LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — July 2, 2025. Two trail‑blazing representatives of King’s College of the Philippines (KCP)—Supreme Student Council Prime Minister Jenny Claire T. Estrada and Office of Student Affairs and Services Director Jefort K. Sab‑it—have returned from the ASEAN Global Youth Summit 2025 (24–26 June, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur) with a trio of top honours and fresh momentum for campus‑wide change.
Both delegates were proclaimed Global Youth Inspiration 2025 and earned Honourable Volunteer certificates after completing the summit’s community‑service immersion in Kuala Lumpur’s historic Kampung Baru.
Sab‑it seized the summit’s premier individual award—the ASEAN Global Youth Speak‑Up Competition Championship—by framing leadership as a sacred act of connection. Draped in hand‑woven Igorot fabric, he told the delegates that a true leader “must be the bridge between the past and the future, between culture and progress, between peoples and possibilities.”
Estrada also addressed the plenary with her speech “The Power of Youth Leadership: Leading and Inspiring Change,” electrifying the hall with a call to action.
“We are no longer just the future; we are the present voice—strong and unafraid. Leadership doesn’t come from age—it comes from courage,” Estrada declared. “Let this summit be the moment we decide we are not too young, we are not too small—we are just enough to make history. When the youth rise, the world changes.”
Echoing one of the keynote speaker Madam Hannah’s challenge—“If others can’t do it, then do it”—Estrada urged her peers to transform inspiration into tangible community impact.
Organized under the banner “Becoming the Next Young Leader,” the summit featured leadership workshops, intercultural dialogues and service‑learning activities aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
