The Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP), the Coalition for Students’ Rights and Welfare (STRAW Coalition), and the Budget Watch Alliance invite you to the National Day of Action for Education Reform at the National Computer Center this June 4, 8:30 AM.
We enjoin everyone to wear white and take part in the activities. For NCR contingencies, contact UP ALYANSA at 09154367744.
UP ALYANSA's USC WATCH letter addressed to the USC Chairperson, Heart Diño:
"The USC Watch is a project initiated by UP ALYANSA in the hopes of making the USC more reachable to the UP populace. It provides a blow-by-blow account of the ongoing USC Committee Deliberations and updates on different USC initiated projects. As the USC General Assembly is open to everyone, this endeavor is a way to inform the students about the pertinent issues discussed in the general assembly. Moreover, this can provide an avenue for higher student participation in the USC campaigns, services, and activities. The USC Watch serves as an independent body covering the USC and as a leadership and service formation; it is incumbent upon us to monitor the highest representative body of the students so as we can provide check and balances with integrity."
You may download this image! Just click here for a readable JPEG file (3.6MB), or here for a high-resolution JPEG (6.5MB). Just right-click on the image and select "Save As".
Para sa bagong halal na UP President na si Alfredo Pascual, nawa'y maging para sa mga mag-aaral at para sa Bayan ang mga gawain mo sa iyong termino. Iskolar para sa Bayan, kasama ka sa pagbantay ng bagong UP Admin.
"While members of ALYANSA are at the UP community strike, a contingent led by Will del Rosario (ALYANSA Vice Chair for STRAW) and Arrow Pabiona (BUKLOD CSSP Director for STRAW) is at the Senate to lobby for a higher budget for education."
We unite with the rest of the UP community in pushing for a higher budget for education. This is an issue that transcends our affiliations, and we support different actions that would promote this cause.
Iskolar para sa Bayan, kasama ka sa iba't ibang uri ng pagkilos para sa mas mataas na budget para sa edukasyon!
(Watch out for our next updates regarding our lobbying efforts in the Senate.)
From the Computerized Registration System (CRS) site:
All students enrolled this First Semester AY 2010-2011 are required to accomplish the Online Student Evaluation of Teachers through the SET Answering Module of the CRS. The module will be open until October 8, 2010 (Friday).
Please proceed to the UP CRS site for the online student evaluation: http://crs.upd.edu.ph. Thank you!
We in ALYANSA have always believed that the University Student Council (USC) is a showcase of our principles and shared values. Our leadership reflects our character. Our credibility, as student leaders, emanates from our decision to remain true to these principles, values, and character that we hold dear.
Our call, “Kasama Ka”, is a reflection of the formation’s character for the past decade. It is not merely a show for self-congratulation. Being “kasama” implies the our work as ALYANSA -- our constant efforts to bridge our differences, our passionate work for progressive change, and our purposeful service to the University and country. Summed by our challenge to become Iskolars para sa Bayan, we have enjoined students for a decade to go beyond themselves and become a force for social justice and social progress.
It is in this light that we answer the challenge of our friends from the other side of the fence.
When red banners unfurl with the fiery rhetoric of militant action, isn’t that borne out of a desire for social transformation? While we often clash and disagree on issues, ALYANSA has always been united with its counterparts in desiring for social transformation. We have shown throughout our history that we can unite for a common purpose even as we disagree. We have ousted a corrupt President in 2001, we have defended the Manininda’s tenure in UP in 2005, and we are now protecting the Office of the Student Regent by condemning its vacancy as a disservice to students.
When yellow is being touted as the color of unity, and students put it at the helm of the USC, isn’t that a result of a promise for change? Even if ALYANSA belongs to the opposite side of the fence, we have been consistent with serving the students. Even as promises are broken, and the prospect for change turns sour, ALYANSA never abandoned the USC.
For a decade, we held our blue standard high and lived out our words “Kasama Ka.” It is the reason why ALYANSA continues to be the best alternative for change. We spoke out against fraternity-related violence all throughout our ten years. We are the formation that advocated revisions for the UP Charter, which passed in 2008, way back in 2003. We are the formation that led the USC with integrity in 2004, 2007, and 2008. We are the formation that successfully pushed for the reform of the STFAP in 2009, consistent with the core concept of social justice.
This is leadership that we have always demonstrated for a decade -- ready to involve, never to leave behind. This is leadership that we serve to uphold -- ready to unite, never to divide. This is the leadership that carries our principle -- ready to listen, never to impose.
We may be different, but we share a common humanity. This is the humanity we serve to uplift in ALYANSA. This is the essence of “kasama ka”, and this is the brand of leadership we offer to our beloved UP.
The Student Legal Aid and Action Committee (SLAAC) of the University Student Council, led this year by USC Councilor Simoun Salinas from the College of Law, has recently come up with a primer of our basic rights. Taken from the 1987 Constitution, this primer is part of a series aiming to inform us of the laws we need to know. The Law Representative to the USC, Chingkay Martirez, is this primer's editor.
S.A.G.U.T. Ka ng SLAAC stands for Sasamahan, Aalalayan, Gagabayan, Uugnayin at Tutulungan Ka ng SLAAC.
UP ALYANSA, with BUKLOD CSSP and AKBAYANYouth, have successfully concluded the "Uphold STRAW" forum at Palma Hall on September 3, 2010. Former Rep. Risa Hontiveros of Akbayan Partylist was the event's keynote speaker. This well-attended forum discussed the advocacy for a Student Rights and Welfare Bill to be passed in Congress.
In line with this advocacy, UP ALYANSA is part of the Student Rights and Welfare Coalition, a broad alliance which includes the Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP) and the Movement for the Advancement of Student Power (MASP).
Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel is a Filipino activist, journalist, and politician who served as the party-list representative of the Akbayan Citizens' Action Party to the Philippines' House of Representatives. Having served as a journalist for ten years before venturing into politics, she is a recipient of the Kapisanan ng Mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas' Golden Dove Award for Best Female Newscaster. She also earned a Nobel peace prize nomination for her work as chair the Government Panel's Reciprocal Working Committee on Socio-Economic Reforms in the Peace Talks with the National Democratic Front from 1998 to 1999.
Iskolar para sa Bayan, kasama ka sa pagpili ng UP President!
Know more about the background and vision of the men and women vying to become the next President of the University of the Philippines. Click on the links for the following candidates to know more about their curriculum vitae (CV) and vision for UP.
UP ALYANSA is currently with theStudent Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP), Movement for the Advancement of Student Power (MASP), AKBAYAN Youth, Students' Rights and Welfare Coalition, at SK Reform Coalition! for the NCR Youth Summit. This event aims to catalyze action towards a progressive legislative agenda for the youth. This is ongoing at the Ateneo de Manila University campus and the Senate halls.
"Mapalad ang bayang linitawan ng mga bayani sapagka't ang bayang iya'y walang kamatayan."(Andres Bonifacio)
ALYANSA joins the entire Filipino nation in celebrating the sacrifice of our country's countless heroes. Kasama ka, kasama tayong lahat, sa pag-alala at pasasalamat sa sakripisyo ng ating mga bayani. Kasama rin tayong lahat sa pagpapatuloy ng kanilang kabayanihan, sa ating sariling paraan.
At around 1:00 am, exactly three years ago, the lifeless body of NCPAG student leader Cris Mendez was brought to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center due to alleged hazing by a UP fraternity. Up to this point in time, NO ONE has been held accountable for his death.
To this, we cry: JUSTICE! Iskolar para sa Bayan, patuloy na tutulan ang karahasan. Hindi ito sukatan ng kadakilaan, karangalan, o kapatiran!
UP Student-Led Anti-Fraternity Violence Watch (SAWA) video shown during freshmen orientation programs at the start of Academic Year 2008-2009.
UP Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (ALYANSA) is an active organization in SAWA.
