Today, let’s change the discussion and talk about poverty.

Don’t forget to link to this site and to grab some buttons.

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Cyberspace group Bloggers Kapihan over the weekend called on Filipino bloggers all over the world to join the Blog Action Day 2008 on Oct. 15 by taking on the issue of poverty through text, photos, music and podcasts, video and microblogging.

The event website is at http://blogactionday2008.bloggerskapihan.com/ where Bloggers Kapihan posted instructions and resources for interested bloggers.

“On Oct. 15, we urge bloggers to unite and discuss poverty. It may be an essay, a story on how they may once be poor or their fears about falling to the ranks of the unemployed. It may also come in the form of a video or a podcast,” said Bloggers Kapihan crew member and journalist Anthony Ian Cruz » Continue reading “Oct. 15 is Blog Action Day; Bloggers to change conversation to poverty”

We’ve been asked this question in several email groups.

Here’s what you can do:

1. Post a comment here about your views on poverty. Speak out!
2. Ask other non-bloggers to do the same.
3. Go start a blog — its really simple and fun! Try it out here or here.

Thanks for expressing your support!

Help us popularize the call! Grab these buttons and put them in your blogs: » Continue reading “Blog buttons for Blog Action Day 2008 Philippines”

Sa mga bloggers na nagbabalak sumali sa Miyerkules, salamat po.

Bagaman malapit na ito, may oras pa para mag-isip ano ba ang magandang paksa sa blog. » Continue reading “Mga pwedeng gawin sa Okt. 15″

On October 15, Wednesday, we in Bloggers Kapihan invite Filipino bloggers to participate in Blog Action Day 2008 by taking a stand on poverty.

Poverty is a reality that we cannot deny. We see it everyday. Many live with and in it 24/7. The imperative now is to change this situation. The Blog Action Day 2008 is an opportunity to get poverty out from under the rug where the government has consigned it. We hope that through this renewed focus on poverty, it will be a new start to better understand and not hide it, to offer real solutions not fake ones, to salve the poor people’s wounds and not give them doleouts.

If you want to join Blog Action Day 2008, there are a number of things you can do: » Continue reading “Oct. 15 is Blog Action Day 2008″