The Philippine Vision Cafe
The Philippine Vision Cafe is a forum where the youth can come together and freely articulate among themselves a vision for the Philippines. Its process of emergent dialogue is based on the premise that people, if given a chance to radically participate, have the wisdom and creativity within themselves to face the most difficult challenges. Driven by questions that matter, participants engage in animated discussion in small groups. In this relaxed, non-hierarchical setting, every opinion is important.
As a challenge to the supposed apathy pervading Filipino youth culture, the Philippine Vision Cafe will allow the youth themselves to speak out on issues they truly care about. Rizal once famously said that the youth is the future of the nation. With this in mind, we frame the future not as a faraway abstraction but as a concrete reality where each citizen has a role to play.
