Maybe we should also fill the knowledge gap on how Wikimedia's footprint could be reduced, if that isn't too complex ;-)
On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 at 17:14, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for organizing this again. 'Getting more complex' is right... > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 8:00 AM Alex Stinson <astin...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Reminder that the conversation hour for #WikiForHumanRights starts in 2 >> hours at 1500 UTC. If you are interested in organizing for this next year, >> we hope to see you there, >> >> Cheers, >> >> Alex Stinson >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 2:39 PM Alex Stinson <astin...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> *TL:DR --* Join us for a Conversation hour December 14 at 1500 UTC to >>> learn how to organize for WikiForHumanRights 2022. >>> >>> Hello Everyone! >>> >>> #WikiForHumanRights: Right to a Healthy Environment 2022 [1]is back! >>> From April 15 through to June 14 2022 we encourage local affiliates, >>> individuals or organizations interested in the campaign to organize >>> activities around the intersecting themes of human rights and the >>> environment. >>> >>> If you are interested in organizing your community for the campaign, >>> please join us for a conversation hour on December 14 at 1500 UTC [4] >>> (more details below) to learn how you can participate. >>> >>> >>> Why the Right to a Healthy Environment? >>> >>> This October, the Right to a Healthy Environment was formally recognized >>> [1] by the United Nations Human Rights Council. According to Michelle >>> Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: >>> >>> "A safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is the foundation >>> of human life. But today, because of human action – and inhuman inaction – >>> the triple planetary crises of climate change, pollution, and nature loss >>> is directly and severely impacting a broad range of rights, including the >>> rights to adequate food, water, education, housing, health, development, >>> and even life itself."[2] >>> >>> The environmental crisis is getting more complex. Humanity needs to make >>> thousands of big and small decisions to address it. As the UN Environmental >>> Program described it, we need to make “Peace with Nature”[3] and protect >>> the human rights of the most vulnerable. >>> >>> Wikipedia and other platforms need to fill the knowledge gaps at the >>> intersection of sustainability and human rights in every context and >>> language. The world needs access to reliable information about the link >>> between environmental sustainability and human rights. >>> >>> What can you do? Help us organize! >>> >>> We need your help! The campaign will officially launch on April 15 (one >>> week before Earth Day), but we need your help now to begin preparing this >>> global call to action. >>> >>> Last year we had 24 community-led editathons, workshops, webinars, and >>> writing contests, with contributions to over 2000 articles in more than 40 >>> languages. To match (and hopefully exceed) these impacts, we need your help >>> to organize your local communities! >>> >>> Activities related to human rights and sustainability are good topics >>> for local communities to both a) identify new partners, b) recruit >>> enthusiastic participants and c) fill key topics for impact in their own >>> language or context. >>> >>> Join the Conversation to learn more! >>> >>> Join us for 1.5 hours of conversation Tuesday the 14th December 2021 >>> 15:00 UTC on Zoom <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84871090509> [4], to >>> learn more about: >>> >>> - >>> >>> How you can participate in this campaign and organize local events >>> in your community or region. >>> - >>> >>> Which topics this campaign will target, and how you can connect with >>> subject matter experts, partners, and other resources to support >>> successful >>> content creation activities. >>> - >>> >>> How the Wikimedia Foundation Campaigns team can support you in >>> designing your event and doing targeted outreach to potential >>> contributors >>> drawn to these topics. >>> >>> Organizers can find more information at this (still under development): page >>> on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights>[5] >>> >>> If you want to join us as an organizer, please join our Telegram Group >>> <https://t.me/joinchat/k_W9SVMG5K44YjJh>[6] >>> >>> If you have any questions send us an email at campai...@wikimedia.org >>> >>> >>> Looking forward to hearing you in the conversation, >>> >>> Ruby Damenshie-Brown and Alex Stinson >>> >>> >>> >>> [1] https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1102582 >>> >>> [2] >>> https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=27443 >>> >>> [3] https://www.unep.org/interactive/making-peace-nature/ >>> >>> [4] https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84871090509 >>> >>> [5]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights >>> >>> [6] https://t.me/joinchat/k_W9SVMG5K44YjJh >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/BTSKOVTA2CQCSDSVXRVPYZ2LNPNDVN2N/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/TSF2R3ISNR46FSOKT4JNSFK236W7EL5M/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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