On Feb 17, 2021, Goducate Laguna partnered with My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Philippines Youth sector to participate in the Community Mobilization Project of the Local Government of Laguna, Youth Leadership Peace Summit 2021. The Summit was organized by Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB-4A) at San Pablo Central School Gymnasium, San Pablo City, Laguna.
The Summit was part of an effort to foster closer ties with youth leaders to keep them away from illegal activities. It also aimed to hone youth to become better leaders and advocates of peace in their respective sectors.
25 youths from Goducate Laguna and the MBK-Youth sector, together with the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation of Laguna and other youth leaders and influencers of Region 4A-CALABARZON, attended the Youth Leadership Peace Summit. Altogether, there were 125 attendees at the Summit.
Leo Decinal, Goducate Laguna Project Consultant and My Brother’s Keeper Philippines National Coordinator, was one of the resource speakers. He spoke on Values and Family. Other topics covered at the Summit included leadership; nationalism and patriotism; Executive Order No. 70 (an effort to institutionalize the Whole-of-Nation Approach to harmonizing government development efforts and services to pursue the country’s peace agenda); drug addiction and prevention; and love, courtship & marriage.
*Our guest writer is Donnalyn Pereira, a staff member at Goducate Laguna.