---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Alex Stinson astinson@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 4:35 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Join the #WikiForHumanRights Launch Webinar on April 18 To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Hi Wikimedians,
As we approach Earth Day (April 22) next week, I wanted to remind you about how you can contribute to the #WikiForHumanRights Campaign.
Each year we partner with the UN Human Rights and UN Environmental program, to focus on the key issues related to the human impacts of the global environmental crises.
Join our launch webinar!
On 18 April at 15:00 UTC, we invite you to join the launch of this year’s #WikiForHumanRights campaign, with a special focus on the Pollution crisis. Register here on Zoom https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/wikiforhumanrights-launch-webinar-focus-on-pollution/ .
This panel explores how improved public knowledge, through platforms like Wikimedia projects, can help both global and local communities better understand and exercise their right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment in efforts to prevent, minimize and remedy pollution. Join panelists Monika Stankiewicz (Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention on Mercury https://mercuryconvention.org/en), Jo Banner (Co-Founder & Co-Director, Descendents Project https://www.thedescendantsproject.com/) and Soledad Mella Vida (Asociación Movimiento Nacional Recicladores de Chile https://anarch.cl/) as they discuss how public knowledge can play an important role in protecting human rights and the environment.
The event will include live translations in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Arabic.
Register here on Zoom https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/wikiforhumanrights-launch-webinar-focus-on-pollution/ .
Contribute to the campaign!
The heart of every Wikimedia campaign are contributions to Wikimedia communities. Join us in one of the actions.
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Join the Writing Contest https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Join_the_Challenge— help us create local knowledge on key human rights and environmental knowledge topics in more languages, this year the special focus is on -
Connect with Local Communities https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Join_Community_Events— Join an event in your language or community -
Join the Human Rights Interest Group https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1imdKKVlWcZ91BY6ou4t3ZzdJkBHflH2qaSUxp5CTHVM/edit — advise the Wikimedia Movement on addressing human rights -
Share the campaign with your communities! -- Help us share the campaign with your community, by sharing the blog post on Diff: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/30/join-the-wikiforhumanrights-campaign-a...
Looking forward to you joining the campaign!
The International WikiForHumanRights Team