Angeles City to Host the 1NYFH Launching
- Jul 12, 2015
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Photo: Retablo of patron saints of Pampanga towns, one of the iconic galleries in the Center for Kapampangan Studies. Photo by Nigel Ian Laxamana.
The Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies, Holy Angel University, Angeles City will be the host of the launching of the 1st National Youth Forum on Heritage (NYFH) on 16 July 2015. It was announced by the NYFH Secretariat on 9 July 2015 to highlight Central Luzon from where the NYFH was conceived in 2011.
The launching will be highlighted by the unveiling of the official logo of 1NYFH and a brief tour to the CKS Museum and the Musuem of Kapampangan Art. Program proper will take place at San Francisco Javier Building, also in the university.
CKS has been in Filipino heritage promotion, conservation, and education for 13 years now. It has produced a number of award-winning publications and researches, most famous of which is Singsing, an outstanding cultural and historical magazine on Kapampangan studies.
The NYFH is the first biggest gathering of young heritage advocates and cultural workers in the country to celebrate the wonders of the Filipino nation, to affirm their commitments to nation-building, and be inspired by each other and by the invited established cultural workers, scholars, and vanguards. The delegates is expected to actively voice out their ideas and concerns to the stakeholders of heritage and the cultural agencies of the government, and determine contribute in the forum’s proceedings.
The NYFH is a proud youth program by the youth, of the youth, and for the youth. Its steering group is composed of young men and women who selflessly consecrated their ideas, time, energy, and skills for its success for four years: The young leaders of The Outstanding Students of the Philippines Region 3 Alumni Community of Heroes, Inc., Project Saysay, and Proyekto PH. It is supported by the RFM Foundation, Inc., the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the Philippine High School for the Arts.
For queries, contact the NYFH Secretariat at nyfh.secretariat@gmail com. One may visit www.facebook.com/nyfhph for feeds.
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