“LEADERSHIP AND LEGACIES: THRIVING AS YOUNG LEADERS IN THE NEW NORMAL.

JOHN B. LACSON COLLEGES FOUNDATION - BACOLOD INC.

SUPREME STUDENT GOVERNMENT
LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND SEMINAR 2021

Rationale:

The pandemic has changed the landscape of the educational system not only in the country but
in the world in general. The limitations of conducting in campus activities for the welfare of the
students has indeed posed a challenge to the budding leaders taking the helm in the student
government organizations. However, this is not the end, but rather an opportunity for our
student leaders to grow and learn.

This leadership training program will equip our student leaders with the skills and inspiration so
that they may be able to deliver their services to their fellows. Our set of invited speakers will
surely motivate them to thrive amidst the challenge posed by the pandemic.

Leadership and Legacies are two words that would create positive impact to the community
when fully embraced by our leaders. This goes beyond leading but rather leaving a legacy to the
community, which may only be achieved when our leaders would use their minds and their
hearts in performing their duties.

Program:

DAY 1: Leadership
9:00 - 9:10 Invocation AVP
Pambansang Awit
JBLCF-B Hymn

9:10 - 9:15 Welcome Remarks Engr. Roberto Neal Sobrejuanite

Administrator
John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation - Bacolod

9:15 - 9:20 Setting of House Rules JBLCF - Bacolod Guidance Office

9:20 - 9:25 Introduction of Facilitators JBLCF - Bacolod Guidance Office

9:25 - 9:30 Opening Spiel Facilitators

9:30 - 10:30 Leading With Love and Mr. Jemuel Barrera Garcia
Inspiration Philippine American Educational Foundation
and U.S. Embassy’s Fulbright Foreign Student
Program Fellow

10:30 - 10:45 Open Forum Facilitator

10:45 - 11:15 Breakout Session: My Facilitators per group

Leaders Profile
Guide Question:
Who is your role model as leaders and why?

11:20 - 12:00 My Journey Begins with Me Mr. Lorence Macahilig

Corporate Secretary
Sowing Legacy Movement Inc.

12:00-13:00 Lunch Break

13:10 - 13:45 Breakout Session Facilitators

Note: Recap a bit of the talk of Lorence, and
emphasize that in order to lead you must first
know yourself well.
Guide question:
1. What do you consider as your strength? And
why?
2. Give a quote that would serve as your guide
in your leadership journey and why?

13:45 - 14:30 Leadership in the New Micho O. Santillan, MBA

Normal Ten Outstanding Maritime Students of the
Philippines (TOMSP) 2014
Past President, Rotaract Club of Silay

14:30 - 15:00 Group Sharing Guide Question

What is your reflection after the talk of Sir
Micho?

15:00 - 15:15 Health Break

15:15 - 16:15 Inclusive Leadership Samira Gutoc

Chairperson
Ako Bakwit, Inc.
 16:15 - 16:30 Open Forum

16:30 Closing Spiel and Facilitators

Announcements

DAY 2: Legacies
9:00 - 9:10 Invocation AVP
Pambansang Awit
School Hymn

9: 10-9:15 Recap and Introduction of

Speaker

9:15-10:15 Talk about Mental Wellness Dr. Rj Naguit

Mental Health Advocate

10:15 - 10:30 Open Forum

10:30 - 11:30 Panel Discussion: Leadership Dustin Ryan Veridiano

and Legacies Ten Outstanding Maritime Students of the
Philippines (TOMSP) 2019
Program Manager, Sowing Legacy Movement
Inc.

Cindy Delloso
Chairperspon, Bacolod CORE

Kenneth Bacala
Hope Builders Organization

Franz Gabriel Baylon

Linghod

Moderator: Charles Mangga

Executive Director
Sowing Legacy Movement Inc.

11:30-12:00 Breakout: Reflection of Facilitators

Leaders

12:00-13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:45 Sharing of Leaders Reflection

13:45 - 14:00 Ice Breaker

14:00- 15:00 Leading With Empathy and Mr. John Rey Delos Santos
Grit Chairman
Future Leaders of the Philippines

15:00 - 15:15 Open Forum

15:15 - 16:00 Breakout: Vision Setting

16:00 - 17:00 Closing Program Inspirational Speaker:

Richelle H. Verdeprado, RSW, MSW, PhD, JD

Chairperson
Sowing Legacy Movement Inc.
END OF PROGRAM

ABOUT I AM A LEGACY

I AM A LEGACY is a group of graduates coming from the yearly Legacy Camp. It envisions people
reciprocating development and empowerment. We started with a group of friends from the 1st
Legacy Camp who had built strong ties with our mentors. We all had the similar experience of
inconsistency in other leadership training, camp, and seminars that we have attended, thus
participants would usually go in their own separate ways losing the connection and the potential
from these young leaders. After the 1st wave of the camp, we believed that there is so much
that can happen to a camp as long as graduates will keep in touch to replicate the outreach
programs in their own simple way. On the year 2015, we have formally created a Non-
Government Organization with its flagship project continuing “The Legacy Camp”
PROFILE OF SPEAKERS
MR. JEMUEL GARCIA

Jemuel jr. Barrera Garcia, never dreamt to be a teacher. However, he found himself embracing
teaching as a permanent instructor of physical education, teaching dance, sports, pedagogy,
human movement and performance at the West Visayas State University Main Campus in Iloilo
City since 2009 to 2017, when he took an official study leave.

Having been raised from humble beginnings in the Province of Aklan, jemuel took it to heart that
for him to finish school, he has to overcome life’s realities. Never letting go of his non-
negotiables, he graduated as magna cum laude, became a licensed professional teacher, and was
awarded as one of the Philippine American Educational Foundation and the U.S. Embassy’s
Fulbright Foreign Student Program fellows in 2017.

Even though a lot of people expected jemuel to be a doctor or a lawyer, he took the seldomly
travelled path and pursued his passion for dance. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in
Physical Education, double majoring in sports and dance and a master’s degree in P.E., dance
stream, both at WVSU. At present, he is a 4th year Ph.D. Candidate in Critical Dance Studies with
a Designated Emphasis in Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Riverside, USA.
He has performed in local and national events and competitions and represented the Philippines
in international conferences and cultural exchange programs. His choreography, which grounds
itself in elements of Philippine dance, has been performed in countries like the USA, Spain,
Germany, Thailand, and Japan.

Jemuel strives to be a movementeller--- a storyteller and mover combined. Photography is his

memory. Theater is his alter-ego. Comics is his childhood. Writing is his expression. Music is his
heartbeat. And dance is his voice.
 MR. LORENCE MACAHILIG

Lorence Macahilig graduated his Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Carlos Hilado Memorial
State College - Talisay just this year. He is currently taking up his Masters of Arts in Guidance and
Counseling at the University of Negros Occidental - Recoletos. He is the Corporate Secretary of
Sowing Legacy Movement Inc. and one of the lead facilitators of the organization’s Psycho-social
Support Program. He is also the Psychosocial Director of The ConsolerBC Foundation Inc.

He has served as the Camp Director of the Legacy Camp Wave 7 of Sowing Legacy Movement Inc.
He is currently one of the Guidance Associates of the University of Negros Occidental Recoletos,
High school Student Development and Placement Center.
MICHO O. SANTILLAN, MBA

He is an alumnus of JBLCF-Bacolod where he graduated with Bachelor's degree in Marine

Engineering as Cum Laude. Apart from it, he also received the Most Outstanding Graduate and
Leadership awards. He was also one of the Ten Outstanding Maritime Students of Philippines
2013 and had also worked on board ships for 4 years starting as a junior marine engineer to 3rd
engineer. He is also part of non-profit organizations such as the Rotaract Club of Silay and Sowing
Legacy Movement where he had been elected and appointed for several leadership roles.
Recently, he just graduated from Graduate School of Management, Globis University, Tokyo,
Japan with Masters of Business Administration. He is at his happiest when he's finding answers to
questions, solving a problem, leading a team, and when he knows that his efforts will somehow
improve something, alleviate the pains of others, and create a positive impact.
SAMIRA GUTOC

Samira has worked with an array of stakeholders for more than 20 years as a journalist, speaker,
consultant, environmentalist, trainer, women's, IDP rights’ and peace advocate, civil society
leader, and former legislator in the ARMM.

She was nominated as 2017 Inquirer's Filipino of the Year for her expose on human rights
violations in Marawi. She was awarded as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) for
Socio Cultural and Youth Development by the Junior Chamber International (JCI). She is also
recognized as one of 500 Most Influential Muslims by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre
in Jordan.

She was a key actor as a speaker and lobbyist in pushing policies on Gender and Development
(GAD), Women in Peace and Security (LNAP), Women in the Army and PNP. Currently, she
highlights the value of women IDP organizers and leaders, and protection of widows and
orphans.

She chairs the anti-crime watch movement Kazalimbago Movement since 20016 whose sister
group Ranao Rescue Team (RRT), assisted in helping the rescue of Marawi priest Fr. Chito
Soganub, among other hostages and thousands of trapped civilians during the May siege. She is
the spokesperson of Ranao Rescue Team which is assisting government and survivor families of
missing and dead persons from the siege, and was recently awarded by the UN Development
Programme N-Peace Award as a community organizer in Marawi City.

Towards highlighting the evacuees’ situation, their rights and humanitarian situation, she has
been a resource person to the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times and has also
appeared on Al Jazeerah. She was a former member of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission
which drafted the Bangsamoro Basic Law, and a former director of Amanah Islamic Bank. In the
previous administration, Samira was appointed as OIC sectoral representative for women in the
ARMM Legislative Assembly. She also served as Member of the Philippine Army (PA) Multi -
Sectoral Advisory Board.

In February 2020, she co-founded Ako Bakwit, Inc., a rights advocacy organization, where she is
currently serving as the Chair, that aims to promote and protect the rights and welfare of the
internally displaced people in our country. She obtained her degrees in Communication and
Master in International Studies at the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman. She finished her
law degree at the Arellano School of Law and acquired a fellowship program at the Oxford Center
for Islamic Studies.

Samira is married to BARMM MPWH Deputy Minister Engineer Abdul Maomit Tomawis and
has a six-year-old son named Ameer.

DR. RJ NAGUIT

Dr. RJ Naguit is a Filipino activist, nurse, medical doctor, and mental health advocate. He
graduated Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Santo
Tomas – Manila and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Community Development from the
University of the Philippines-Diliman.

As a public health physician, he worked as a research associate for projects related to social
health insurance and health information systems in the prison sector under the Alliance for
Improvement of Health Outcomes, Inc. He also serves as a public health consultant for the
Institute of Politics and Governance, a non-government organization that works to institutionalize
harm reduction efforts for people who use drugs in local government units. He is also an active
member of the Philippine Society of Public Health Physicians (PSPHP).

As a mental health advocate, he worked with youth groups for lobbying efforts for the RA 11036
or the Philippine Mental Health Law. While in medical school, he founded the Youth for Mental
Health Coalition, Inc. and served as its National Chairperson until December 2020. Currently, he
serves as the President of the Board of the organization. Dr. Naguit participates in various
technical working groups for the implementation of the Mental Health Law. During his fellowship
at the Asian Institute of Management Center for Bridging Leadership, he developed the
Sangguniang Kabataan Navigators Training Program to train young village officials in developing
barangay mental health action plans. He also conducts training programs in barangays, schools,
and workplaces to support the development of mental health programs and policies in various
settings.

As an activist, he started working on issues on electoral reform and voter empowerment in

student council elections during his medical school days. In the 2016 Presidential elections, he
led the university voter education initiatives of the University of Santo Tomas through the
AKTIBOTO Voter Education Program where he worked with various organizations for political and
civic education in the community setting. Because of his electoral reform work in the youth
sector, he received a scholarship from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Academy of Political
Management for training progressive second-line leaders. In 2019, he was elected as the
National Chairperson of Akbayan Youth, the youth wing of Akbayan Citizens Action Party, a
socialist, feminist, and ecological political party in the Philippines. Since then, he has worked with
social movements on campaigns centered on democracy and human rights, labor, women and
LGBT, and youth issues.
At present, he continues to advocate for holistic wellness, youth activism, and youth engagement
in various social issues.
MR. JOHN REY DELOS SANTOS

John Rey is currently taking up his Bachelors Degree in Agriculture Major in Crop Science at the
Capiz State University Pontevedra. He was a Camp Trailer of the Youth Lead Philippines in Bohol
last 2020. delegate of the Jejak Tabi Exchange Japan and Borres Youth Leadership Institute Inc.
He was also one of the shortlisted nominees of the Citizenship, Sustainability and Responsibility
Youth Awards of the Benito and Catalino Yap Foundation in September 2020. He was an Awardee
of the ASEAN Youth Exchange on Education Vietnam last 2018. Currently he is the Chairman of
the Future Leaders of the Philippines - Capiz State University Pontevedra Chapter.
DR. RICHELLE VERDEPRADO, RSW, MSW, JD

Richelle H. Verdeprado RSW, MSW, Ph.D is a Registered Social Worker. Just this month, she has
completed her academic requirements for a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Negros
Occidental- Recoletos School of Law. She finished her Doctor of Philosophy in Development
Management last 2017 with Outstanding Dissertation Award and Academic Excellence Award.
She earned her Master’s degree in Social Work at Asian Social Institute in Manila and Bachelor of
Science in Social Work in UNO-R as summa cum laude. She was top 2 in the Board Examination
for Social Workers last 2011.

She is currently a fellow in the Youth Leadership Development Program in its Leadership and
Democracy (LEAD) Fellowship. She was also an Ayala Young Leaders delegate, The Outstanding
Students (THOS) and the Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) finalist and a Gerry
Roxas Leadership awardee.

She has been invited as speaker and facilitator in various camps and seminars about leadership,
social work, gender equality, volunteerism, pyscho-social support, and community service. She
was also a delegate in the Philippine Young Leaders last September 3-12, 2017 in Beijing, Henan
and Shanghai in China. She was also one of those trained by the Climate Reality Project last 2018
at Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Verdeprado is presently the head of the Social Work program for both BS and MS program in
UNOR. She is also the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Sowing Legacy Movement Inc., an
organization she founded with friends that offer scholarship program and conducts outreach and
developmental activities for the youth and partner communities. She is also the author of ‘Love
and Learning’ Book for a Cause and main author of “Leadership and Legacies.” She is a Regional
Finalist in the Pinay Power and was awarded by the Philippine Association of Social Workers, Inc.
(PASWI) as outstanding social worker in the Philippines in the field of academe last 2020.
 PANEL SPEAKERS
Mr. Kenneth Bacala

Kenneth is the Founder & Chairman of Hope Builders Organization Negros Island Inc.He was on of
the Alumnus of Future Bridging Leaders Program 3 at Asian Institute of Management. He was the
Project Head of several projects namely PAGbASA: May Pag-asa sa Pagbasa, HomeAid, Lead for
Hope, ProSeed, and BALIK (Bayanihang Lingkod Kalikasan). He was an alumnus of the Legacy
Camp Wave 4, organized by the Sowing Legacy Movement Inc. Presently teaching at Himamaylan
National High School - Senior High School.

MS. CINDY DELLOSO

Since pre-school, she had been elected as a class President or a school officer up to now. She
joined clubs such as YES-O and other educational clubs such as English and Math Clubs and
became President of institutional organizations like Supreme Pupil Government and Supreme
Student Government and VP of the DFSSG Schools Division of Kabankalan. She experienced being
a leader in both private and public schools claiming the Leadership award from elementary up to
High School. Because of her passion to serve others, she joined outside school organizations such
as the CIC from the Ombudsman promoting honesty and integrity and the General Services
Officer of Kabankalan under the Rotary Club. Spirituality is also important for her, she happens to
the Parish Youth Coordinator of Cauayan from the age of 14 until the year 2019. She's the Vice
President of the Vicariate of Dancalan for 4 years and the Secretary of the Diocese of Kabankalan
from 2017 up to 2019. She was also a former Spiritual Chairperson in St. Paul University
Dumaguete. Currently, she's a local youth leader in her town, a first year representative of
Association of Civil Engineering Students, President of UNO-R Community Development Office
Juniors Club, and a member of the Children Optimization for the Revitalization of Environment
(CORE).
MR. DUSTIN RYAN VERIDIANO

Dustin Ryan E. Veridiano during High School Years received Academic Distinctions and Leadership
Awards. He completed his Junior High School in Bacolod City National High School and went to
University of Negros Occidental for his Senior High School Years.

He was the Former SSG President of Bacolod City National High School and the Student Council
President University of Negros Occidental Recoletos.

He was also the finalist in The Outstanding Student (THOS) 2016 and was an awardee in Youth
Leadership Excellence Award ( YLEA ) in year 2016 and 2018

Furthermore, he was one of the Semi Finalists in the Young Sustainable Impact, Netherlands 2016
and received a Certificate of Merit from University of Cambridge for the Climate Reality 2018.

He pursued a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering in University of Cebu under the

Norwegian Shipowners Association and won the 2019 Ten Outstanding Maritime Student of the
Philippines.

Currently, he is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Project Agubay Negros a start up company
that provides technology on the production of cellulose-based bioplastic from agricultural
wastes. The company received 100,000 pesos from the Wala Usik Challenge to scale up their
business and is the process of incubation supported by various investors.

He is also the scholar and the Program Manager of Sowing Legacy Movement Inc and now
studying Social Work in University of Negros Occidental Recoletos

MR. FRANZ GABRIEL BAYLON

Finished ABM in SHS but took a different path when he had chosen to continue his tertiary by
taking BSMarE in JBLCF-Bacolod. The maritime community has widely opened many doors of
opportunity when he became the Unit Model Cadet 2019 and the System Model Cadet 2020. He
won 1st runner up in Extemporaneous Speaking and Champion in Debate proudly representing
the school in a national platform. He was the consistent Rank 1 in his department and eventually
graduated as the top of most recent graduates, Batch 2021. While he believed that academic
excellence is significant in the journey of a student, he crossed boundaries when he joined
different youth groups active in environmental and social causes. He is now a cadet of Marlow
Navigation Philippines Inc. and is bound to face the realities of seafaring soon. Your former SSG
President, Franz Gabriel Baylon.