Negros Youth Summit 09 kicks off today
BACOLOD CITY -- Negros Youth Summit 2009 Convenor Joel Jaquinta recently announced that the first ever Negros Youth Summit 09 with the theme "Crisis Generation: Prepare, Repair & Reap" will kick off today May 13, 2009 at the Pana-ad Park and Stadium and this will end on May 15, 2009.
Jaquinta along with their Secretariat head Matthew James Parreno said that this summit will be participated by untapped youth leaders of communities coming from different cities and municipalities of the Province of Negros Occidental.
Jaquinta recently said that there will be consultation and discussion among youth leaders with regard to the youth agenda for governance during election and beyond.
In a press statement issued by Negros Youth Summit, Jaquinta and Parreno said that they will come up with a list of practical and doable solutions for action on any sectoral issues and concerns.
Negros Youth Summit 2009 will revolve and focus on four main issues which includes the Moral Degeneration, Education Crisis, Economic and Political Crisis and Environmental Crisis.
"The crisis that we are facing today are concrete manifestations of the present and corrupt and traditional political system and governance in our country," added the press statement.
Jaquinta and Parreno further believed that even today, the youth sector is facing the effects of the corruption problem and they do not want that these will be passed on to the next generation. The output of the summit includes a list of doable and practicable solutions according to the sector's resource, capabilities, talents and knowledge driven by the spirit of idealism, activism and volunteerism.