On shooting to move our nation
Liyab Pilipinas, reigniting passion for the nation, our battlecry has surprisingly found itself congruent with so many other young and not-so-young Filipinos all around the world.
Initiating this contest has been exciting, daunting and all that jazz. Sparking partnerships with advocates like Powerbooks, Canon, Jam 88.3, Saguijo, Fruit Magic and Island Photo. We launched the contest, Shoot to move the nation, on the dignity of the Filipino worker, and waited with bated breath for how people would respond. We worked with amazing artists electrolychee to come up with our collateral, and soon, the camera-faced hero became ubiquitous, much to our delight.
We visited schools, encouraged teachers and students to join, hoping to wake the sleeping spirit in our countrymen.
We chose judges par excellence, and amazingly, all of our first-choice judges said yes immediately. Thank you Quark Henares, Quincy Castillo, Kidlat Tahimik, Justice Adolf Azcuna, Steve Tirona for being almost more excited than we were about this whole thing.
Our feedback form on the site is generating spam! Good bad news, we reckon. People asked questions, reacted violently to our age bracket, gave us a pat on the back. Teachers, students, overseas Filipino workers, the whole gamut: telling us that this was something they believed in, something that gave them new hope. Today, 5 days to the deadline, there are now more entries than we ever thought we