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Conversation Hours and Events

Upcoming Calls & Events

1. April 4, 2025: Advocacy Network Quarterly Call

This is the second edition of the Advocacy Network calls that take place on Zoom. The purpose of these calls is to collaborate on priorities for the year, and to ensure that members of our movement can share learnings and hone our outreach, advocacy, and impact on policy efforts. The specific agenda will be set collaboratively ahead of time.

Our 2025 working groups are currently the following:

• Copyright
• Shared definitions of key terms and concept
• Policy Position Primers

Date: April 4, 2025

Time: 14:30 - 16:00 PM (UTC +0)

Zoom Link: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/89377506720?pwd=BCMElRbsqzxa9l60I8YGlJmBE2X5z4.1

Meeting ID: 893 7750 6720

Passcode: 838895

Archive of Previous Calls & Conversation Hours

Notes from all calls can be found in the etherpad.

• February 19, 2025: Advocacy Network Launch. In this call we identified priorities that the group wanted to work on for the year of 2025, and established working groups responsible for each topic.
• Overview of WMF public policy priorities and actions for the Asia-Pacific region, October 2022. Watch recording Use password g.5cyBP
• Overview of WMF public policy priorities and actions for the Europe-Africa-Americas region, October 2022. Watch recording Use password !i$SsyF=
• Presentation on anti-surveillance work within the Free Knowledge Movement in Mexico, September 2022..
• Presentation on anti-surveillance work within the Free Knowledge Movement in Indonesia, September 2022..
• Presentation on approaches to copyright advocacy in the EU, August 2022. Watch recording Use password: X@9FRG5k
• August 26, 2022 (14:00 UTC). Topic: Movement approaches to copyright advocacy. Speakers: Dimi Dimitrov (Wikimedia Brussels) and Douglas Scott (Wikimedia South Africa). For a campaign example See Copyright advocacy in South Africa and slide deck about EU copyright campaigns.
• Presentation on Wikimedia's Approach to Anti-Disinformation and Human Rights Impact Assessment, July 2022.
• Presentation on Human Rights Impact Assessment, July 2022..
• June 29, 2022. Topic: Disinformation. Speaker: Costanza Sciubbia Caniglia (Wikimedia Foundation).

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