“Our very survival
depends on our ability to stay awake … and to face the challenge of social
change.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The slopes of social participation have been slowly changing.
The bureaucratic barriers of politics have been slimmed. The direction of
national development is now more decentralized. And the rights of the once
unheard are now in the ladder of mainstream attention.
Each of these things symbolizes the political revolution that
the youths of today are experiencing. The facet of empowerment now trails to
the grassroots of the community, catalyzing the strength of a social agenda by
vibrant participation.
Technology: Benchmark in
Harnessing Youth Potentials
The advancement of technology
earmarks the new generation of transformational youths. The digital age has
been a living combat to the accusation that a commoner will always remain
unheard. As we continue to cave the path of social innovations, we give voices
to people who have an unbiased view of the socio-political landscapes in status
quo. Technology abridges youths to be instruments of national development with
their fresh ideas and unique innovations. With social media, we engage more
people to become more responsive to national issues because we can prop
information in the open.
Corollary to that, we can utilize
a rich multimedia content to facilitate awareness programs through websites and
graphic creations. That way, we’re harnessing human potentials and talents to
educate people about different advocacies. And a perfect example of which is on
how Twitter and Facebook can be used to improve transparency in elections. Through the use of mobile phones and its applications,
youths are empowered with rights to protect their votes through facilitated reporting
of electoral violations. With more accountability and transparency in
governance, we can inadvertently seal a better promise to development through
active civil vigilance.
(taken from http://infworm.com/become-a-young-leader)
Participative Youths in Social Innovations
In development, the best way to
move forward is to learn from our history.
And it is the history of having a centralized power that hinders us in
becoming involved in the process of carving solutions. With the borderless
ideas that we have in a more globalized world, we also have a platform of
infinite possible solutions to the diverse problems.
And we have more empowered youths
in the micro-scale who are taking their own initial steps to improve their
communities. We have community projects about liter of lights, flood barriers, artificial
coral reefs, awareness programs to handicapped people, and many more. These
projects should be profiled by the state and be tied-up with private corporations
who are willing to fund these community programs. In this manner, we empower genuine solutions
to problems in grassroots level.
Investment to Youth for Labor Force and Knowledge Production
Scholarships and subsidies to
state universities return a promise of national progress. The state should continue to offer vocational
and non-vocational programs for the youths with varying interests. The state’s
role is to offer options for the youths to harness and improve their raw
talents to be able to contribute to the state in the future. In a way,
youths will be developed individually with their fueling desire and passion.
If we open our eyes in seeing
what youths can do, we will realize that we’re keying in an eminent social
driver who will rule the change to development. If we re-live the youth of the
past, awaken the youth of today, and empower the youth of our future, we will live
in a community that is more responsive to the global challenge of making development a social culture.
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