#CourageON: Highlights from #MoveCebu 2026

Rappler’s civic engagement arm MovePH brings #MoveCebu to the University of San Carlos, gathering over 200 people during the public forum to define what a liveable city should be Rappler's MovePH hosted the #MoveCebu forum at the University of San Carlos, gathering over 200 participants to discuss what makes a city livable. Memoranda of Understanding were signed with the University of San Carlos and the University of the Philippines Cebu to enhance campus journalism and civic engagement. Workshops were conducted with newly-trained Movers to develop community initiatives addressing issues like food safety, housing for displaced families, and local journalism on pressing social issues. This is AI-generated. Read the article for full context. Report any errors. Last week, Rappler’s civic engagement arm MovePH brought #MoveCebu to the University of San Carlos, gathering over 200 people during a public forum to define what a liveable city should be. To solidify our long-term commitment to campus journalism and civic engagement, we proudly signed memoranda of understanding with the University of San Carlos, and the University of the Philippines Cebu. Rappler multimedia reporter John Sitchon, who reports on Cebu and the Visayas region, joined us as we worked directly with participants. You can check out these stories to read more about what happened during the roadshow: Padayon Cebu: A new space to chat how to make the province more livable At #MoveCebu forum, Cebuanos define what a liveable city should be MovePH trains Movers in Cebu on local reporting, civic organizing Taking advantage of the momentum generated by the forum, we dove into focused workshops with 35 newly-trained Movers, and leaders from Cebu’s civil society groups to bridge reporting with civic organizing. Our Movers who chose the civic mobilization track pitched bold, ground-level initiatives tackling community realities across Cebu province. For example, participants designed action plans to address food safety at the Colon Night Market. Some Movers want to address the lack of housing for displaced families in Minglanilla. One Mover hoped to champion the rights of people with dwarfism. Meanwhile, Movers who wanted to specialize in community journalism pitched stories tackling gut issues in Cebu, like substandard flood control projects, child labor, and how neighborhood carinderias navigate inflation to keep meals affordable. Our civil society and academe partners matched this energy during our Partners’ Huddle, where they decided to prioritize four crisis clusters: Ecological, Governance, Services, and Displacement. Together, partners committed to lobbying local councils to prioritize environmental policy over profit, conducting citizen audits, raising awareness of and tackling the energy crisis plaguing Cebu, and fighting for humane relocation sites and protected municipal waters for fishing communities. Movers and partners are already coordinating on next steps in the Padayon Cebu chat room on the Muni app. To be part of the action, you can join the chat room by downloading the Rappler app for free. If you would like to support Rappler’s Cebu coverage, we hope you consider becoming a Rappler+ member. Rappler+ is our premium membership program that allows you to experience the best of our journalism, while supporting our work. You can join Rappler+ here. – Rappler.com How does this make you feel? Loading