UP Kalilayan
Ideals and Principles

Mission and Vision | Ideals and Principles | About the Seal

Mission and Vision of the Organization

Vision
The organization envisions itself to be the leading student organization of service to the home provinces of Quezon and Aurora, and to the University of the Philippines.

Mission
The organization aims to provide service to the home provinces of Quezon and Aurora, the university and the nation, while developing its member's potentials, and to pass the legacy of the organization – relevance through services and meaning through actions. It also aims to foster camaraderie and friendship among its members and gears towards the development and improvement of the society in solidarity with other sectors of the community. [top]

Ideals and Principles

Article II, "Declaration of Principles" of the UP Kalilayan Constitution states that:

Section 1. The UP Kalilayan is the embodiment of all ideals, endeavors and aspirations of all the members. The UP Kalilayan shall establish, maintain and ensure adequate assistance and service to its members and its community in the fields of education, welfare, politics and others as may be agreed upon to guarantee the enjoyment of a social, moral, spiritual, physical and academic well-being.

Section 2. The maintenance of the UP Kalilayan is the prime duty of all its members and in the fulfillment of this duty, all members may be required to render personal services.

Section 3. The UP Kalilayan denounces violence as an instrument of its policies and adheres to the ideals of peace, equality, justice, freedom, cooperation and friendship with other groups.

Section 4. The UP Kalilayan shall strengthen the basic social ties that bind its members but it shall not, in any way, retard their development into worthy individuals.

Section 5. The UP Kalilayan encourages the free flow of communication among its members. It shall serve a forum for the exchange of ideas and problems among its members.

Section 6. The UP Kalilayan shall afford the development of the capabilities of its members towards the betterment of themselves, the University and the society. It shall train its members to secure a stable position in the society.

Section 7. The collective power of the entire membership is at all times supreme over the mandate authority of the officers. [top]

About the Seal

The UP Kalilayan Seal was designed by Jessie Madola.

Article I, Section 3 of the UP Kalilayan Constitution states that:

The official seal of the organization will be the circle, a spread eagle at the lower half forming the arc, and the letters forming UP Kalilayan at the upper arc. At the center of the circle is the letter K of the alibata which stands for Kalilayan, and on its background are six rays of the sun representing the organization's adherence to the ideals of peace, equality, justice, freedom, cooperation and friendship. They also symbolize the flame of hope and the burning commitment of the members for the pursuit of these ideals. At the lower part of the eagle is an equilateral triangle. The eagle represents the University of the Philippines, home of the UP Kalilayan, while the equilateral triangle symbolizes freedom, justice and equality which are the common ideals of UP and UP Kalilayan. The triangle also stands for cooperation and unity within the organization. At the eagle's wing is an inscription, “1975”, the year UP Kalilayan was founded. [top]