What is your message to the Filipino youth during this trying times?

• "Make yourself aware of what is happening to our country. Organize yourselves to defend your rights as young people and volunteer your services to to help others. Ensure young people participate in the 2010 elections to choose the most worthy leader who will inspire the country to greatness."
  - Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan, UP medicine professor and former DOH Secretary
  
  
• "Keep the faith. Tomorrow is a new day."
  - Atty. Ismael Khan, former SC spokesperson
  
  
• "Dream big! Hope! Oneness!"
  -Prof. Erle Frayne Argonza, sociologist and development scientist
  
  
• "Work within the framework of genuine sustainable development that embodies responsible governance, sound and viable economy, social cohesion and environmental integrity. Each of this pillars must benefit essentially the marginalized, including women, children, indigenous peoples, and the impoverished. Be vigilant and active in safeguarding the environment, respect for human rights, good governance and socio-economic justice."
  -Prof. Natividad Lacdan, UP ecology professor
  
  
• "Find an ecological paradigm that transcends good and evil, discover their own mutya (spark of divinity and genius within), develop it to the level of excellence and nobility, and offer their highest for the evolution of human consciousness and accompany this with working for concrete measures and projects for cultural and social development and for society's transformation that begins with self, sense of community and nation, and sense of kapwa and mutya in everything while reconnecting with own roots and ancient wisdom in expressing ourselves creatively, always learning new things of being, doing and understanding."
  -Prof. Grace Odal-Devora, UP Philippine arts professor
  
  
• "Be aware of national issues and find vehicles to become involved."
  -Francis Lim, Executive Director of Makati Business Club
  
  
• "As an old saying goes, don't let your academics get in the way of your education."
  -Prof. Danilo Arao, UP journalism professor
  
  
• "Makilahok, kumilos para sa tunay na pagbabago sa pamahalaan - nasyunal at lokal -
  at sa ating mga sarili."
  -former Senator Wigberto Tañada, lead convenor of Fair Trade Alliance