The CORPS Movement: Invading Cyberspace

A helpdesk agent based in Mumbai India is assisting an Internet Shop Owner set-up shop in Austin, Texas; An OFW father in Riyadh Saudi Arabia is preparing his 5^th grade for an exam in his hometown of Ligao, Albay; Two bestfriend, one in Saskatoon, Canada and the other in Abu Dhabi, UAE are posting pictures during their high-school days in Facebook taken 20 years ago in Manila; A couple are chatting sweet-nothings to each other although both are working on cruise ships half way around the globe: Common day activities over the net, something impossible in real-time 5 years ago.

Whether it is in business, leisure or romance; technology has brought people closer to each other. The gap that distance and time created has already been bridged by technology.

This year the CORPS Movement will be using the same technology to broaden its ministry and reestablish relationship among Police Officers and friends.

The CORPS Movement is now on Blogspot, Facebook and Tweeter!

The CORPS Movement has an official FB and Tweeter page wherein it will place all announcements and activities will be disseminated to its friends and supporters. They will also place the Keeper, its official newsletter, in a blog format. The Bless Our Cops and My Brother’s Keeper will set up Facebook and Tweeter Entities as convergent point to all its members and volunteers.

For the Keeper, the reach of the official newsletter will expand tremendously as it will be accessible in all parts of the globe at any given time. Doing so will greatly reduce expenditures in printing and it will also be self sustaining once advertisements through Google ads are set.

To better coordinate with allied ministries all over the world and to better coordinate with churches and communities all over the Philippines, is the main objective of setting Bless Our Cops in Facebook. If the plans for BOC expansion should push through, the FB and Tweeter entities will be the most accessible and fastest medium to spread out messages and instructions. Setting groups in FB will also enable the CORPS Movement to structure the program to coordinators and volunteers.

For the MBK program, Brothers from the PNPA who are assigned in different localities and services (Fire and Jail) in the Philippines will be reconnected to their Brothers in the CORPS Movement. This initiative will try to cover with the batches from the graduating batch of 2011 all the way back to 1999 when the MBK program was incepted.

In the near future, the CORPS Movement will also utilize other social media (skypes, multiply, etc) not only to be relevant to future generations but also accustom the ministry through the changing times.