPATION

Apathy

Youth culture

ROLE OF THE YOUTH

Youth IN SOCIAL ACTION

Strengths

WEAKNESSES

Why Organize Students?

• Comprise significantly large parts of the population

• Posses strength necessary for social change• Posses influence

Why is it hard to organize

• Traditional role inertia• Activities focus only on grades and degree• Perception that education is a business, a

passport to privilege and not a call to responsibility

ROLES

Heroic leadership

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Things we can do. . .