(I take a 'd' as a present for my subject line, thank you) On Fri, 29 Nov 2019 at 18:10, Cornelius Kibelka < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I’m delighted to pre-announce a small communication initiative called > “Knowledge Equity Calendar” for the upcoming weeks: > > Back in 2017, the Wikimedia Movement agreed on its Strategic Direction > with its core goal to be the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of > free knowledge until 2030.[1] One priority to achieve this goal is called > "Knowledge Equity" (As a social movement, we will focus our efforts on > the knowledge and communities that have been left out by structures of > power and privilege. We will welcome people from every background to build > strong and diverse communities. We will break down the social, political, > and technical barriers preventing people from accessing and contributing to > free knowledge.). But what does that mean in your context? What are > others already doing to translate “Knowledge Equity” from the strategic to > the programmatic level? > > In the light of the last days and weeks of the year, we'd like to adapt > the German tradition of the “Advent calendar > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent_calendar>” counting the days > towards Christmas (December 1 to 24), and share one story per day via > Meta[2] and Wikimedia Space blog[3] on how Wikimedians are working towards > achieving Knowledge Equity in their respective context. The idea is mainly > to inspire Wikimedians what other Wikimedians are already doing. We’ll use > Wikimedia Deutschland's Twitter and Facebook accounts to accompany that. > > On Meta, the translation extension is activated – so if you like, chip in > and translate the stories to your language. Or just share the stories with > other Wikimedians to show what kind of cool and inspiring initiatives and > projects working towards Knowledge Equity we already have in the Wikimedia > movement. > > If you have any questions about the initiative, the stories, or what an > Advent calendar is, feel free to send me a message. > > Happy reading and sharing, > > Cornelius > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Calendar > > [3] https://space.wmflabs.org/blog/ > > > > -- > Cornelius Kibelka > Internationale Beziehungen | International Relations > Vorstandsteam | Office of the ED > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 > http://wikimedia.de > > Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen > Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! > http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter > der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für > Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207 > -- Cornelius Kibelka Internationale Beziehungen | International Relations Vorstandsteam | Office of the ED Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207 _______________________________________________ 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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
