Y2C joins PH celeb of Global MIL week, partners with UNESCO, other orgs

Incelebration of the Global Media & Information Literacy Week in the Philippines from October 24 to 31, the Young Communicators’ Circle (Y2C) participant and is one of the event’s copresenters in its 2022 edition.

This year’s theme, “Nurturing trust: A Media and Information Literacy Imperative” aims to gather MIL stakeholders in the Philippines to strengthen cooperation and discuss core issues in the industry. It highlighted the rise of disinformation, hate speech, and various digital rights attacks that are eroding society’s trust.

To achieve this year’s theme, a nationwide MIL Video Contest for high school and college students and a stakeholders’ meeting and forum was held.

Aside from

Y2C, Out of The Box, FEU IAS Department of Communication, Break the Fake Movement, Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy, Foundation for Media Alternatives, National Council for Children’s Television, Campus Journalism Lab, MovePH, Yabong, Vera Files, Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, Department of Communication, University of the Philippines Baguio, and Xavier University - Development Communication Department joined UNESCO in organizing the Philippine Global MIL week.

Initiated by UNESCO in 2011, Global MIL Week is an annual global celebration by different stakeholders to review and recognize the progress in the attainment of the Media and Information Literacy (MIL) for All initiative.