Welcome to UP Namnama's site! This site is intended to connect UP Namnama with its members and alumni and to provide news, materials and updates about organization activities, particularly with the Annual SIRIB Quiz Show. To view the latest happenings in UPN, check out the LED display board found at the bottom of this welcome box. Should you wish to formally contact the organization, you're more than welcome to e-mail us at upnamnama@yahoo.com. Here are some things you need to know about this group of committed, talented, dynamic-minded and socially-responsible Iskolar ng Bayan from the Ilocos region and neighboring provinces: "[UP Namnama] presents invaluable opportunities for University students to impress upon the youth the idea that personal talent and ability becomes more meaningful when dedicated in service to those who have less. Of individual talents and abilities it is said that our country has more than enough. Yet, the call for social responsibility is one which must be made over and over again.” —Then UP President Edgardo J. Angara, in a congratulatory message to the organization on the occasion of its sponsoring SIRIB '85 UP Namnama is the first and only true-blooded Ilocano organization in the country's premier university. It exists with the purpose of providing academic and social growth among the Ilocano youth, as well as encouraging a widening awareness and appreciation of our region's unique heritage and culture among our fellow Filipinos. Founded at the height of Martial Law, it was originally a political confraternity, formed to go against the dictatorial government of then President Ferdinand Marcos. During this highly tumultuous period, UP Namnama became politically involved in and out of the university, having been an active participant in the "parliament of the street" almost daily alongside with other UP students and protesters, at the same time a pioneer member of the Ilocandia Forum, a coalition of Ilocanos from different sectors, such as the academe, clergy, judiciary, business, and labor, among others. Imbued with a deep sense of nationalism and genuine selflessness, UPN members fought long and hard for the release of political detainees, including its very own former president Lenville Salvador. At the turn of the decade, however, present realities caused the organization to realign its focus to academic and socio-cultural endeavors. It has retained such orientation up to this day. Through the years of unrelentless service, passion and commitment, UP Namnama has successfully established a solid regional presence—covering the provinces of Abra, La Union, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and the city of Baguio—and never looked back. The organization's flagship activity, the Annual SIRIB Quiz Show, is, without exaggeration, regarded by the participating schools as an institution in the educational events map of whole Ilocos. Moreover, UPN currently enjoys the recognition from its fellow geographic-based and ethnolinguistic organizations from UP Diliman as the bastion of outstanding students of Ilocano lineage in the campus. Apart from its noble history and many unparalleled feats, UP Namnama also draws pride from its 25 resident members and close to 1,000 alumni, who include multi-awarded broadcast journalist Jessica Soho and former University Student Council chairpersons Jose Fernando Alcantara and Kristian Michel Ablan, just to name a few. Now entering its 35th year this 2009, as the entire nation and the whole world face an economic downturn, UP Namnama vows to continue to serve the Ilocano youth and promote the Ilocano heritage and culture through its established social, cultural and academic-oriented projects. Two revolutions and one breakaway group after, UP Namnama is here to stay. Location: West Wing, Palma Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City Date Established: December 16, 1974 Faculty Advisers: Prof. Norma Respicio, Ph.D. (CAL) and Prof. Daniel Mabazza, M.A. (CSSP) Slogan: Agbiag ti nasirib ken nabannuar a puli! (Long live the wise and heroic race!) Affiliation: UP Sanlahi Alliance (Founding Member) Major Activities: Annual Provincial and Regional SIRIB Quiz Show (since 1981); Annual SURO College Entrance Exam Review; Anniversary Week; Alternative Classroom Learning Experience SIRIB KEN SARIRIRT 2009 Participants and Organizers: Please join the official yahoo group (click link below) for announcements.  Click to join siribkensaririt2009 
Org Write Up for Sanlahi (last Sem) hahaAt a glance, UP Namnama is defined as an Ilocano organization, possibly the only full-fledged Ilocano organization in UP Diliman. This may be a debatable statement because there are other provincial and regional organizations in... more
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