I Love Pangasinan Movement launched
CAPITOL NEWS
LOVE for the province deepened furthermore and gained a bigger heart among Pangasinenses with the launching of the “I Love Pangasinan” Movement where thousands of the local folks—young and old—attended and volunteered to institute behavioral change in every Pangasinense.
The launching of the movement held March 17 at the Sison Auditorium here, is a multi-sectoral project spearheaded by Dr. Perla Legaspi, former UP Vice Chancellor.
Legaspi posted a challenge to all volunteers to join hands together in introducing change and reforms to move the province to greater heights.
Leaders from government, business, NGOs, NGAs, academe and other sectoral groups attended the event./MVS
She stressed that pro-active reforms must be instituted to achieve social behavioral change which must be started individually through simple and basic things like paying taxes and sharing resources.
Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr., on the other hand, also called on the various sectors to unite and take ‘collective efforts’ for the success of the project.
Governor Espino Congratulates ILP Movement Convenor Perla Legaspi as Judge Ulysses Butuan, one of the speakers, looks on.
The governor said his administration has endeavored through the years to provide the people with programs that will help uplift their lives. He cited health program as one of the frontline services that the provincial government offers to the sick and poor Pangasinenses who most need to feel loved and cared for.
The provincial government, he said, has designed programs that specifically address the needs of the youth, the poor, and those who have lost sight of loving the province.
Gov. Espino said that through the movement, the people, young and old alike, will be able to instill further in their consciousness the true value of being a Pangasinense.
Pangasinenses from various sectors around the province sign on the pledge of commitment wall for the ILP movement which aims to unite the people of Pangasinan to have a healthy body, healthy pocket, healthy environment. /MVSadim
Meanwhile, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, who officiated the mass before the main program, further called on Pangasinenses in his homily to brace together and work hand-in-hand to promote more programs that will benefit the Pangasinense youth, the poor, and those who lose sight of their identity.
The church leader said the province should get rid of people he dubbed, “walang pakialam, walang pakirandam, and walang hiya” (people who doesn’t care, no concern, and no shame) for the movement to succeed.
I Love Pangasinan Movement is an aggregation of volunteer individuals or groups engaged in various fields like business, agriculture, tourism, culture and arts, academe, medical or health, religious, public service and other organizations, that seeks to instil love of God, of one’s roots, and family.
Activities related to the movement cover programs on health, trainings, livelihoods, environment, tourism, and spiritual.
The movement also helps promote sports development, nutrition, education, and other simple activities that require community participation. /RBernardino
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