Media Civics Lab Concludes the First Phase of its Media Literacy Program with a Series of Virtual Workshops

The virtual workshops are part of an on-going program aimed at equipping youth leaders with crucial responsible digital citizenship skills and media literacy awareness.

Thanks to a series of webinars and workshops held by Media Civics Lab, youth leaders around the country who signed up for the program, can now impart vital media knowledge to their youth constituents. The participants who mostly comprised of Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) leaders, closely followed the wide-ranging discussions that tackled several topics covering social media, digital citizenships, filtering information, and other issues related to the new media.

More than 20 online courses and webinars with subjects ranging from Fake News in Social Media, Women and Gender in Media, Copyright and Fair Use, Social Media Etiquette to the Influencer Phenomenon, attracted participants from all over the Philippines.

On to the Next Phase

After arming the SK leaders with ample knowledge about the new media, Media Civics Lab will now turn their attention on grooming them by conducting a series of Media and information literacy (MIL) training between the months of February and March of this year.

Apart from the training, the next phase of the program includes the distribution of offline media literacy toolkits to different localities all over the Philippines.

To expand the program, Media Civics Lab will once again call for participants from the community of SK Leaders to join the training program.

Another series of virtual Seminar-Workshops planned at the end of February is expected to be graced by known personalities in the Media and the Law such as Atty. Chel Diokno, Atty. Ernesto Neri and Dr. Sharmila Parmanand to serve as lecturers and speakers.

Participants who will graduate from the Media Civics Lab will be given a Certificate of Completion from Break the Fake Movement and Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) and the U.S. Embassy of the Philippines and will be eligible to compete in the Small Grants Competition; the winners of which will launch their own media literacy projects in their respective communities.

About Media Civics Lab

A joint project of the U.S. Embassy of the Philippines and Break the Fake Movement, and in collaboration with the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), the Media Civics Lab is a Media Literacy and Awareness Training for Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and other emerging community youth leaders all over the country, with the goal of equipping them with crucial responsible digital citizenship skills and grooming them to become the next breed of media literacy and awareness champions in their respective communities.

 

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Gabriel Billones

    Gabriel Billones Jr. is a digital entrepreneur, storyteller, and educator. At his highest value, he provides experience-based insights on the areas of digital marketing, e-commerce, software development, and multimedia content production through mentoring, training, and project management.

    Gab is the Founder and Sole Proprietor of Y-loop Digital Solutions - a Manila-based weekend agency mobilizing virtual talents to create value in digital marketing and innovation for social causes and advocacies. With more than 8 years of experience in digital marketing, e-commerce, and multimedia, and a Certificate in New Media and Journalism from Ball State University, Indiana, as a recipient of the Study of United States Summer Institutes (SUSI) Fellowship in New Media and Journalism, Gab has helped 100+ international and local brands establish their online presence and optimize their digital channels for conversion.

    Gab is very involved in the local and international digital sphere. He has led several digital projects across the Philippines and in the ASEAN region. He is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Organizer of the Break the Fake Movement, which focuses on projects on critical thinking, fake news and disinformation, and media awareness and literacy. Break the Fake is a recipient of the YSEALI Seeds of Future 2019 and the organizer of Break the Fake Hackathon 2019, Break the Fake Blogathon 2017, and Break the Fake Vlogathon 2020. In his role in Break the Fake, he has contributed to several efforts to combat disinformation, including providing the framework for Facebook’s Digital Citizenship program; launching the Department of Education (DepEd) Philippines’ online training on fact-checking which amplified to thousands of teachers all the country; and centralizing and fact-checking data on Covid-19 response, which served as a backbone database for several COVID-related technology initiatives in the Philippines.

    He is also one of the Project Managers of Go Social: A Digital Marketing Tour Bootcamp, the Philippines’ winning entry to the 7th Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF), a Trainer of the digitaljobsPH program of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) - the Philippines, a Certified Lead Learner of DevCon Philippines, Former Vice President of Iligan Bloggers Society (IBS), and a Founding Member of Digital Rights Coalition (DRC) of the Philippines and Digital Makers Asia Pacific (DMAP).

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