Generation Change Project Philippines

April 28, 2012 1 Comment

Invited by the U.S. Embassy, Davao Bloggers’ Dulce Rose Lada, Ria Jose, Lyle Santos and Kaiser Mangampo attended the Generation Change Project at the Ateneo de Davao University last April 24-25, 2012.

This two-day workshop on community leadership and social media best practices has assembled 50 brilliant minds and upcoming leaders from all over the Philippines.

Generation Change Philippines — Davao Bloggers and other Davao delegates with Ms. Humera Khan, Wajahat Ali and William Cocks of the U.S. Embassy.

Generation Change is a youth-led global network dedicated to empowering the next generation of innovators and leaders. It provides a platform for the free exchange of ideas across borders and cultures, and a community of peers and mentors who use their collective resources to positively impact communities locally and globally.

It was a tremendous privilege to have expert speakers such as, Humera Khan and Wajahat Ali during the said training workshop.

Ms. Khan, the Executive Director of Muflehun, provided an enlightening and insightful talk about, “Viral Peace: Social Media Strategies for Building Communities” to the social media practitioners.

“Invest in failure, invest in your passion, invest in the challenges and test in your generation, invest in the right people and invest in your community” shared Mr. Ali, journalist and contributor at Washington Post, The Guardian, Salon, Slate, Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, and Huffington Post.

All participants were given the chance to express their different community challenges and stories in a fun and interactive way. By becoming solutions to these problems, a declaration of the mission statements were proclaimed by each participants.

At the end of the workshop, a challenge was left for us, “Let your mission guide you!”