ACT International Consulting, LLC is blessed to be engaged by the Philippine Women's College of Davao as the consultant/resource person for the project management training component of the Tambayayong Hub Network (THN) involving Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in Mindanao, Philippines.
------ "JOSEPHINE L. TURNER, PMP, PMI-ACP, PSM 1 Founder and Owner ACT International Consulting LLC Dear Miss Turner, Madayaw! It is our earnest desire to cascade and share the best practices of our journey with the CHED IDIG Grant. It made possible the establishment of PWC of Davao Center for Innovation and Social Ventures (CISV) and the Davao Region’s Tambayayong Hub Network. As a follow through to last year’s exclusive seminar-workshop for PWC of Davao, we are now bringing forward culture, heritage and identity in tapokCHI+ Series (pronounced as tapokay in Visayan meaning “gathering” or “coming together”). TapokCHI+ Series is the Online Learning component of the CHED-IDIG PWC of Davao-initiated Cascading of Best Practices Phase Tambayayong Hub Network Chi+ Hub Organizing Capacity Building Training Program (THN CHI+ HOCBTP) for our 5 partner State Colleges in Region XI, who will be bringing to the fore hubs grounded on culture-based creative enterprises for social impact. The pioneering HEI hubs are: Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology in Davao Oriental; Kolehiyo ng Pantukan in Davao de Oro; Kapalong College of Arts, Science and Technology in Davao del Norte; Davao del Sur State College (DSSC) in Davao del Sur; the Southern Philippines Agri-business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology in Davao Occidental; and the Philippine Women’s College of Davao in Davao City as the lead proponent school. The HEIs will be equipped with relevant knowledge to guide them in conceptualizing and building their themed hubs eventually ideating and incubating culture-based enterprises ranging from advocacies to products to service ideas with social significance. The learning sessions will be aligned under the tapokCHI+ Series thus the tapokCHI+ HUB ORGANIZING CAPACITY." - Emi Englis, MAFAD Head, Center for Innovation and Social Ventures Program Lead, CHED-IDIG MFAMSC AHSCEC Project Director, THN CHI+ HOCBTP -----
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April 12, 2019 and ACT International Consulting, LLC was founded in the State of Georgia. More details via the ACT FB Page
My second global professional credential from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and passed my exam on the first try. Thank you to PMI-ACP Mentor Nidhi Kohli of EduHubSpot for the superb mentoring.
Learning one of the most commonly used agile methodology is Scrum. I am happy to pass this PSM 1 and hoping to do PSM II and PSM III later.
It is my dream to study at the Harvard University. This dream became a reality this year. After finishing the Program Certificate in American Government thru HarvardX last May, I was inspired to further my studies thru the Public Leadership Credential Program of the Harvard Kennedy School. I did my orientation today and off to my first course, Evidence for Decisions: From Descriptions to Decisions.
----- "Harvard Kennedy School is the global leader of public policy and public leadership education and is committed to helping people achieve safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Designed by faculty at Harvard Kennedy School, the Public Leadership Credential (PLC) is an online professional program that provides changemakers with the skills and knowledge necessary to advance the public good and have an immediate impact within their communities. This unique credential program is comprised of six six-week courses that foster an active and engaged learning environment for participants. These courses offer in-depth training in the design and evaluation of public policy as well as an examination of the role and agency of public leadership. Learners can complete the PLC in as little as 11 months (six six-week courses plus an online capstone assessment that serves as a cumulative learning experience leading to a credential) or at a pace that fits their individual schedules and needs. The PLC also provides a potential pathway to the Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA), allowing those who complete the credential to apply to the MC/MPA Program and—if admitted—the opportunity to count PLC courses toward the MC/MPA degree. To qualify for the PLC, participants must have a bachelor’s degree and five years of work experience. They also must be proficient in English and be able to dedicate 10-12 hours a week to coursework." - https://onlinelearning.hks.harvard.edu/ I became a member of The Climate Reality Project - Atlanta Chapter this March 2019 just a week before the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training in Atlanta. The video featured the founding members and our welcome message to all participants for the training.
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"Family and Friends in Region 12/SOX, please tune in to Bombo Radyo Philippines - General Santos City 801khz on March 31 (Sunday, 8 am/ Saturday 8 PM US Eastern Time) for this radio program of Bombo Yvonne. I will be sharing about Climate Change in relation to the KafyeBlaan Empowerment, Inc. advocacy. ----- THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT: Founded and chaired by Nobel Laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore, The Climate Reality Project is dedicated to catalyzing a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every level of society. The Climate Reality Leadership Corps are advocates and influencers in over 100 countries trained by Vice President Gore to mobilize communities for action. About Josephine “Arjho” Cariño Turner: Josephine Latimban Cariño Turner or “Arjho” is a half Blaan born in Landan, Polomolok, South Cotabato. She is now based in Atlanta, USA and is married to an American and a Mom of two kids. She was the former Indigenous Peoples Development Program Manager of Sarangani Province. She finished her BS in Agriculture major in Plant Pathology from the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) and MS in Environment and Natural Resource Management major in Upland Resource Management from the University of the Philippines Open University (OPOU). She is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI). She is a cultural, environmental, and good governance advocate serving non-profit organizations in Atlanta and the KafyeBlaan Empowerment, Inc. in the Philippines. Recently, she is one of the 1,987 new Climate Reality Leaders that participated and completed the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training in Atlanta, USA held last March 14-16, 2019. Interview topics: 1. What is Climate Change? 2. What inspired Arjho to attend the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training? 3. What are the impacts of Climate Change in the Indigenous Cultural Communities? 4. What can be done in the community level to help keep cultural practices, rituals, traditions alive in a changing micro-climate? Thank you/Bong salamat Bombo Radyo Philippines - General Santos City and Bombo Yvonne for this opportunity to raise awareness about Climate Change. - Arjho Turner, KafyeBlaan Empowerment, Inc. Honorary Board of Trustee / Climate Reality Leader March 14 - 16, 2019 40th Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) Atlanta, Georgia, USA I believe in big dreams and wishes. I believe in achieving my dreams and wishes to come into reality too. These dreams are driven by my passion to learn, to engage with other people who are also passionate about what they care about in their community and in their personal life, to give back and share awareness to benefit other people. I have only seen and heard the former Vice President Al Gore sharing about Climate Change on TV interviews, on documentaries, in the mainstream print media, and on social media postings. Back then, I was only dreaming and wishing to be in an event where I can just listen in and learn more about this Climate Change and the Climate Crisis impacting the world, impacting the communities. It was late in January 2019 that my Facebook Friend Manobo Princess Bae Limpayen Sibug-Las shared to me the great news that she was accepted for the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training that will be held here in Atlanta, USA. She is coming to join this global training and I willingly shared to her that my family can host her stay while here in Atlanta. I thought then that I will only serve as a host and will be willing to drive her around downtown to the Georgia World Congress Center (GWW) from March 14 – 16, 2019. However, when I checked the website www.climaterealityproject.org, I found out that they are still open for application. The greatest part is that the application registration is free and the application will be screened if approved or not. However, associated travel costs will be shouldered by participants approved for the training. I did my online application and answered all questions asked. Here is what I shared as part of my application and I am sharing this with the hope that whoever reads this story will be encouraged to apply as well for future training of The Climate Reality Project: ----- About Me My name is Josephine Latimban Cariño Turner but I prefer to be called by my nickname Arjho. I am half Blaan from the Blaan Indigenous Peoples Group of the Philippines and now living in Atlanta since 2006. I got my BS in Agriculture major in Plant Pathology and MS in Environment and Natural Resource Management major in Upland Resource Management from the University of the Philippines. I am also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI). I am a wife and a Mom of two beautiful kids. I am a cultural and environmental advocate serving non-profit organizations here in Atlanta and in the Philippines. More about me at my website: https://arjhoturner.weebly.com/ What inspired me to apply to the training? Before immigrating to the USA, I was a Program Manager for the Indigenous Peoples Development Program of Sarangani Province and one of our resource management projects was focused on preserving the traditional upland rice varieties. This traditional agriculture is very vulnerable for the impact of Climate Change especially as the upland areas become drier and drier and food security in the household level is adversely affected and help is very hard to get. I believe that resilience and adaptability is ingrained into the traditions and cultures of many of the societies. However in many cases, if voices aren’t effectively communicated and stories left untold, focus of politicians and resources are directed towards where cameras focused that provide the most compelling narrative. Thus, am very much inspired to share how the Indigenous Peoples Group where I came from in the Philippines are really suffering from climate change that impacts the livelihood as well as the vanishing of cultural practices that have sustained them through time and hope to give a voice to that thru the KafyeBlaan Empowerment, Inc., a non-profit organization based in the Philippines that I serve a Consultant and Honorary Board of Trustee. This is my first time to attend this Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training. I am excited to host a fellow participant friend from the Philippines with whom I get the information about the training. What are you most looking forward to? I am looking forward to learn on how to be a more effective environmental advocate. It would be awesome as well to meet participants from different countries and especially those who are actively doing collaborative works for people in marginalized communities. I am excited to meet mentors too and am very much willing to be mentored and empowered to join this global movement. ---- On January 30, 2019, I got an email confirmation for the acceptance of my application. Just like that and my dream and wish is getting real! I could not wait for March 14-16! I shared this great news to Manobo Princess Bae Limpayen Sibug-Las and thanked her for sharing the information to me. I could have missed out this training happening 30 minutes away from where I live just because I did not have any information about it…but, God knows how to use people in our lives and make them vessels in fulfilling our dreams. Coming from the Manobo and the Blaan Indigenous Peoples Group of Region 12, we had great plans for the three-day event. We were ready. We intentionally wore our respective traditional clothing and accessories to represent the Indigenous Peoples Groups we belong and also share the cultural diversity of the Philippines after getting permission from The Climate Reality Project Team. We did wore our traditional clothing during the first and last day of the training. Of the over 2,000 participants, the two of us were very distinctive among the crowd because of what we wore and people can hear us wherever we go from the sounds produced by the brass bells in our belts. What we wore became a starting point for conversations and introductions with other training participants as well as sharing our advocacy too. I am proud to share the advocacy of the KafyeBlaan Empowerment, Inc. to the 40th Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training in Atlanta. I had a great opportunity to open up discussion and sharing on the challenges that Indigenous Cultural Communities living on the fringes in developing countries like the Philippines face with the challenges of climate change and its impact to our cultural preservation ... rituals, practices and traditions like weaving that rely heavily on natural resources for raw materials like the wild abaca fiber for Tabih weaving and plants that are sources of natural dyes are in great danger of dis-appearing with the drastic change in the local climate from naturally cool, moist, and diversified farms as sources of crops/foods, fibers, herbal medicines, endemic species to now largely mono-cropping farms, highly intensive synthetic fertilizer dependent farms...as an example among so many we can share. In this training, I did not only share the story but proudly wear that story of the close ties to nature and natural resources as reflected in cultural materials done by two Blaan communities with whom I got my blouse and my Blaan Tabih ... Lamlifew in Datal Tampal, Malungon, Sarangani Province and Amguo, Landan, Polomolok, South Cotabato. I was also able to share about the Blaan Tabih Cultural Master Bai Yabing Masalon Dulo and gave a copy of the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) portfolio in which she is one of the 2016 awardees from the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA). I made a thank you note addressed to former Vice President Al Gore, Founder and Chairman of The Climate Reality Project in relation as well to the impact of Climate Change especially local climate change to the Blaan Tabih weaving culture. I am thankful to NCCA for sending the extra GAMABA portfolio copy thru Manobo Princess Limpayen Sibug-Las. Thank you as well to the KafyeBlaan Board of Trustees for allowing me to represent our organization in this global movement. My dream and wish has come true. After 3 days of intensive, empowering, and inspiring training … I earned the Climate Reality Leader pin and Certificate of Completion attesting that I am now a Climate Reality Leader. This title comes with responsibility, accountability, commitment and dedication. As a Climate Reality Leader, I have agreed and committed to do the following acts of leadership: 1) to share the Climate Reality slideshow presentation to schools, organizations, community groups, government leaders, and other audiences about the climate crisis and what we must do to solve it; 2) to spread the message about climate crisis through the media; and 3) getting involved in Climate Reality events, attending a climate change event or hosting a climate change event, meeting up with local influencer to talk about climate change, writing a blog post, sending a letter to an elected official, and other meaningful efforts to raise awareness of and strengthen the movement to solve climate crisis. If you are reading this story and you fall in one of those stakeholders that I can potentially partner with, please feel free to send me an email at [email protected]. All these acts of leadership are voluntary in nature and it is global in scope. If you are interested to be trained as a Climate Reality Leader, the application for the training in Australia is still open until April 18. The Brisbane Training will be on June 5-7, 2019. Details available in this link: https://www.climaterealityproject.org/training?segment=web_homepage_tile As stated in the Climate Reality Project website, participants to the training come from all walks of life:
Join this training and learn new ways to educate others and inspire action. The Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training will help you build skills in communications, leadership, and community outreach. Be part of the global community of activists committed to fight climate change crisis and you can start it in your own community. “It’s time to fight fossil fuels together. Climate activists and social justice leaders, united in one powerful movement. Because fossil fuels aren’t just changing our climate. They’re poisoning our communities – and low-income families and communities of color most of all. So for any solution to work, it’s got to work for everyone. It’s time to talk about equity. It’s time to stand with the frontline communities so often the worst hit and the fist forgotten when climate-fueled hurricanes and floods strike. It’s time to confront rising temperatures and rising injustice as two sides of the same terrible coin.” – The Climate Reality Project #LeadOnClimate In the news...it is official and I will surely exercise my right to be engaged in the political process. When faced with a challenge, all we need is to do our part and act. Proud American of Filipino heritage. An immigrant and politically empowered. This MS thesis was the first one done for Sarangani Province under the Indigenous Peoples Development Program. To make it accessible as reference material for those interested to learn more about the genetic diversity, the cultural practices of the Indigenous Peoples Groups with respect to their upland rice rice, this research output was also published via academia.edu, https://up-ou.academia.edu/ArjhoTurner
More about the initiatives of Sarangani Province for preserving the traditional upland rice varieties can be accessed from this blog link. |
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