08/12/2025
"๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐
๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐
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๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐." โ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ
Last Wednesday, December 3, 2025, the ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ and the ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, with the support of the UE Manila College of Arts and Sciences, welcomed students, youth leaders, faculty, and officials for a dialogue with ๐๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ง ๐ฝ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ โ๐ฝ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ of Baguio City. The discussion drew attention to leadership as something lived, not conferredโshaped by the choices we make, the courage to face challenges, and the persistence to act rightly, even when it is difficult.
Mayor Magalong shared his experiences confronting corruption, navigating complex investigations, and carrying the weight of responsibility that comes with insisting on truth. One line lingered long after it was said: โSilence is not neutrality. It is complicity.โ
The dialogue emphasized that leadership is not distant or abstract; it begins where people stand, in communities, classrooms, and neighborhoods. It calls on the youth to engage actively, question systems, and act with integrity using knowledge, creativity, and courage to make a difference in spaces that often go unnoticed
If leadership is forged in moments of risk and integrity, the real challenge lies in recognizing those moments and asking ourselves: ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐จ?
๐ท Jhennel Sarmiento/Jun Kennard P. Castillejo