UNITED ELS 2021
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The Union of Nation-builders and Innovators for Transparency, Empowerment, and Development (UNITED) believes that everyone is a leader in his or her own right. As such, we want to harness your potential and open opportunities for you to EMERGE as a leader of today and tomorrow.
Thus, last March 20-21, 2021, UNITED conducted the UNITED Emerging Leaders Summit 2021 with the theme "Elevating Leaders of Today and Tomorrow". The online even ran from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM via Zoom and Facebook Live.
Graphics by Jan Peolo Gargaran
WELCOME MESSAGES
EDGAR LABELLA
Mayor, Cebu City
MIKE RAMA
Vice Mayor, Cebu City
TOMMY OSMEÑA
Former Mayor, Cebu City
SAMSAM GULLAS
Mayor, Talisay City
GIBO TEODORO
Former Secretary, Department of National Defense
LENI ROBREDO
Vice President, Republic of the Philippines
RESOURCE SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS
DAY 1 - MARCH 20, 2021
WYNONA GHAILE GALVEZ on the Role of the Youth in Good Governance
CLARE CASQUEJO for UNITED-in-action Panel Discussion
NIÑA KATTISHA RAE RAMA for UNITED-in-action Panel Discussion
GERALDINE JANE EMPUERTO for UNITED-in-action Panel Discussion
DAY 2 - MARCH 21, 2021
MARVIN SEGURA on Emerging Leaders as Champions in Nation-building
JAMIL FAISAL ADIONG for Achieving Peace towards Sustainable Development
GEA ABIGAIL ECOY for Leadership Skills for Public Health Initiatives
MARTIN LORENZO DEL ROSARIO for Igniting the Spirit of Volunteerism
LESTER LABORTE for Basics of Gender and Sexuality in the Context of SOGIE
OUTSTANDING DELEGATE
JHEREMY GUTANG
Together with the recipients of the SMART Student Circle, UNITED also recognized the delegate who showed active participation and engagement during the summit.
We are proud to congratulate Jheremy Gutang (BSCE - 2) as our UNITED ELS 2021 Most Outstanding Delegate! Congratulations.
To the rest of the delegates, congratulations also for committing yourselves to emerge as a leader of today and tomorrow. We are proud of you!
EMERGING LEADER AWARDS
UNITED also awarded emerging leaders who pursued service and leadership in their respective fields during the said event.
Congratulations to our fellow UNITEDmates for being recognized as EMERGING LEADERS:
Emerging Leader for Community Service - Jan Dale Carlo Catalonia
Emerging Leader for Education - Ar. Justin Lei Ramos
Emerging Leader for Science and Technology - Joice Almodiel
Emerging Leader for Youth Empowerment - Andriane Austine Ybañez
Emerging Leader for Public Service - Michael Araña
Emerging Leader for Volunteerism - Paul Angelo Cañeda
Emerging Leader for Environment - Geraldine Jane Empuerto
Emerging Leader for Arts & Culture - Jan Peolo Gargaran
Emerging Leader for Women Empowerment - Niña Angela Lapinosa
Emerging Leader for Mental Health Advocacy - Jabes James Quibido
Emerging Leader for Health - Roda Gayle Rañada
Emerging Leader for Gender Equality - Christian Sanchez
We are proud of you!
To the rest of our emerging leaders, we hope you would pursue your journey towards being servant leaders espousing the values of transparency, empowerment, and development.