PHILOSOPHY STUDENT and activist Raven Kristine Racelis has been selected as one of the staff members of the Central Student Council’s (CSC) policy and institutional development committee for the academic year 2026-2027.
Racelis was among the four students selected as staff members of the committee under CSC President Annie Nicholle Agon, according to the council’s Facebook post on Saturday, July 25.
She will be joined by fellow Artlets students Alvin Naval Jr. and Faith Dennice Pernia, and Justine Santos of the College of Commerce and Business Administration.
Racelis previously figured in a controversy after leading a protest against a Philippine Air Force (PAF) exhibit held at UST on April 21. The event was part of the celebration of the University’s 415th anniversary and the PAF’s 79th anniversary.
During the protest, Racelis and other Thomasian activists confronted military officials over the alleged aerial bombings that they said caused civilian casualties in rural communities. The students also argued that academic institutions should remain free from military presence.
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The protest drew criticism from the PAF and Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., who described the students’ actions as “unacceptable.”
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Months before the PAF exhibit, Racelis spoke out against what she described as a “one-sided” forum on terror grooming and youth radicalization.
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The controversial event, held last Nov. 6 and organized by the Political Science Forum, featured speakers who talked about the alleged recruitment process of communist rebels in schools, communities and the internet.
A month later, Racelis filed a report before the Commission on Human Rights, claiming she had experienced “intense” red-baiting after the forum. F
