During the talkback session in the advance screening of the documentary film “And So It Begins,” former Vice President Leni Robredo gave future generations some advice on “changing the world.” While young people were eager to make a difference and change the world, Robredo acknowledged that the road to change could be unclear and overwhelming, which may lead to a sense of helplessness and hopelessness. However, she noted that even "little spaces" can help make a difference.
“So, that's the only thing I always told my young staff before...
Let's just look for the spaces available for us. And the spaces available for us, no matter how small, let us fill up those spaces,” she said. “It’s like what they say, if we are doing everything we can, are we able to fill up all the spaces that are available to us? Because if that's the mindset, it's like one problem at a time.
Until we have all the capacities we have, maybe we can fill it up and we can repair everything that's broken.” Robredo pointed to the non-government organization she started after the 2022 national election, the Angat Buhay Foundation, as an example. “I don't want to say that what we're doing is different, that I'm better off than them.
No. But, if we synergize what we're doing, it will become a big space for us to occupy,” she said. Looking back on the campaign period, the former Vice President highlighted that it was more than just a campaign that was formed.
It was more like a movement. “K.