Hi long-suffering Gender Gap list members,

I have good news! Thanks to the hard work of many of the people on
this list, the WMF funded a grant to run a pilot Ally Skills Workshop
at Wikimania in July:

https://adainitiative.org/2015/06/apply-now-for-the-ally-skills-workshop-at-wikimania-2015/

The Ally Skills Workshop teaches men simple, everyday ways to support
women in their communities. This workshop will be laser-focused on
techniques that work specifically in Wikipedia and related projects,
including how to use existing policies and suggestions for advocating
for new policies. It will also teach people about the mindset of
trolls and what strategies work best for foiling them.

If it goes well, we'll apply for another WMF grant to run a
train-the-trainers, with the end goal of teaching the workshop to many
of the Wikipedia admins around the world. The goal is to get them
educated and wised up to the sexist tactics often used against women
editors, women's bios, and women's causes on Wikipedia.

If you are going, or if you know someone who would be a good person to
attend this workshop, please sign up or encourage them to sign up! You
can also retweet the announcement here:

https://twitter.com/adainitiative/status/613803456692793344

Thanks,

-VAL

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Valerie Aurora
Interim Executive Director

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