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Online Leadership Journey for Regional JJWC

In the continuing solidarity of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation to bring the process of reflection to the lives of the servant-leaders in our country’s Penal system, the NCA Online Leadership Journey was shared with new companions from Regional Offices of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council. With two separate sessions on April 12 and 26, fifty-one RJJWC participants from all over the country were given the chance to pause, reflect and renew their minds and hearts. Through the leadership values of Ninoy and Cory embodied in the virtues of prayer and discernment that lead to self sacrifice, the concept of a loving service was introduced to them.

Under the facilitation of NCAF Program Director Mr. Jampao Reyes, participants were invited to identify shared and personal experiences throughout the last year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Important links were made to connect their lives as individuals, to their lives as servant-leaders for the good of the nation. Many were brought to tears in recalling the harrowing difficulties living in a state of quarantine has brought to them- but all realized that, like the brightest stars shine in darkest nights, the work they do comprises the soul of a nation scorned by the pain of poverty and injustice.

At the catharsis of these realizations brought about by the short online sessions, one participant put it precisely when she said that “reflection must always be put into action.” At the end of the journey, all participants concurred, that with more purposeful hearts: the challenge of building a nation from its roots is more meaningful, now than ever.