Leader’s Weekly is an initiative that celebrates the journeys of young student leaders from different organizations, fields, and communities. Each week, we share stories of how these students make a difference—whether through academics, leadership roles, community service, or creative pursuits. By highlighting their experiences, Leader’s Weekly hopes to inspire more youth to embrace their potential, work together, and build a culture of leadership that thrives on passion, resilience, and genuine impact.

Leaders Weekly Spotlight: The Youth – A Generation That Refuses to be Silent

Corruption is the oldest betrayal in Philippine politics. It steals from classrooms, hospitals, farmers, and workers. It cripples communities and denies people the dignity of a life they deserve. It is not just a crime—it is a wound that festers, passed from one administration to the next, until it threatens to poison the very future of this nation.

But if corruption is old, the resistance against it is young.

This week, Leaders Weekly honors the courage of the youth who are taking a stand. Their voices remind us that corruption may have scarred our past, but it will not define our future.

To the youth: never let your fire die. Never let the world convince you that your fight is too small or your voice too weak. You are proof that courage is alive, that justice is possible, that hope cannot be silenced.

Your generation is not just the leaders of tomorrow—you are the defenders of today. And when you rise, corruption will fall.

Because you are, and will always be, a Force for Good.

This generation refuses to stand by while the future is stolen from them. They see the damage corruption brings—not in abstract numbers, but in empty classrooms, underfunded hospitals, and communities left behind. And instead of surrendering to hopelessness, they choose to rise.

For the youth, the fight against corruption is not simply about politics. It is about protecting dignity. It is about standing for fairness. It is about saying, with unwavering conviction: “We deserve better, and we will not stop until better is won.”

A Battle Cry for the future

On September 21, 2025, while the nation remembered the dark days of Martial Law, young leaders across the Philippines took to the streets to confront another enduring enemy: corruption. In Cebu, student leaders marched through the rain and long hours of protest, declaring that silence in the face of theft and betrayal is no longer an option.

Among them was Kimson Godinez, a student leader who carried not just his own conviction, but the stories and struggles of those who could not march beside him. Speaking to Leaders Weekly, he reflected on the experience:

“When you truly want to fight for something you know is just, the size of your voice or the number of people beside you no longer matters. What matters is the cause itself… What truly mattered were the stories, the reasons, and the unshakable ‘whys.’ And in hearing them, I, along with everyone present, gained an even deeper resolve to keep fighting because that is exactly why we were there.”

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