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Fwd: Wikimedia Clinic featuring a presentation from the Growth team
by Asaf Bartov 13 Jan '21

13 Jan '21

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 7:53 PM Subject: Wikimedia Clinic featuring a presentation from the Growth team To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, This is a reminder that *tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan 13th, at 6pm UTC*, we will have Wikimedia Clinic #012, this time featuring a presentation from the Wikimedia Foundation's Growth team, on the latest developments and findings from their work. The call will be held in English, using *Google Meet*, and the link is *https://meet.google.com/kdr-ufce-qxh* <https://meet.google.com/kdr-ufce-qxh> As in all Clinics, after the presentation (which will include time for questions and answers), there will be time to bring up *your own topics, questions, or short presentations*. For more information about the program, see its Meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics>. You may also be interested in the recent *retrospective* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/Retrospective> we published about the program so far. See you tomorrow! A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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January 10 All-Affiliates Strategic Meeting
by Pharos 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

All Wikimedia affiliates are invited to join a forum in two sessions on Sunday January 10, as a follow-up to our August, September, October, and November meetings of the Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network, and the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting in June. The purpose of this meeting is to continue our inter-affiliate discussions around branding, Wikimedia Foundation bylaws changes, movement strategy, Universal Code of Conduct and other global movement issues, and to help lay the groundwork for structures of more ongoing mutual support. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Janu… 3:00 UTC (Asia-Pacific friendly time - https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1610247600 ) 19:00 UTC (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly time - https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1610305200 ) Will be held in this meeting room: https://meet.google.com/mff-bsiy-tvd Please see proposed agenda, and sign up with your affiliate here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Jan_… https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Jan_… https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Jan_… Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) P.S. To prepare for the SWAN call of January 10, we invite everyone to already start developing and sharing ideas on the Interim Global Council. We have set up an etherpad and a jamboard with some key questions. Feel free to create copies to facilitate discussions in more languages. Check here for more details. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network/IGC-…

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Job post : Intern, Wiki In Africa
by Isla Haddow Flood 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

Dear all Happy 2021! To start off the new year with a bang, Wiki In Africa, the non-profit behind Wiki Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Women (among a few other things) is searching high and low for a paid intern to work remotely with their core team. Applications close on 22nd January. So many more details can be found at this link: bit.ly/WIAIntern We look forward to hearing from you! warmest Isla

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Applications to the WikiLearn closing soon
by Cassie Casares 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Hello everyone, The deadline for applications to the WikiLearn (Online Learning Pilot) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn> will close on January 14, 2021. To apply, please find applications on our Meta pages: 1) Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying…> 2) Building Partnerships <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership…> Read our privacy statement <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Online_Learning_Pilot_Application_Pri…> Please visit our project page on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn> if you have any questions or email the Community Development team at comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org. We ask that all applicants who have submitted an application to either cohort, please contact the Community Development team comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org with their preferred email address. You may also submit your email address using this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ytDYzefHGSccOyLCOBFOPRk_p9R1xfBPIsMmPpPMZC…>. We will only be contacting you with course relevant communication. Please share this email with others who may be interested. We look forward to reading your applications. Best, The Community Development Team Cassie Casares Project Coordinator Community Development Wikimedia Foundation ccasares(a)wikimedia.org

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Fwd: We're seeking an Africa-based coordinator to co-lead the #VisibleWikiWomen campaign!
by Adjoa Linda Fletcher 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Whose Knowledge <info(a)whoseknowledge.org> Date: Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 11:21 AM Subject: We're seeking an Africa-based coordinator to co-lead the #VisibleWikiWomen campaign! To: <belrivers(a)gmail.com> View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/143295300eaa/seeking-vww-africa-based-campaign-coordinat…> *Africa-based campaign coordinator* *Whose Knowledge? is seeking a campaign coordinator to co-lead the #VisibleWikiWomen global campaign and support Africa based partners to add images of notable women to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia.* *More about us:* Whose Knowledge? <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac…> is a global campaign to center the knowledge of marginalized communities (the majority of the world) on the internet. Most public knowledge online has so far been written by white men from Europe and North America. To address this, we work particularly with women, people of color, LGBTQI communities, indigenous peoples and Global South communities to build and represent more of all of our own knowledge online. *The Project:* Women’s knowledge and contributions to the world are invisible in so many ways. When we look at women’s invisibility online, Wikipedia is a good proxy to explain why this is such a critical issue. Less than a fourth of Wikipedia biographies represent women. Many biographies of notable women don’t exist or are incomplete. More often than not, women biographies don’t have images. We estimate that less than 20% of Wikipedia articles of important women have pictures. And, when women’s faces are missing from Wikipedia, that invisibility spreads. Half a billion people read <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac…> Wikipedia every month, and it is the 5th most visited website <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac…> in the world, so gaps in Wikipedia have a big impact on the broader internet. Whose Knowledge?, in partnership with the Wikimedia movement, feminist and women’s organizations, GLAM institutions and allies around the world, have hosted the #VisibleWikiWomen campaign every year from March to May since 2018, to add more images of women to Wikipedia and the broader internet. So far over 15,000 images have been used across Wikipedia and the different Wikimedia projects as a result of this campaign. However, Wikipedia (and the broader internet) are still missing many images of important and influential women, especially black, brown, indigenous and trans women. A special focus is what we call #womenofcolors, our targeted effort to increase the number of images of influential black, brown, indigenous and trans women, especially from the Global South that are uploaded to Wikipedia as part of the #VisibleWikiWomen campaign. *Role:* A regional coordinator who will co-manage the campaign globally with our existing coordinator based in Latin America and focus on developing new connections and partnerships in Africa, helping make the #VisibleWikiWomen 2021 campaign a success! This is a paid, part-time contractor role, 10-20 hours per week, for 4 months (February - May). *Responsibilities:* - Act as a first point of contact for local partners and selected global partners - Coordinate and support communications, media and publicity - Keep website up to date, help showcase stories and successes along the way - Facilitate communications with Wikimedians, partners and allies - Prepare materials, resources, and toolkits for partners - Support participants on Commons and Wikipedia as images are uploaded - Analyse the effort after completion, and communicate outcomes and learning to partners and broader audiences *Our ideal candidate has:* - Experience with Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons - Experience facilitating international groups or networks, coordinating volunteers, etc - Ability to clearly communicate virtually - Previously worked in multicultural/multilingual online spaces - Proficiency in English. Other language skills relevant in the African context would be highly desirable - Interest and experience in working with visual materials (photographs, art work, and other visual forms) - Initiative to start things, move projects forward, and manage tasks independently - A feminist, anti-colonial perspective *Candidates must be from and reside in the African continent!* To apply, please send an email with Subject: *#VisibleWikiWomen Coordinator Africa* to *visiblewikiwomenATwhoseknowledgeDOTorg*, Application deadline is *January 25th. 2021*. Include your CV and tell us why you're interested and a good match for this role. *WHOSE KNOWLEDGE?* Is a global campaign working to create, collect and curate knowledge from and with marginalised communities, so that the internet we build and defend is ultimately an internet of, for and by all. Learn more about us. <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac…> *CONTACT US* Visit our website https://whoseknowledge.org/ <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac…> Email us info(a)whoseknowlege.org <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac…> <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac…> <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac…> Released under CC BY-SA 4.0 License | 2021 | Whose Knowledge You are receiving this e-mail because you subscribed to the Whose Knowledge? newsletter. *Our mailing address is:* Whose Knowledge 1010 Fair Ave. #13 Santa Cruz, CA 95060-5931 Add us to your address book <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/vcard?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac28996e…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/profile?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac2899…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac…> . Read about Our Practices <https://whoseknowledge.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dc18da4138d7c6ac…> . [image: Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp] <http://www.mailchimp.com/email-referral/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…> -- *Sincerely,(Adjoa) Linda DaboOutreach Resource Coordinator, Adele Women Association (Volta Region) Nkwanta, Ghana* *& Ghana Permaculture Network * *& Ghana Nkwanta Project in USA* *http://www.gofundme.com/Ecology--Culture <http://www.gofundme.com/Ecology--Culture>*http://adelewomen.tripod.com/ http://www.myspace.com/nkwanta http://nkwanta.tripod.com http://groups.google.com/group/casr-in-action *"....my belief in the capacity of ordinary people to do extraordinary things".Barack Obama"... God must become an activity in our consciousness"...Joel s. Goldsmith"In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand.We will understand only what we are taught." Legendary Senegalese Conservationist Baba Dioum* * "You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind."* *Anonymous* *"Our pathway must be up through the soil, * *up through swamps, up through forests, * *up through streams and rocks, * *up through commerce, education, and religion! * *In my opinion, we cannot begin at the top to build a house. * * If we try to do this, we shall reap in the end the fruits of our folly."Booker T. Washington* *"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."* *"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." * *"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."* *....we shape our lives and we shape ourselves...the choices that we make are ultimately our responsibility."* *Socrates*

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Wikipedia in African Libraries Course: Cohort 1 registration opens
by AfLIA Communications 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

Happy New Year to All! Following a successful pilot testing phase, AfLIA wishes to announce that registration has opened for applicants to enroll in the Wikipedia in African Libraries (#WikiAfLibs) Course - Cohort 1. AfLIA therefore, invites all African library educators and librarians in all library types and from every country on the continent to apply and be part of the online learning program, fully funded by the Wikimedia Foundation Among others, the Course will teach African librarians how they can better assist their user communities to use Wikipedia, tell their stories by themselves on a very visible global platform and also nurture relationships between Wikipedia communities in Africa with libraries. For registration details go to: 1. English: https://web.aflia.net/wikipedia-in-african-libraries-course-cohort-1-regist… 2. French / Portuguese: https://web.aflia.net/cours-sur-wikipedia-dans-les-bibliotheques-africaines… We are interested in reaching many others from your country, who may equally be interested in benefiting from this important initiative. We encourage you to circulate news about the Call among your colleagues, friends, supervisors, instructors, students etc. in the library and information sector. For enquiries, feel free to send us a mail at afliacomm(a)aflia.net Best regards, AfLIA Communications --- *Follow AfLIA to keep updated.* *Official Website* <http://web.aflia.net/> *|* *Official Facebook* <https://www.facebook.com/aflianetwork/> *| **Official Twitter* <https://twitter.com/AfLIACon> * | Official YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPaQeggWf7gVPSkLhYl9_8g>* To join AfLIA: Send an email to *membership(a)aflia.net <membership(a)aflia.net> *

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[Online Learning Pilot]: Reminder Message for Wikilearn
by Cassie Casares 29 Dec '20

29 Dec '20

Hello everyone, This is a reminder that applications are currently open for the WikiLearn: Online Learning Pilot <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, an online capacity building project. The Community Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation will be hosting two online learning courses; 1) Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying…> and 2) Building Partnerships <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership…>. The deadline for applications is January 14, 2021. These applications are hosted on a third-party service provider; for information about data handling, see the application privacy statement within each application link above before applying. Please visit our project page on Meta if you have any questions or feel free to email the Community Development team at comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org or on the project Talk <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Community_Development/Wik…> page. Best, The Community Development Team Cassie Casares Project Coordinator Community Development Wikimedia Foundation ccasares(a)wikimedia.org

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] New online learning courses on Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment
by Samuel Guebo 21 Dec '20

21 Dec '20

Hey folks, In case some of you may have missed this, I'm sharing this here as well. Cheers, Samuel ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Cassie Casares <ccasares(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 6:06 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New online learning courses on Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello all, The Community Development <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> team at the Wikimedia Foundation is launching the WikiLearn (Online Learning Pilot) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, a capacity-building project. This project will deliver two courses over an 8-week period that will begin on February 1, 2021. Courses are free to take part in and will be hosted on Moodle <https://moodle.com/>. During this pilot project, each course will be taught, and assignments are to be prepared, in English. At the end of the pilot, we will be making course materials available for anyone interested in self-study, and for translation. The two courses we will be launching on February 1, 2021, are: 1. Identifying and Addressing Harassment <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying…>: This course will focus on developing skills that will help volunteers respond to on- and off-wiki harassment. - This course will combine scheduled sessions and independent study. The weekly commitment of this course is 2-3 hours per week. - Target Audience: Volunteers with administrator or other advanced user rights. 1. Partnership Building: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership…> This intensive course will provide an in-depth curriculum on how to develop meaningful programmatic and organizational partnerships within the movement and with external partners. - This course will consist of scheduled sessions and individual assignments with a weekly total commitment of up to 6 hours. - Target Audience: Volunteers with intermediate-level experience contributing to Wikimedia projects and beginner-level experience with building partners with Non-Wikimedia groups and organizations. To ensure our small team can provide each learner individual support, we are limiting each course in this pilot to 40 participants. We ask that all interested applicants commit to attending weekly for the full course. All efforts will be made to ensure that scheduled sessions are time-zone friendly to the greatest number of enrolled participants. However, with the wide distribution of volunteers, that may not always be possible. Key Dates: - Applications open Today (December 1, 2020) and will close on January 14, 2021. - Successful applicants will be notified on January 18, 2021. - The first session for each course will be held on February 1, 2021. To Take Part in the Online Learning Pilot: To participate in the Partnership Building online course, fill out this application form <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYEpR0q2CoodQTX>. To participate in the Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online course, fill out this application form <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e99EaQJPKUlhwDX>. For more details on the Online Learning Pilot, please see our Meta page. Feel free to ask questions on the project Talk <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Community_Development/Wik…> page or contact us at comdev(a)wikimedia.org. Best, The Community Development Team Cassie Casares Project Coordinator Community Development Wikimedia Foundation ccasares(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- ___________ *Samuel Guebo* Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] New online learning courses on Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment
by Asaf Bartov 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

A new learning opportunity from my team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Please share with your communities. A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Cassie Casares <ccasares(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 8:06 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New online learning courses on Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello all, The Community Development <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> team at the Wikimedia Foundation is launching the WikiLearn (Online Learning Pilot) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, a capacity-building project. This project will deliver two courses over an 8-week period that will begin on February 1, 2021. Courses are free to take part in and will be hosted on Moodle <https://moodle.com/>. During this pilot project, each course will be taught, and assignments are to be prepared, in English. At the end of the pilot, we will be making course materials available for anyone interested in self-study, and for translation. The two courses we will be launching on February 1, 2021, are: 1. Identifying and Addressing Harassment <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying…>: This course will focus on developing skills that will help volunteers respond to on- and off-wiki harassment. - This course will combine scheduled sessions and independent study. The weekly commitment of this course is 2-3 hours per week. - Target Audience: Volunteers with administrator or other advanced user rights. 1. Partnership Building: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership…> This intensive course will provide an in-depth curriculum on how to develop meaningful programmatic and organizational partnerships within the movement and with external partners. - This course will consist of scheduled sessions and individual assignments with a weekly total commitment of up to 6 hours. - Target Audience: Volunteers with intermediate-level experience contributing to Wikimedia projects and beginner-level experience with building partners with Non-Wikimedia groups and organizations. To ensure our small team can provide each learner individual support, we are limiting each course in this pilot to 40 participants. We ask that all interested applicants commit to attending weekly for the full course. All efforts will be made to ensure that scheduled sessions are time-zone friendly to the greatest number of enrolled participants. However, with the wide distribution of volunteers, that may not always be possible. Key Dates: - Applications open Today (December 1, 2020) and will close on January 14, 2021. - Successful applicants will be notified on January 18, 2021. - The first session for each course will be held on February 1, 2021. To Take Part in the Online Learning Pilot: To participate in the Partnership Building online course, fill out this application form <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYEpR0q2CoodQTX>. To participate in the Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online course, fill out this application form <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e99EaQJPKUlhwDX>. For more details on the Online Learning Pilot, please see our Meta page. Feel free to ask questions on the project Talk <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Community_Development/Wik…> page or contact us at comdev(a)wikimedia.org. Best, The Community Development Team Cassie Casares Project Coordinator Community Development Wikimedia Foundation ccasares(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Join the International Jury Team of Months of African Cinema Contest
by Eben Calist 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

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