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ABOUT
Institutionalized in 2009, the Pilipino Council of Mabuhay Collective (commonly referred to as PCMC, Mabuhay Collective, or Pilipino Council) is a Pilipino-based students association council that facilitates, represents, serves, and unites the UCLA Pilipino and Pilipino-American community collectively known as the Mabuhay Collective. In serving as an impartial governing body, the Council via the Cabinet and Senate leadership branches brings together the following Pilipino-based student organization members:

Anakbayan at UCLA | Kabalikat Kore | Kappa Psi Epsilon | Pilipino Recruitment and Enrichment Program | Pilipino Transfer Student Partnership | Pilipinos for Community Health | Pilipinos in Engineering and Science | Pilipinx Living learning Community | Pilipinx Pre-Law Pipeline | Samahang Modern | Samahang Pilipino | Samahang Pilipino Advancing Community Empowerment | Samahang Pilipino Cultural Night | Samahang Pilipino Education and Retention | Tinig Choral

PILIPINO COUNCIL

The Pilipino Council is the "impartial governing body" of the Mabuhay Collective which comprises a variety of student-run and student-led Pilipino organizations called P-orgs. The Council consists of two leadership branches - the Cabinet and Senate - where elected Cabinet Administrators comprise the executive branch and Senators and Associate Senators comprise the legislative branch.

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PREAMBLE
We, the People of the Pilipino Council of Mabuhay Collective at the University of California, Los Angeles, in order to serve as a competent and impartial governing body that represents the true ideals and sentiments of the Pilipinx community at UCLA, celebrates the diverse Pilipinx and Pilipinx-American identities, fosters an enduring and supportive community network among Pilipinx undergraduate and graduate students, ensures equal and fair visibility of all our constituents regardless of influence, provides camaraderie and unity among our respective and future constituents, and serves our populace faithfully, do establish and adopt this Constitution.

CONSTITUENTS

PCMC is a council of 15 Pilipino-based organizations at and beyond UCLA en masse known as the Mabuhay Collective. The member organizations called constituents cover a wide background of topics, each of which specializing within a particular niche in the Pilipino community. In other words, there is an organization in the PCMC for any Pilipino-identifying student's particular interests.

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MISSION
PCMC ensures the viability and presence of the undergraduate and graduate Pilipinx community through:

Acting as the principal student government that facilitates, represents, serves, and unites the recognized Pilpinx-based member organizations and great Pilipinx community at UCLA
Unifying the Pilipinx community by holding quarterly academic, cultural, political, professional, social events
Supporting the undergraduate Pilipinx organizations through sharing of institutional knowledge and resources, providing holistic development opportunities
Connecting undergraduate students to the different Pilipinx initiatives

VISION
PCMC envisions an undergraduate and graduate Pilipinx Community that:

Is united in building a supportive network among the undergraduate UCLA Pilipinx population academically, culturally, politically, professionally, and socially
Is informed about issues that affect Pilipinxs at and outside the university
Provides visibility and support for smaller Pilipinx-based organizations catering to specific interests in our community
Collaborates with external Pilipinx organizations to show solidarity with their efforts to serve the Pilipinx community

PROJECTS

PCMC is primarily responsible for planning and executing community-wide programs for the UCLA Pilipino and Pilipino-American student and alumni communities. Some of these programs include traditional celebrations including the Pilipino Welcome Reception and the Mabuhay Benefit Festival. All of these programs called projects collectively work towards building cross-organizational solidarity amongst the diverse Pilipino organizations at UCLA.

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PILLARS
Academia
Culture
Politics
Profession
Society

MOTTO
OFFICIAL:
"Magkasama Bilang Isa" : Together As One
"Mga Tao" : The People

HISTORICAL:
"Isang Bagsak" : "One Down"

INTERNSHIP

The "Pilipinx Advancing Leadership Success (PALS) Executive Intern Board (EIB)" (commonly known as PALS or the Executive Internship) is a leadership development and internship advancement program offered by PCMC. PALS is a quarterly commitment program that spans the entire academic year and is offered to all undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA.

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