Announcements

Be Part of Pagbabalik 2025 Alumni Homecoming!

1 July 2025

Once again, it is time for alumni of the University of the Philippines College of Social Work and Community Development (UP CSWCD) to gather for a day of renewing ties, reminiscing good memories, and revitalizing the alumni community.

The UP CSWCD and the UP Diliman CSWCD Alumni Association (UPD CSWCD AA) call upon graduates of Community Development, Social Work, Social Development, and Women and Development, to be part of Pagbabalik 2025: General Alumni Homecoming Celebration. This event will be held on Saturday, August 30, 2025, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM at the UP CSWCD. The theme of the homecoming is, ‘Tatag at Kinang ng Paglilingkod,’ which recognizes the service of CSWCD alumni in the continuing pursuit of justice, peace and sustainable wellbeing of all.

This year’s celebration brings the spotlight on the Department of Social Work, as it marks the 75th year anniversary of its founding in July 1950.  The event will honor exemplary Social Work alumni by conferring the Distinguished Social Work Alumni Award. The celebration also recognizes jubilarians who graduated in 2015 (10 years), 2000 (25 years), 1985 (40 years), 1975 (50 years), 1965 (60 years), 1952-1960.

The Alumni Homecoming will begin with informal get-together per department, to be followed by a lunchtime Salu-salo for all attendees. The UPD CSWCD AA will hold a General Assembly in the afternoon. The highlight of the event will be the ‘CSWCD Alumni, DSW ay 75 na, Tara at Makisaya!’, a celebration featuring musical and cultural presentation, batch performances, and the awarding of Distinguished Social Work Alumni.

All alumni are enjoined to register on or before July 31, 2025 through this link: Pagbabalik 2025 Online Registration. A registration fee of P2,000 will be collected to help defray the cost of our gathering. The amount also includes payment for the UPD CSWCD AA annual membership fee of P500.

To receive updates, follow the UPD CSWCD Alumni Association Facebook Group. For suggestions and inquiries, you may send an email to the  UPD CSWCD Alumni Association: cswcd.alumni.upd@up.edu.ph

UPD CSWCD Alumni Association Unveils Strategic Plan

5 March 2025

The UPD CSWCD Alumni Association launched its Strategic Plan for 2024 to 2027, which is the outcome of visioning exercise and series of discussions among its board members and officers. In October 2024, the association administered an online survey among alumni to seek their inputs on the direction of the UPD CSWCDAA. The survey served as an online platform to allow alumni to be involved in the planning process. Recommendations from 126 alumni respondents were taken into consideration in formulating the association’s strategic directions.

The Strategic Plan upholds the vision of the UPD CSWCDAA to be “a thriving and inclusive community of alumni nurturing the Utak at Pusong CSWCD in its shared pursuit of justice, peace, and sustainable well-being of the Filipino people and the global community”. The vision statement echoes the commitment of the college which centers on academic excellence using a “development praxis that is anchored on people’s participation and empowerment, personal and social transformation, solidarity with marginalized groups, and gender-responsiveness”. As part of its mandate, the UPD CSWCDAA endeavors to establish a network of alumni that provides valued services to the college in its mission of academic excellence that nurtures the Utak at Pusong CSWCD.

To achieve this vision, the association will strive to carry out the five Strategic Pathways:

  1. Pagsinsin. The first pathway will establish the UPD CSWCDAA as a thriving organization which amplifies the CSWCD vision of academic excellence in the pursuit of justice, peace and sustainable well-being of the Filipino people;
  2. Pangangalaga. The UPD CSWCDAA will develop and strengthen its members to become part of an active network of alumni who embody the values of honor, excellence, and service;
  3. Pagbabalik. The association will provide the platform for the alumni to “give back” using their resources and expertise in supporting CSWCD and in nurturing the current iskolars into future leaders;
  4. Pagpapalawak. The UPD CSWCDAA will create strategic partnerships across the university and other key stakeholders to build mutual support towards common goals; and,
  5. Pagsubaybay.  The association will ensure that its governance structure and practices are inclusive, efficient, and relevant in helping the organization accomplish its strategic pathways.

The UPD CSWCDAA encourages all alumni to actively take part in fulfilling the association’s strategic pathways by joining any of the following committees:

  • Plans and Programs: Suzanne Magalona- Nazal, Francis Perez, Albert Dimarucut
  • Finance: Ma. Theresa Niña Espinola-Abogado, Hazel Cometa-Lamberte, Albert Dimarucut
  • Membership: Maricel Cruz-Deloria, Victor Obedicen, Paul Muego
  • Promotions and Public Relations: Daisy Dawn A. Macahilo, Mariel Quiogue
  • Governance: Wilfredo Awitan, Rowena Laguilles-Timog

The list of forthcoming activities are listed here.

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REDO-CSWCD Public Forum Series

15 May 2024
PAG-ALABIN: People-led, People-centered Development Forum/Exhibit
May 21-23, 2024
UP College of Social Work and Community Development
Grassroots-based NGOs support the struggles of disadvantaged sectors towards genuinely ecologically sustainable economic development and progress. They try to fill in gaps in the government’s services and give some relief to the chronic poverty and hunger especially in underserved remote rural areas. They are challenged under an increasingly constricting civic space despite their contributions to development. Development workers experience various human rights violations such as red tagging of their organizations and their staff which in extreme cases lead to killings, incarcerations on trumped criminal charges including acts of terrorism. Despite all these, their achievements have been recognized at the local and international levels in terms of their impact, effectiveness and sustainability of the programs, projects and services they deliver.
Join us as we showcase the development effectiveness of these NGOs/CSOs in their contributions to Philippine development and gather support for enabling and strengthening civic spaces for promoting people-centered, people-led development work. The opening forum will be on May 21, 2024 from 9:00am-12:00 noon at the Bulwagang Tandang Sora, UP College of Social Work and Community Development (UP CSWCD). This will be followed by an exhibit ribbon-cutting at the walkway of the UP CSWCD walkway. A sign-on CSO Manifesto for enabling and strengthening civic spaces will also be available for gathering of signatures of support.
This program is brought to you by UP CSWCD Research and Extension for Development Office (REDO), in partnership with the Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG) and Assert Socio Economic Initiatives Network (ASCENT).