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Scarlet May for SUPACA: Cervical Cancer, HIV/AIDS & Anti-Child Labor Trafficking Advocacy

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SCARLET MAY LANTERN WALK FOR CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS - May 5, 2018 at the SM Seaside The SUPACA youth advocates participate in the Lantern Walk for cervical cancer awareness parading from the San Pedro Calungsod Chapel to the SM Seaside, with obstetrician-gynecologists and cervical cancer advocates to improve awareness on cervical cancer prevention and screening to save women's lives.  They may be young, but they know at an early age that they need to take care of their health and prevent cancer. INTERNATIONAL AIDS CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL:  Reflecting the Past, Preparing for our Future - May 20, 2018 at the Cebu City Hall The SUPACA youth advocates attend the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial at the Cebu City Hall, listening to testimonies of people living with HIV and the challenges of dealing with stigma and discrimination, access to healthcare, treatment, care and support.  This activity is done in remembrance of those we've lost to AIDS and p...

An Act of True Love can Thaw a Frozen Heart

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THE POWER OF FAMILIAL LOVE We had our scholars' meeting today.  We watched the film FROZEN.  I realize that there are a lot of things we can learn from this cartoon movie: about sisterly love, estrangement and isolation, about sacrifice and about finding your true powers and setting yourself free.  Let me share the lessons we learned:  Elsa originally hid her powers to protect Anna from getting hurt, not realizing that in the process Elsa was hurting herself with isolation.  In the end, the bond between Elsa and Anna was so strong that despite their estrangement, Anna gave up her life to save her sister Elsa.  Elsa became free when she accepted herself and her true powers, and this was the new sexy.  Anna was so deprived of love that she didn't really know what true love was.  What she experience with Hans was infatuation.  She needed to know her true worth and be reminded not to talk to strangers.  She needed to learn that "tr...