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Today marks the 24th anniversary of the first EDSA People Power Revolution that ousted former President Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the country after years of dictatorship.

For many of you who might be too young to remember this, Wikipedia defines this momentous event in our country’s history as “a series of nonviolent and prayerful mass street demonstrations,” majority of which taking place in EDSA and involving more than 2 million Filipinos composed of civilians as well as political, military and religious figures.

Reading about what happened that time, it’s amazing how word-of-mouth and the radio (Radio Veritas to be precise) played a very important part in organizing and connecting people who wanted to be freed from authoritarian rule and desired change.  In a time before mobile phones and the internet, the people managed to get the word out, they were able to rally behind a common cause and what was achieved in EDSA was both historic and unprecedented.

Twenty-four years later, People Power lives on, in more ways than one if I may say so.  Every day we witness the essence of People Power whenever we go online to connect, communicate or collaborate with friends through social media.  By going to Yahoo! Answers, which is a people-powered knowledge sharing community, we are in fact participating in People Power.  I just hope that the lessons of EDSA will be something that we will take to heart in both our offline and online activities.  Remember, we have the power to be agents for change but only if we are united.

To mark this historic event, share your thoughts to the community by answering this question in Answers, “What was your most memorable experience about the 1986 People Power Revolution?”

Another thing you can do is if you’re wearing yellow to commemorate the event, take a photo of yourself and share it by uploading it in Flickr and tagging it with the keyword YellowEDSA and using the #YellowEDSA hashtag.

Finally, you can also post your thoughts on the first People Power Revolution and share your EDSA-related photos and videos via the hashtag #YellowEDSA on Meme and Twitter (check out my Meme and Twitter accounts to get the idea)from February 22-25.

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