First Semester
Reminders You may now claim your lanyards and Give Back Cards in the Tugon Room (MVP 213)! Last week of area for this year!
Make the most of your time with the girls and babies! Sign up through this link: tinyurl.com/AreaIsLife! Don’t forget your white shirt, jeans, socks, closed shoes, and your smile!
Tiers of Membership Green Member: Applicant Pink Member: Can apply to be a project head and for LTS
Get 2 area points, 2 project points, 2 mentorship engagements
Red Member: Can apply to be an EB Member for next year
Get a combo of 4 area and project points (with a minimum of 1 each) and 2 mentorship engagements
Purple Member: Ultimate Tugoner!
Get a combo of 4 area and project points (with a minimum of 1 each) and 2 mentorship engagements
Upcoming Projects This season, give our girls and babies an unforgettable Christmas. Make the babies and girls from Tugon's partner institutions even happier this Christmas season by granting their wish lists and pledging in this year's Pamaskong Hiling! Support by pledging online at bit.ly/PamaskongHiling2015 and dropping by the Doghouse from November 23-27 for walk-in pledges! Promo by Alexandra Chua
It's the last project for the year 2015, Tugoners! Join us for a night under the stars to cap off the fun semester that has been! Save the date: November 27, 2015 at 135 6th Avenue, Riverside Village, Pasig City. Promo by Andee Torres Do you volunteer as tribute? Join us for this year's LTS from January 5 to 7, 2016! Follow this link to access the application kit for necessary forms and instructions: tinyurl.com/LastTugonerStanding DEADLINE FOR APPS ARE ON NOVEMBER 29 AT 11:59PM. Promo by Lazir Caluya
Change Can Change
Photo by Erica Panganiban
Awarded COA's Minimum Investment Maximum Impact Project of the Year for the academic year 2014-2015, Tugon Ateneo's Change Can Change enterprise has created a legacy that is slowly starting to spread, and the best part is: not only in Ateneo! Currently, there are 120 cans in circulation, mostly in restaurants found in Ateneo, Katipunan, and UP Town
Center, but high hopes are in place to propagate this project in more commercial areas such as the Fort and Ortigas. A project that started out as a simple venture has largely supported Tugon Ateneo's flagship project, the National Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Week (NCSAAW). Change Can Change has served as an effective avenue for various companies and families to contribute to Tugon Ateneo's advocacy. Whether it’s Change Can Change or “Be the Change,” one thing’s for sure: awareness of this issue has been successfully more widespread after this project and that is, in its whole reality, the best change that can happen.
Feature: The Advocacy Department With more than a thousand members, Tugon is the largest student organization in the Ateneo. At thirty years young, its efforts in raising awareness, and its active presence in the lives of the girls and babies in their partner institutions has established the organization as a notable force in the battle against child sexual abuse and abandonment. As a student-run organization, Tugon’s appeal and influence on the Ateneo campus is evident on the impact of its varying projects, area insertions, and the prominence of the org’s icon – the pinwheel. With the sheer size of the organization, it is undeniable that direction, the embodiment of the org’s mission in every
aspect, is needed to pursue its ambitions of being bigger than the Ateneo and being a mainstay in the cause at hand. At its core, Tugon is about advocacy, and 2015 marks the first year of the department that seeks to guide it towards just that. The Advocacy department, headed by Nico Rollan, is a product of the Tugoner’s spirit (and Ignatian values) of improving, of doing more. It’s in information that this department finds its ground. “It is a three-pronged approach,” as Nico puts it. True enough, the department branches out to community development, research and development, and awareness campaigns, and each runs with its own head and deputy.
In partnership with other departments and even other organizations, the Advocacy department hopes to spread information through community insertions, conferences, campaigns, and ultimately, Tugon’s flagship project, NCSAAW. In line with its mission, raising awareness and educating people about the value, importance, and possibility of fostering an environment free of child sexual abuse and abandonment is a step that Tugon takes to reach society’s shared goal of peace and safety. It is the gravity of this advocacy that reminds us all that this is “bigger than the org.” Say “Hi!” to Tugon’s first Advocacy Director, Nico Rollan!
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Infographic by Danni Villanueva
Congratulations! Tugon Year Launcher Team Project Head: Gail Magalona Programs: Nikki Pulma, Dana Olvina, and Mars Barrameda Logistics: Brian Salvador Creatives Manager: Lazir Caluya
Sportsfest 1 Team Project Head: Enzo Dizon Programs: Monch de Leon and Isa Varilla Logistics: Yusof Marohombsar and Andy Garcia Decors: Anina Mortel and Sab Go F&B: Raffy Cepeda Secretariat: Gabbie Anonas Design Associate: Mariane Caparros Photos by Alexandra Huang, Cesca Wong, Trixie Lazaro, Nikki Bonuel, Kieth Rodriguez, and Anton Carlos
Four Months Awareness Campaign (Love) Team Project Head: Lois Estanislao Programs: Giselle Lapid, Dela Dimagiba, Abelle Aquino, and Anika Camacho Logistics: Charms Hau, Mike Cruz, and Vhone Delos Reyes
Bake Sale 1 Team Project Head: Joanna Villanueva Programs: Janelle Malig, Clarissa Ting, Yna Alvarez, Lois Estanislao, and Mikee Tongson Logistics: Alreen Miranda, Erika Reyes, Abelle Aquino, Vhone Delos Reyes, and Shayne Samoy Finance: Lauren Kwa, Isabelle Go, Char Odeste, and Mia Teng Design Associates: Alex Chua and Pam Fajardo Production Associates: Isha Cruz, Robyn Bangsil, and Sara Northdurft
Ultimate Girls Day Out Core Team: Felicia Cruz, Ni単a Sampang, Naomi Bustamante, Chiara Romualdez, Cesca Wong, Yusof Marohombsar, Raffy Roces, and Renzo Ramos Design Associates: Andee Torres and Ninna Lebrilla Production Associates: Anina Mortel, Pau Lacanienta, Lean Miller, and Tin Castillo
Tugon Week Team Project Heads: Gillian Guzman and Gabbie Anonas Programs: Janette Fria, Ram Escalona, Jewel Amante, Cas Ongkiko, and Czarina Villanueva Logistics: Russell Tee, Tiffany Baraero, Phoebe Poblete, Shanne Tin, and Anna Santos F&B: Eifrel Panganiban, Erika Reyes, Abelle Aquino, and Diana Tan Design Associates Kleo Hernandez and Anna Marcelo Production Associates: Jas Inaldo, Burger Reyes, and Nikki Roxas
Weekend Market Team Project Head: Pao Estevez Programs: Charms Hau, Monch de Leon, and John Cruz Logistics: Nico Rocha, Renzo Ramos, Yya Trinidad, and Joshua Ang Design Associates: Nikki Bugayong and Dianne Aguas Production Associates: Gabby Liamzon and Eli Uy
Congratulations T−CREW for representing us in RIB 2015: MILLENNIALS! A special thank you to our Managers: Anton Carlos and Alex Anonas and to Coach Pax Michelena!
FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR'S OFFICE Write-ups by Robyn Jereza and Cassandra Lim Design by Alexandra Huang