UPD CSWCD Alumni Association Unveils Strategic Plan

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

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).

 

Seminar for Professional Social Work with Groups (For CPD Accreditation)

Resource Speaker: PROF. THELMA LEE-MENDOZA
Organizer: Research and Extension for Development Office (REDO) and UP Social Action for Research and Development Foundation Inc.(UPSARDF), College of Social Work & Community Development (CSWCD), University of the Philippines, Diliman
The seminar is for those who are teaching social work and social work practitioners who want to improve/update/upgrade their knowledge about how professional social workers should be working with groups. The seminar will focus on the problem-solving/helping process with groups , the interventive models and theories of social work with groups which are particularly applicable to Philippine social work settings.
Register here: https://forms.gle/PMsEbkG6iZhnKbvr5