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Hi, all! Until next *Sunday, Sept. 17th, you can apply
<https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5stImBj5bugNOmO>* to join the
2 beta version of the Organizer Lab.
The *Organizer Lab*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns/Organizer_Lab> (2 beta) is a
12-week online training course designed by the Wikimedia Foundation to hone
the skills organizers need to run consistent, high-impact campaigns that
invite new contributors, partners, and supporters to the movement.
If you are a community organizer working around Topics for Impact, you have
local organizing experience and are feeling ready to enhance your
Campaigns' international organizing skills, this opportunity may interest
you. *This year the course will be focused on two areas: Climate &
sustainability, and Gender. *
Please use this link to apply:
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5stImBj5bugNOmO Additional
details here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns/Organizer_Lab
Best regards,
*Tila Cappelletto *(she/ela/ella)
Senior Program Officer, Gender Organizing
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*Let's talk? https://calendly.com/tila_wmf/meeting
<https://calendly.com/tila_wmf/meeting>*
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Hello everyone,
Just a friendly reminder that the upcoming #SheSaid campaign
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women/SheSaid> is scheduled to
run from October 1st to December 31st this year. For those of you who are
planning to organize a #SheSaid local event during this time, please take
note that the *deadline to apply for a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation*
is *September 1st, 2023*.
To ensure a streamlined and comprehensive process for your grant
application, we have prepared a grant request template
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nutGLLDBWr33wVvQ7oPE3qeTGBxndzb1qF-E6Za…>
for
you to use. We kindly request that you refrain from replying to the
document with your application. Instead, if you're ready to submit your
grant application, kindly complete the Fluxx form
<https://wmf.fluxx.io/user_sessions/new> linked for that purpose.
If you happen to have any specific questions or require assistance, we
encourage you to join our *Office Hour session today* at *3:00pm* *UTC* via
this link
<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81126530358?pwd=K3oxQ01DNFUzRi8zM2FFTDNuWXVOZz09>.
Your inquiries will be addressed there.
Best,
Afek
Hi everyone,
To respond to the gender gap and create opportunities to strengthen the
gender diverse content on Wikipedia, the Gender Organizing community in the
Wikimedia Movement hosts an annual campaign
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women> during International
Women’s Month. This campaign is an important opportunity for the Wikimedia
movement to engage with the work of different communities highlighting the
gender gap in each Wikimedia project.
On 16 February 2023, the Campaigns Programs team held an office hour with
Gender Organizers from across the movement. Some key highlights from the
discussion included:
-
An overview of the volunteer-led Central Notice banner for this year’s
International Women’s Day campaign, with a request for translation support
for the banner and feedback.
-
An overview of the new event registration tool to support gender
organizers with an improved user-experience for newcomers joining events.
-
An overview of community planned campaign events surrounding gender on
the Projects for this year’s campaign.
Participants to the event also highlighted a desire for more strategic
support in:
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Ensuring an intersectional approach to gender content on the Projects,
including facilitating gender visibility on key content areas such as
climate and sustainability, and elevating LGBTIQ+ content to ensure that
gender campaigning was inclusive, reflexive and expansive.
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Facilitating and coordinating ongoing gender campaigning on Wikipedia,
and other projects (like WikiData), to ensure lively and ongoing content
curation in this important area beyond Women’s History Month (March).
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Bringing in strategic partnerships at an international, regional and
local level to support and amplify gender campaigns on the projects e.g. a
similar partnership to the UNHRC and #Wiki4HumanRights.
Specific Product Support requested by gender organizers in the office hour
included:
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A request for an on-Wiki calendar of events that allowed participants to
view and plan their contributions more systematically.
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A request to review the Women in Red redlists
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Redlist_in…>,
which are updated by Listeria Query service, but are not updating often any
more. This is an issue connected to ongoing maintenance of key
volunteer-built listbuilding tools.
You can learn more about the discussion by watching the recording here.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Women_History_Month_Conversation>
What happens Next?
As an immediate priority, there is a request for support with translating
the Central Notice <https://w.wiki/6NPg>banner, and adding planned campaign
events to the Event landing page.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women> There is also a request
for support for updating translations of the event page itself.
During March, there is also an opportunity to share your events with the
WMF for amplification with the movement and external audiences via social
media. Have an event you’d like to share or have profiled? Get in touch
with the Campaigns team <campaigns(a)wikimedia.org>for more information.
On 15 March 2023, you are also invited to join the Wikimedia Research
Showcase, <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase> which
will be focused on gender and equity on Wikipedia. The session will feature
research presentations by Sneh Gupta, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha
University, and Jiao Sun, University of Southern California. You can join
the livestream <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4MzJgDIzo> and ask
questions in the chat..
Lastly, look out for future announcements for how we plan to address the
identified gaps and opportunities elevated in the Office Hour.
*Masana Mulaudzi (She/Her)*
Senior Manager, Campaigns Programs
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hi everyone
Sending across a reminder for the Women's History Month Office Hour *happening
today at 4pm UTC. *
Please visit this link for log in information:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Women_History_Month_Conversation
More details below.
To respond to the gender gap and create opportunities to strengthen the
gender diverse content on Wikipedia, the Gender Organizing community in the
Wikimedia Movement hosts an annual campaign
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women> during International
Women’s Month. This campaign is an important opportunity for the Wikimedia
movement to engage with the work of different communities highlighting the
gender gap in each Wikimedia project.
We invite you to a conversation hour!
For this reason (and many more), we are excited to invite you to a
Campaigns Programs Office Hour on Gender Organizing as a Wikimedians. Here,
I hope to listen to your experiences of gender organizing across the
WikiProjects and share some exciting tools that we’ve developed to support
your work! Join this conversation hour to:
-
Share what your community is doing in campaign organizing on the Gender
Gap during International Women’s Day and beyond.
-
Learn about this year’s volunteer-led Central Notice banner and central
calendar and how you can give feedback on the pages.
-
Learn how the new event registration tool
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xb6-ZElpN4&ab_channel=WikimediaFoundation>can
help improve your registration experience for newcomers joining events.
Please join the Office Hour to connect and share.
International Women’s Day Office Hour
16 February 2023
1600 UTC
Register here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Women_History_Month_Conversation>
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Masana Mulaudzi <mmulaudzi(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Subject: Women's History Month Conversation
To: <wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi Wikimedia Organizers,
My name is Masana Mulaudzi and I recently joined the Wikimedia Foundation
as the new Senior Manager for the Campaigns Programs team. Before joining
the Wikimedia Foundation I worked extensively in the gender justice
movement across Africa, and in solidarity with feminists around the world
in economic and social justice campaigning. I am really humbled to be
joining the Movement and to learn and act in solidarity with gender
organizers in this vibrant community.
To respond to the gender gap and create opportunities to strengthen the
gender diverse content on Wikipedia, the Gender Organizing community in the
Wikimedia Movement hosts an annual campaign
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women> during International
Women’s Month. This campaign is an important opportunity for the Wikimedia
movement to engage with the work of different communities highlighting the
gender gap in each Wikimedia project.
We invite you to a conversation hour!
For this reason (and many more), we are excited to invite you to a
Campaigns Programs Office Hour on Gender Organizing as a Wikimedians. Here,
I hope to listen to your experiences of gender organizing across the
WikiProjects and share some exciting tools that we’ve developed to support
your work! Join this conversation hour to:
-
Share what your community is doing in campaign organizing on the Gender
Gap during International Women’s Day and beyond.
-
Learn about this year’s volunteer-led Central Notice banner and central
calendar and how you can give feedback on the pages.
-
Learn how the new event registration tool
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xb6-ZElpN4&ab_channel=WikimediaFoundation>can
help improve your registration experience for newcomers joining events.
Please join the Office Hour to connect and share.
International Women’s Day Office Hour
16 February 2023
1600 UTC
Register here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Women_History_Month_Conversation>
*Masana Mulaudzi (She/Her)*
Senior Manager, Campaigns Programs
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>