2020: IT’S TIME TO TRAIN THE JCI WAY

By: Sen. Alfred Vargas, 2020 National Training Director

In this day and age of fake news, culture of instant gratification, weak character, and a fierce lack of genuine leadership, comes an enormous demand for young, molded and motivated men and women.

Each and every one of us can answer this call because we all have the potential to become an agent of positive change, who is capable of building a better world.

But in order for us to realize this potential, we need to develop the skillset, mindset, and values of active, engaged, and empowered citizens.

This is where our organization comes in. The JCI’s mission is to contribute to the advancement of the global community by providing the opportunity for young people to develop the leadership skill, social responsibility, fellowship and entrepreneurship necessary to create positive change.

These opportunities come in the form of the trainings that JCI offers its members. For 2020, we are focusing on training courses that identify our members’ talents, enhance their skills and technical know-how, strengthen leadership, promote discipline, and develop character.

Beyond this, we will also offer training courses that will allow our members to discover purpose and develop confidence, be inspired, and ignite the passion in them.

We are doing this because we believe that in order to create lasting positive change in the world around us, we must first improve ourselves. We are investing in training because our members are, and always will be, the most important aspect of any JCI Local Organization. As trainers, it is our job to empower them by providing development opportunities through quality and practical trainings that they can use to effect positive change. For at the end of the day, the LO is the sum of what its members achieve individually.

For 2020, we will mold and motivate our members to become agents of positive change. We will help each other become the best that we can be. We will help each other reach our dreams. And in the process, let us help others reach theirs as well.