Fil-Am youth summit at Asian Library on Sept. 16

A SUMMIT for Filipino-American youths in the Charlotte, North Carolina area will be held by the Filipino-American Community of the Carolinas Inc. (FACC) at the Asian Library on Sept. 16.

This one day event promises to be filled with fun-filled activities and lessons on leadership and governance, culture and heritage of the Philippies and how to deal with social media. 

The FACC hopes the event will tap potential future leaders for the group and the Filipino-American community in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. 

The training is divided into the following topics: Introduction to leadership, Civics, Philippine Culture/heritage, Introduction to legislative agenda, Impact of social media in leadership and learning FACC. 

The summit participants are expected to chose their leaders at the end of the day.  The training design was actually intended for two days but due to previous commitments it was squeezed into one day. 

The keynote speaker is Kirstan Feist, president of the Filipino American Student Association University of North Carolina Greensboro for school season 2017-2018. 

Feist is a junior at UNCG majoring in Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism. Feist shared that when he was still a representative of the UNCG in 2013, there were only 17 members.

Now the UNCG is the largest multicultural organization on campus consisting of more than 120 members. Feist is not new also to FACC activities since in 2012 he served as an usher and color guard for that year's gala.  

“Never lose sight of who are you and always remember your roots,” Feist told fellow Filipino-Americans in the Charlotte area.

Lecturers/facilitators include Gloria Grifenhagen, Ann Gonzales, Myra Tranquilino, Mirasol Abogi and Kirstan Feist. Those interested to attend can contact any of the board of directors of the FACC or you can email me at susanap.dennis@yahoo. com./Susan Palmes-Dennis