Philippine VP Leni Robredo to Deliver Keynote Speech at Virtual UPAAA GRC

Philippine VP Leni Robredo to Deliver Keynote Speech at Virtual UPAAA GRC in October 2021

With a little over a month to go, UPAAA is truly excited to invite alumni to connect with its global community of Iskos and Iskas during its first-ever virtual, global, and the 21st Grand Reunion and Convention (GRC). Hosted by the UP Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) and co-hosted with the UP Alumni Association of Nevada (UPAAN), the GRC will be held online on October 22-24, 2021.

This reunion is absolutely special and one-of-a-kind as we will be graced by the presence of a very important alumna: Philippine Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” G. Robredo, who graduated from the School of Economics in UP Diliman in 1986 who is a Coral Jubilarian. She will be delivering the Keynote Speech.

UPAAA is also very lucky to have UP President Danilo “Dani- Con” L. Concepcion, to deliver the State of the University address during our GRC.

The UPAAA GRC is a biennial event designed to bring together UP alumni in the U.S. to work towards the common goal of supporting our beloved Alma Mater in her mission to provide excellent and affordable public education to the best and the brightest minds in the Philippines. It is also an occasion for UP alumni to honor their achievers and loyal members, recapture memories of campus life at UP, renew old friendships, and forge new ones. As such, the UPAAA exists to explore possibilities of strengthening the relationship between US-based alumni and UP in their mutual quest for academic excellence and national development.

Ethel G. Rubio, the 2021 GRC Chair and immediate past president of the UPAA of Greater Los Angeles (UPAAGLA), invites all UP alumni worldwide to join and celebrate with the whole alumni community. She said, “We are so thrilled to plan a unique alumni reunion for our fellow Isko and Iska. We are very honored that VP Leni and UP Prez DaniCon will grace our alumni reunion online. Perfectly themed as Arise: Pagbangon at Parangal, we will be showcasing alumni speakers to share first hand experience on innovations, resiliency and creativity arising from the Covid-19 challenges.”

The award-winning Via Times Newsmagazine is a proud media sponsor of UPAAA GRC 2021. Register at https://upaaagrc2021. vfairs.com/en/ and learn more on how to participate and support this event!

UPAAA GRC Ethel Rubio from Los Angeles, CA, with Keynote Speaker Philippine VP Leni Robredo.