Keziah G. Huelar

 
PinasForward aims to create social change by empowering the Filipino youth. Photo Credit Pinas Forward PH.

Celebrating Bayanihan—PinasForward, a community-based organization aiming to empower the Filipino youth, held a forum at the Alumni Promenade Concert Park on October 9, 2018.

Welcoming students and guests, CPU Vice President for Student Affairs, Rev. Joniel Howard H. Gico, highlighted the importance of forums in promoting awareness and education. He also commended PinasForward for starting such information campaign.

Speakers of the event included Mr. Gian Paolo Dingcong, former GK Movement Building Team Leader for Region VII and Special Projects Team Head for PRO-Friends and GK Partnership in Iloilo Province; Myra Ortega-Coco, former GK full-time worker and currently the Branch Operator of Human Nature Iloilo and Wealth Management Consultant for PRU Life UK; and Kim Nabo from GK Movement Building Iloilo and Antique.

According to its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/story/reader/?page_story_id=531771930577860), PinasForward is “an advocacy for nation-building by Barangay Walang Iwanan. [It] aims to hold talks and forums to stimulate discussion about how we can use technology to achieve national progress through ordinary acts of community engagement and volunteerism. Through these activities, PinasForward will serve as a platform to reinforce the Filipino’s innate capacity to dream, lead and pioneer social change by harnessing Filipino ingenuity and creativity.”