Knowing how important it is to convince, inform and instill in the electorate the value of a new type of politics espoused by the Peoples' Primaries, the Education (and Media) group decided to squeeze ideas from their brains to come up with relevant, meaningful and appropriate education to be disseminated down to the barangay level.
Participants included: Jenny Romero-Llaguno,Grace Rinoza-Plazo, Tony Cruzada, Therese Plazo, and Emma O.
The group came up with the following: Jenny suggested inclusion in the website information to be used for the formation of 30 coordinators per district. Mr. Cruzada suggested setting up a tent (perhaps to be called EdukaTent) where discussions may be conducted. For the benefit of those not in the know, the tents in the barangays are used to shelter visitors waiting for a meeting with the Kapitan or Kapitana, a shelter for cardplayers during wake, and also to keep the coffin from getting wet or burnt under the sun should the house of the relatives prove to be too small for it. It is usually donated by a barangay official with his or her name imprinted in one-foot size font on the top of the tarpaulin for easy reading of everyone of his or her generosity, no matter if the money used for buying it was the taxpayers')
Meanwhile, Grace with support from Therese, her daughter,suggested that the contents of the materials should include the following good citizenship - practices; moral reformation; socio-political reform or transformation, political awareness, and to which I added the history of Philippine politics. Mr. Cruzada said that we should connect the education to the current problems of the barangay to make it relevant.
Grace added that the tents is a practice of direct democracy and (hence they) will be teaching tents, educating person to person or to a few groups. However, we need to train people to supervise the tent.
So this coming Thursday, we will be planning, drafting modules already. Everybody is welcome to join us. Please text education coordinator if you want to join: 0929448247 or 09164755004.
Make the PEOPOLES' PRIMARIES A SUCCESS!
EMMA OROZCO, Coordinator
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