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TOYM awardee Samira Gutoc tells youth: ‘Be game-changers’

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/05/22/20190522-samira-gutoc-fjs.jpg"/><figcaption>TOYM awardee Samira Gutoc wants to undo the perception that today&#x27;s youth are apathetic. &quot;Meron tayong paki,&quot; she said. Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA—Samira Gutoc, once a recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) award, encouraged today&#x27;s youth to recognize their potential and be &quot;game-changers.&quot; Gutoc is one of the attendees of the launch of the activities for the 2019 TOYM Awards Wednesday.&quot; &#x27;Woke Twitter&#x27; is that mechanism by which we can actually create positive change. So &#x27;wag natin paniwalaan na apathetic tayo, wala tayong pakialam . . . meron tayong paki,&quot; said Gutoc, who ran for senator in this year&#x27;s national elections.She was a TOYM honoree for youth development in 2001.Gutoc said being a TOYM awardee helped her be accepted in Luzon and Metro Manila.&quot;It&#x27;s very major in my national bid. Siguro alam niyo &#x27;yun na, nakilala ako bilang isang TOYM, at &#x27;yung beyond borders na kinikilala ako bilang isang tao, hindi lang Muslim,&quot; she said.TOYM Search 2019 national chairman Raymond Salazar said this year&#x27;s event is special, as it is the organization&#x27;s 60th anniversary.&quot;We intend to look for more Filipinos who have been giving their best in whatever fields that they are in,&quot; Salazar said.This year&#x27;s search has the theme, &quot;celebrating excellence, inspiring Filipinos.&quot;

Samira Gutoc, once a recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young Men award, encouraged today's youth to recognize their potential and be "game-changers."

Samira Gutoc, once a recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young Men award, encouraged today's youth to recognize their potential and be "game-changers."