THE AIESEC ALUMNI CHALLENGE

The vibrant tenth Regional Alumni Congress held last week in Bogotá, Colombia, was truly exceptional. The best of four I have attended. However, having exchanged views and valuable experiences with people who came to our meeting this year, I think there is a valid reason for joy, satisfaction and congratulation.

I firmly believe that we, the alumni are finally realizing how valuable and useful is our movement and we are deciding to act accordingly in the three areas or levels of influence that we have.

No doubt, it is very nice to meet again, yes; gathering and sharing experiences again after many years, terrific, I agree. However, that is not important. For that, we do not need the Alumni movement.

AIESEC's promise was to awaken us to the world, showing us how to live and work respecting and practicing six core values, taking up the very best of us and educating our leadership potential. In that fashion, and at an early age, AIESEC transformed us into leaders and change agents aimed to achieve world peace and fully developing the capabilities of human beings.

In AIESEC we educated ourselves for that, but it was a short transformative experience.

We, the Alumni, were the privileged people who enjoyed the transformative experience of AIESEC and are the ones called to meet these its fundamental purposes. Every day, in everything we do, with AIESECers with our Alumni peers and worldwide folks. This challenge must be transparent to us. It should be our brand, our hallmark.

Dear Alumni: our challenge may be huge, perhaps we will never fulfill it, but it is worth to honor it. Let's do just that.

Oscar Ayala Arana

IALA - AAI - AAIB - AAC - AAP

(57) 312 774 4506

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Cali – Colombia