Event talk:Wikimania Advocacy Workshop

Feedback on Draft Agenda by July 25

Help us create a workshop that works on what you want. Please provide your feedback on the following by Thursday, July 25:

1. Which topic would you prioritize for us to discuss together as a group? (a) Child safety (b) promoting a healthy information environment and freedom of expression (c) something else.
2. Tell us what do you think about the proposed agenda: is there something that is missing, or do you see something that you put more focus on?
3. Write 1-2 steps that you'd want to be involved in after this meeting to continue the collaboration of this network

FPutz (WMF) (talk) 14:43, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Update on Current Policy Advocacy

Agenda looks good. Would be great to hear an update about some of the current policy advocacy work happening in the movement and/or the most timely ones and how we can support. Pacita (WikiNYC) (talk) 22:05, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Pacita (WikiNYC) thank you for taking the time to review and share your feedback. This workshop will not be covering current advocacy work happening in the movement, but there is a Wikimania session that covers this exact topic!

Session details: The title is "Policy Advocacy Showcase: Stories of policy advocacy work in the movement and future trends". It is taking place on August 7, at 11:00am in room 7. It will start with an overview of the advocacy priorities, ongoing campaigns, and trends that are relevant to the movement. Then, affiliates from NWE, CEE, and LAC will share details about some of the campaigns they've worked on recently.

Beyond Wikimania, I acknowledge the feedback that we, WMF and the movement, need to improve how one might access this information in one place and in an updated manner. This is a topic that we'll likely form a working group around, because it also came up as a key action point in the Santiago advocacy conference (see outcomes here). You can also join the Telegram group that Patricia from WM Chile started where more lively discussions are taking place (if you're interested I can ask her to invite you!). FPutz (WMF) (talk) 16:23, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Will definitely join the Wikimania session and would love to be invited to the Telegram group. Pacita (WikiNYC) (talk) 18:38, 26 July 2024 (UTC)