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A Knack for Hacks: Youth Advocates’ Generate Ideas for 2030 Agenda

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http://2030youthforce.org/ The 2030 Youth Force in the Philippines (YFPH) mounted a two week-long “INAYAB Labs” virtual hackathon as the highlight of its annual SDG Bayanihan Summit held on October 10-24, 2020, gathering more than 200 students and youth leaders across the country. INAYAB Labs delegates were divided into groups and were summoned to create solutions based on challenge statements rooted in the four pillars of the United Nations’ Global Goals—People, Planet, Peace, and Prosperity. After the hackathon, winning delegates presented their innovative projects in line with their challenge statements. In the People Pillar, the group Isle Move Ph’s project grabbed the place with their project, “Sa Isla may Pagbasa”. In Planet Pillar, the founding group called Guinaopan Youth Action Organization came up with the project ‘Mushroom for Change’. In Prosperity Pillar, a group affiliated with Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries called Kneadies came up with “Masang Pin...

More than ‘kilig’, Gaya sa Pelikula educates, empowers and sparks discourse!

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  By Raymond Lumagsao It’s been a week after ‘ Gaya sa Pelikula’ dropped the much anticipated finale which made abuzz online following critical commendations from the queer community, allies that are learning to properly navigate the allyship. Not only did the series successfully represent LGBTQIA community and empower them as a marginalized sector, ‘ Gaya sa Pelikula’ turned out to be a story not only the gay community would appreciate. Apparently, the writer and creator Juan Miguel Severo mastered to draw his audience, especially non-allies and lead thm to realization how a society of bigots can cause jeopardy among queer people; that the more it imposes backward myths, the more it would demand unnecessary loss.                                                                     Photo:  rappler.com  ...