Social Welfare Advocates Club (SWAC)

“Ano ang gusto mong maging paglaki mo?”

For many, the answers may vary—a teacher, a doctor, an engineer, or a lawyer. Yet among these noble professions stands one that is often misunderstood and overlooked: Social Work.

Being a social worker is far more than distributing aid, relief goods, or providing immediate assistance and saying, “Okay na, sapat na ang naitulong natin.” It is a profession rooted in compassion, service, empowerment, and social justice. Social workers walk alongside individuals, families, and communities as they navigate challenges, rebuild their lives, and rediscover hope.

Although their efforts often go unnoticed, the impact of social workers is reflected in every life they touch, every family they support, and every community they help strengthen. Through their dedication and genuine concern for others, they become instruments of change, hope, and healing.

On this Filipino Social Workers’ Day, we honor and celebrate all Filipino social workers for their unwavering commitment to serving the people, especially those who are vulnerable, marginalized, and in need of support. Their dedication reminds us that true service goes beyond providing assistance—it is about restoring dignity, empowering individuals, and advocating for social justice.

A special tribute is also extended to the social workers, educators, and mentors who continue to inspire and guide future professionals. Through your wisdom, patience, and dedication, you help shape individuals who are committed to upholding the values of service, dignity, and social justice.

May the Lord continue to bless all social workers with strength, wisdom, and compassion as they carry out their mission of empowering lives and building a more just and humane society.

"Maraming salamat sa inyong malasakit, sakripisyo, at walang sawang paglilingkod.”

Happy Filipino Social Workers’ Day!

𝘼𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉: Bachelor of Science in Social Work Alumni (Batch 2021–2025) 📢

The BS Social Work Department warmly invites all graduates from Batch 2021–2025 to participate in the BS Social Work Graduate Tracer Study Questionnaire.

Your valuable insights and experiences as graduates are essential in helping the department evaluate program outcomes, enhance the quality of education, and strengthen future academic and professional opportunities for aspiring Social Workers.

We sincerely encourage every alumnus/alumna to take part by accomplishing the survey through the link provided below:

🔗 https://forms.gle/gQRAH7svXVQrAAqS6

Your participation is highly appreciated and will contribute significantly to the continuous advancement of the BS Social Work Program.

Thank you for your unwavering support and commitment to excellence. ✨

𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

These Special Awards are not just symbols of academic achievement; they are living proof of perseverance forged through four years of sacrifice, field exposure, emotional labor, and unwavering commitment to serve the vulnerable. Every step of their journey carries stories of resilience that deserve to be heard, remembered, and honored.

As these graduating Social Work students stand at the threshold of a new chapter, they carry more than titles and distinctions, they carry a mission. A mission to serve, to heal, to empower, and to stand for those whose voices are often unheard.

May this moment remind everyone that true excellence is not quiet. It moves. It inspires. It disrupts indifference. It shakes systems of apathy and replaces them with compassion and action.

To our awardees and future RSW's, go beyond recognition. Become the kind of professionals whose service leaves a mark the world cannot ignore. 🩷

“𝑨 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆” ✨

Gracefully stepping into a new chapter, the graduating Bachelor of Science in Social Work students celebrated their Clinical Graduation and Ringhop Ceremony on May 15, 2026. A memorable milestone filled with pride, passion, and purpose. 💍🎓

Every ring represents countless sacrifices, sleepless nights, unwavering dedication, and hearts committed to serving humanity. As future social workers, they are now one step closer to becoming voices for the vulnerable, instruments of change, and bearers of hope in every community they will serve. 💙✨

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫!

Your achievement is a reflection of your unwavering dedication, perseverance, discipline, and commitment to academic excellence. Amid the demands and challenges of student life, you have continued to strive for success while preparing yourselves to become compassionate and competent future social workers.

May this recognition serve as both a reward for your hard work and an inspiration to continue pursuing excellence in the field of Social Work. As future professionals committed to service, social justice, and human dignity, may you continue to use your knowledge and passion to create meaningful change in the lives of others and in our society.

Padayon, future Registered Social Workers!

Planting hope, protecting tomorrow 🌱

On April 27, 2026, the 4th Year Bachelor of Science in Social Work students turned purpose into action through a meaningful mangrove planting activity in Lasang. With hands in the mud and hearts full of commitment, we came together to protect our coastal communities, restore nature, and promote sustainable living.

This initiative goes beyond planting mangroves, it is a symbol of our dedication as future social workers to serve not only people but also the environment that sustains us. Each seedling represents resilience, unity, and a shared responsibility for a greener and safer future.

Growing roots, building change, and creating impact. One mangrove at a time. 💚✨

Happy Labor Day! ✊

Today we celebrate the strength, dedication, and hard work of every worker who keeps the world moving forward. From early mornings to late nights, your efforts matter more than words can say.

Here’s to the hands that build, the minds that create, and the hearts that never give up. 💼❤️

𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑼𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑽𝑰𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑺 𝑵𝑶𝑾! 🚨

Meet the new wave of changemakers of the Social Welfare Advocates Club for A.Y. 2026–2027! 🩷✨

Ready to lead, ready to serve, and ready to make real impact—these officers are here to turn compassion into action.

This is not just leadership but this is purpose in motion. 💫




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𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐜. 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 “𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬” 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟒:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐚ñ𝐚, 𝐑𝐒𝐖, 𝐌𝐒𝐒𝐖, 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞.

𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐖 𝟐𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐖 𝟐𝟗 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐌𝐚’𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐔. 𝐄𝐲𝐨𝐠, 𝐑𝐒𝐖, 𝐌𝐒𝐖, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬’ 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.