PH Consulate General in San Francisco Enters Partnership with Climate Change Commission

SAN FRANCISCO 21 September 2018 – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco and Climate Change Commission (CCC) signed a partnership agreement that aims to collaborate on platforms and activities to connect the Filipino youth to the Philippines.

Philippine Consul General to San Francisco and CCC Communion signed the Spark*Connect*Empower (SCE) Agreement on 12 September 2018.

The CCC is the latest among several government agencies and organizations which committed to work with the Consulate General to spark, connect, and empower next generations of Filipinos, by moving them to fall in love with their Filipino heritage and culture through various platforms and activities.

During the signing ceremony, Consul General Bensurto thanked Secretary De Guzman and the CCC for its support toward the realization of the objectives of the SCE movement.

“We thank Secretary De Guzman for embracing the ideals of the Spark*Connect*Empower movement. The SCE is an inclusive, all-encompassing initiative that now, with the coming on board of the CCC, includes a call for all Filipinos to care and protect the environment. We are happy that with CCC as our partner, we are further able to stay true to our pledge to the flag to be a “sambayanang maka-Diyos, makatao, makakalikasan at makabansa,” Consul General Bensurto said.

Secretary De Guzman was in San Francisco to attend a three-day Global Climate Action Summit from 12 to 15 September 2018.

The SCE movement was initiated by the Consulate General in 2017 with the realization that, given demographic trends and shifts, there is a possibility that Filipino identity, culture and heritage among Filipino-Americans in the United States could be irremediably lost.

It aspires to see Filipino-Americans, especially the young, become the new vanguards of Filipino culture and heritage and of a more united—though diverse—and empowered Filipino American Community that is able to contribute more to the greater community in the U.S. and in the Philippines. END

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