The I Transform! Young Leaders Convention BEST Visayas Wave is an event that aims to introduce transformational leadership among Filipino young leaders and make them active partners in the pursuit of a socially-transformed Philippines. It seeks to address pressing social issues using transformative approach. The Convention comes as offshoot of the First BIDA (Building Initiatives for Desire and Action) National Young Leaders Summit (FBNYLS) that took place in October 2011 where 30 youth and student organizations committed to do their active share in social transformation. The FBNYLS was held in line with the year-round sesquicentennial celebration of Dr. Jose Rizal’s birth.
What is I Transform?
It is a youth-oriented campaign developed by YouthLEAD Philippines to advocate action among Filipino young leaders using the vehicle of transformational leadership. The I Transform! Campaign moves in a two-pronged approach. First is the facilitation of self-transformation, hence the word “I”, as basic requisite to the higher goal of community transformation, which is the second. YouthLEAD Philippines believes that transformation begins in oneself and that every small gesture of positive change contributes to the bigger cause of social transformation. Furthermore, a coalition of young leaders’ groups will be formed after the I Transform! Convention to map-out the initiatives that will be undertaken in specific areas in Visayas to promote the I Transform! Campaign and to carry-out community-based actions guided by the development agenda that were adopted during the FBNYLS, namely; Synergy, Health, Education, Environment, and Peace.
As a Filipino young leader, why join?
Become a part of the first and biggest assembly of young leaders on transformational leadership! The Convention is open to all young leaders aging 15 to 30, individually or those who belong to any youth and student organization across youth sub-sectors like Sangguniang Kabataan, student governments, student publications, religious youth groups, campus organizations, NSTP-CWTS, NSTP-MS, among others.
Learn from the best! The Convention will showcase renowned and multi-awarded transformational leaders and celebrities who will share inspiring stories of themselves and how their works transformed the lives of many Filipinos.
Experience a youth-friendly atmosphere that is transformative, fun, and exciting! The Convention is designed to be a dynamic point of learning and interaction for young leaders from sunset to sunrise – a time concept taken from the last plot of Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere. The Convention will feature solidarity dances, reflection activities, deepening workshops, and to embrace the new dawn, a solidarity concert by a popular youth band all the way from Manila!
Be inspired. Be empowered! The Convention will facilitate exercises that will provoke young leaders to face their own giants, discover a new sense of purpose, and encounter a new and facilitative journey of believing, excelling, serving, and transforming. To guide the young leaders on the next steps, a formal document will be drawn – the I Transform! 2012 Bohol Visayas Declaration.
Meet new friends and belong to a community of transformational leaders! The Convention will give young leaders the opportunity to link and build relationships with their counterparts from across Visayas. With I Transform! Campaign, exciting opportunities for learning, growth, partnership and development exchanges shall await young leaders!
For more information visit:
https://www.facebook.com/ITransformCampaign
https://www.facebook.com/YouthLEADHUB
