The need for training, for lifelong education and for improved and new skills is greater today than last year. Those who have not gotten any basic computer knowhow, for instance, will have dffficulty competing. They will have to suffer pain to move their businesses forward. Thus, one's personal strategy today is to seek out training and education or suffer the economic consequences of such lack of foresight. For Filipinos and other minority groups, the economic stakes are very high indeed and the need to be prepared, against the inequities that are being spawned by technological change and economic globalization is crucial.
Education is truly the key to surviving the forthcoming bloodshed in the business world.
The PACC is committed to helping prepare the Filipino community to this stark reality. In our own neck of the woods, we're setting up seminars and training sessions not just for our members but for anyone in the conununity. We intend to launch Y2K seminars, more computer and Internet training sessions for everyone's enrichment and networking opportunities. More and more, we are expanding our membership to include young people, women entrepreneurs and homebased businesses. This season, we have new members from outside Metro Washington.