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Youth Empowerment

the youth itself is the pillar

Without youth empowerment, we can not advance to a more open and new future

Youth us the key for a new future

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In round 3, we narrow down our choices to ecological integrity and youth empowerment. We eventually went with Youth Empowerment among the choices as the most urgent. Primarily, the interconnectedness of this pillar allows us to engage with the other foundations of JEEPGY as the youth is able to gain traction and be heard in society. After gathering all of our ideas, we know for us that this should be our thrust for this year’s BACS.

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Together, we have concluded that the primary thrust of BACS this year should be Engaged Citizenship. Through this, we can achieve all the goals of JEEPGY as a whole. It serves as as the foundation for all of it, if it is not present then nothing will bear fruit. All of us should be willing to help and make action in order to achieve change. With this, together all of us can move into a better future with open arms

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As one youth community in Christ, we center our efforts and pledge our commitment to “Justice and Peace” for the universal Church. We call forth for a greater need for systematic reforms in building a government by, for, and with the people as the youth stand at the forefronts of change. With the values of JEEPGY,

we advocate for a dialogue of courage and love for all creation.

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Group: Youthurn

Table 21

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Youth Empowerment is the key to engaged citizenship.

When youth are empowered, they become active participants in their communities, contributing to social, political, and cultural change.

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POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Take care of the environment because many Filipinos depend on the environment for livelihood

Utilizing social media by posting about poverty alleviation wherein we can also incorporate other pillars. ⭐

Programs aimed towards helping the marginalized

Workshops that can give various skills that can give them opportunities.

We will try to do the solution marked with "⭐" by posting in our social medias about poverty alleviation to raise awareness within our social circles.

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Statement on the Necessity of Engaged Citizenship Advocacy

As members of the Catholic Association of Social Science Teachers, we recognize the urgent need for engaged citizenship advocacy, especially with the upcoming elections. In a time of increasing social and environmental challenges, it is our moral and civic duty to empower the youth and the wider community to become active, informed, and responsible citizens.

Recent issues in the Philippines highlight the importance of this advocacy. The disenfranchisement of young voters, the spread of disinformation, and the rise of political apathy threaten the integrity of our democratic processes. Meanwhile, environmental crises such as severe flooding, deforestation, and the controversial reclamation projects in Manila Bay remind us that governance and policy decisions directly impact the future of our nation and its people.

The youth, who make up a significant portion of the electorate, have the power to shape the country’s future. However, without proper education and guidance, they remain vulnerable to misinformation and political manipulation. As educators, we must foster critical thinking, ethical leadership, and social responsibility to ensure that the next generation is equipped to make informed choices that uphold justice, human dignity, and environmental sustainability.

By advocating for engaged citizenship, we are not only preparing students to vote wisely but also inspiring them to take an active role in governance, policy-making, and community development. Our faith calls us to seek the common good, and our profession compels us to build a society founded on truth, justice, and compassion.

Let us continue this mission with unwavering commitment, knowing that the future of our nation depends on the civic engagement of its people—especially its youth.

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Engaged Citizenship. It is the foundation of our very incentive to engage and uphold other advocacies, such as those encapsulated by JEEPGY. By being engaged citizens, we are able to educate and mobilize ourselves to maximize and direct our efforts for the greater good. It is imperative that we remind citizens of our social responsibility to take part in the country’s transformation. Without manpower fueled by the incentive to become engaged citizens, we won’t be able to maximize, or even mobilize these advocacies that BACS stands for.

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Poverty Alleviation is what we urged since it is the main issue in our society, for example in some places, they are forced to make crime because of poor situations that leads to worse situations. As fsr as we know, we should take actions before its too late and we should also provide some advocacy campaign regarding this issue. We primarily thrust Youth Empowerment and Ecological Integrity because in Youth Empowerment we are volunteered to take actions based from what we see in our real life situations. Same with ecological integrity for a better nature. We are all call for a change and cooperate for sustainability.

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After all, Engaged Citizenship ranks first among the 6 pillars of JEEPGY, and Youth Empowerment ranks second. These two are the roots of championing for the rest of the pillars, namely justice and peace, ecological integrity, poverty reduction and gender equality. It is because with the cooperation caused by Engaged Citizenship and Youth Empowerment, the rise and completion of these agendas will follow.

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The most important pillar to be tackled is youth empowerment because the youth has the power and are the voices for those with none to share wisdom and knowledge across the world. Everything in the JEEPGY correlates with the youth.

-PINKADOODLES

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This is the process of table 24 (Team Kabataan) into forming our answer for round 3

During round 1, our group shared thoughts about what should be prioritize.

The notable ones are Justice and Peace, Ecological integrity and youth empowerement. The ideas suggested that Justice and peace is needed because of the prominent war and crimes that happen around the region and by having Justice and Peace, it can allow people to freely express themselves, On the other hand, some also suggested Ecological Integrity where the preservation of the environment which they based their ideas on their trips such as the tour to Bulusan lake. Lastly some also meetioned the idea of youth empowerment where we mention the significance of the future because we are part of the youth.

In the second round, many were interested in Youth Empowerment as if the Holy Spirit guided us into that advocacy because one pf us mentioned the National Hero, Doctor Jose Rizal that "Kabataan ay ang pagaasa ng bayan". This quote really resonated with us as soon as that quote integraded in our minds because the Holy Spirit did It's works and the silence helped us conect with one another and helped the quote resonate into our hearts. This was observed when each of us agreed that youth empowerment helped us create a general consensus for round 3.

This concludes our discussion that the youth are the greatest investors of today as they carry the hope and future that this world would become better place. In onder to do that we concluded that the Bicol Association of Catholic School Youth Camp's primary thrust should be Youth Empowerment. This is because we, as part of the youth should be empowered. Ang kabataan nga ang pagasa ng bayan and that is the synthesis of our collected ideas

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Overall, we synthesized that ecological integrity is a very important aspect of life as it can provide to people. This means that there is a heavy burden for people to also provide to the community.

Another idea is that we have learned and understand that Youth Empowerment is also significant for it is the hope of future generations for the world and environment to protect and take care of our surroundings. Additionally, it will also allow each and everyone of us to show genuine care to our ecosystem especially nowadays given that our environment is being destroyed little-by-little because of some illegal deeds that most people commonly do which are being normalize by many.

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ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: A UNIFIED MOVEMENT

The world can exist without us, but we cannot exist without the world. We see God in each and every creation we made. What is the sense of all our achievements and successes when we are not able to protect the environment? The world is slowly dying, and it is time for us to heal it through immediate actions.

To see God’s presence in the world, to work towards healing, and to ensure future generations inherit a world that can sustain life. It simply means that striving for justice for the poor, the marginalized, achieving success, and other aspects would be worthless if problems in the environment would not have immediate actions. “Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo?” Damo serves us our successes and achievements and kabayo serves as our environment. Our successes in life will be nothing without the survival of the environment.

Therefore, it is our responsibility to take immediate action in preserving ecological integrity. Let us commit to sustainable practices, advocate for environmental justice, and ensure that future generations inherit a thriving planet.

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Ecological Integrity:

What has transpired from our spiritual conversation is the importance of Ecological Integrity. In a sense, our environment affects what JEEPGY covers. We should start within ourselves by being just and following the rules we have set to preserve and improve our biodiversity's state. Big dreams and goals start with small steps we make. By making it a habit, we will unconsciously be able to apply it in our daily lives as we grow older. Additionally, we should start appreciating the world our God has given to us. Taking care of something starts with appreciating and identifying how we should value it. Our world is diverse; hence, acting and advocating as one created unity in diversity.

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We choose Ecological Integrity because this is an utmost concern. We can find solutions to ecological worries through engaged citizenship and youth empowerment. Collective effort is even more exciting because we have CASST with us.

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Ultimately, without our Earth, all our advocacies and pursuits will fade into nothing if we fail to prioritize the conservation of our home. The collective efforts of many will be in vain if we do not first commit to creating a healthier environment. While the JEEPGY pillars such as justice and peace, youth empowerment, and gender equality are undeniably crucial in fostering a holistic improvement in life, ecological integrity remains our highest priority. After all, without the land beneath our feet, nothing else can truly thrive.

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The group has decided that all the pillars in JEEPGY are essential and must not be in discord, all are intergral aspects of a greater whole. Based on our age, and experience as well, we root for Youth Empowerment. Once we are empowered, we feel driven to burn for change, something within us has been ignited to walk towards a common goal. We are autonomous individuals working together not ony to be voices for the voiceless but to encourage these silenced ones to break the glass that keeps them caged.

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Ecological Integrity

• We believe that "Ecological Integrity" is the main pillar of JEEPGY because it is connected to all the other advocacy . If we take care of our nature, we also take care of our justice, engage citizenship, reduce poverty, gender equality, and make youth empowered.

As a man or woman of earth we are obliged to take care of our planet, as God entrusted Earth to us. Imagine if we have a world where fresh air, and clean water flows, imagine where all of the living organism live in harmony.

We can affiliate all pillars to connect with Ecological Integrity. It is crucial because it sustain us all living organism

In our group we all agreed that Ecological Integrity is the backbone of the JEEPGY, Because in today's generation our main problem is about our environmental change that is being abused by our own society and because of this, it is also becoming a problem around other pillars.

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power."

"May illegal mining so injustice na idto. Sa simpleng injustice na idto na focus ka lang sa imong power, bagang napapabayaan mo na ang environment."

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We choose Engage Citizenship because out of all pillars in JEEPGY, this one is the best in the reason that, it is focuses on how we persuade individual to make a better future. Like in the voting, we choose the leader that we think they can give us the "good governance" to start CHANGING. Starts from the national up to the local and into our home. We start shaping our future by persuading other people to join us in this changing. Together, we build future.

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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

Empower youth on their chosen advocacy to take immediate ACTION on the issues and concerns of their respective advocacy through some suggested STEPS to consider

a. Registration of all students per chosen advocacy to become members of the REGIONAL JEEPGY ADVOCATES.

b. Have an online meeting per advocacy with it's members to elect officers per BACS association and make an action plan for 1 year.

c. Include the JEEPGY Regional Advocates Presidents per Association in the organizational chart of the BACS Youth Council.

d. Each JEEPGY Advocacy regional members should come up with an output and JEEPGY organization in their respective school and community.

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We decided to choose Engage Citizenship because it focuses on the realization that a bad politician can not help us to grow and change what the past generations made. It engages youth and people who turned their backs to their responsibilty as citizens of the nation which is to do and vote wisely. We see Engage Citizenship as a way to understand the other pillars and to contribute in it, taking actions into reality.

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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

Our group shared that Youth empowerment is a process of giving young people the tools, resources, and opportunities they need to take control of their lives and shape their futures, and to improve their knowledge for their rights .