I just want to communicate how wonderful of an initiative this is! And @Mesha if you need any help thinking about campaigns at the global level/perspective -- do know that I am available.
Cheers, Alex Stinson On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 7:44 AM Ciell Wikipedia <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > In recent years, several national teams have indicated that they > encountered problems that prevented them from being able to participate in > Wiki Loves Monuments. These issues included, but were not limited to, the > definition of a 'built monument', and the possible bias with authorities > that appoints monuments in their country. Issues such as colonial heritage > and indigenous heritage were also often a topic that teams ran into. > > The International WLM team therefore sought and received WMF funds to > conduct a research on the diversity, equity and inclusion of the Wiki Loves > Monuments photo competition. > > For this, I’d like to introduce to you Mesha, who is the researcher and > consultant that will be advising us on how to make our photo contest more > accessible to everyone. > > Mesha will be reaching out to (previous) national organisers, (previous) > international organisers, and others involved with WLM in the upcoming > months. If you want to proactively reach out to Mesha and make sure your > experiences are being heard, she can be reached at > [email protected] . > > Kind regards, > > Ciell > > WLM International Team 2021 > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org -- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter: @sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects create calls to action to invite new contributors through campaigns: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns
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