Hello everyone / Sat Sri Akal / Namaskar / Adaab,
The third session of Stay safe, stay connected will take place on Sunday, 20 June 2021 at 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm IST. In this session, we are inviting Wikimedians from neighbourhood countries to participate. Wikimedians from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka etc. are expected to participate.
For more details, feel free to see the event page here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected#Session_III
In this neighbourhood community solidarity session, the participants can���
1. share about the projects and exciting events they are doing in the countries;
2. learn what is going on in other regions in the neighbourhood;
3. possibly think or discuss past cross-border collaboration or collaborative projects;
4. possibly discuss any point of tension among the Wikimedia projects;
(Please read more on Diff: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/06/08/stay-safe-stay-connected-session-iii-… )
Asaf Bartov will be the facilitator of this meeting. The session will be hosted on Zoom. Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend the talk: https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
You may alternatively send an email to wmwm(a)cis-india.org if you have trouble filling the Google form or if you have any query.
P.S. Feel free to speak in your native language during the call. That's cool. We'll try to translate.
Regards
Jayanta
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From: Érica Azzellini <erica(a)wmnobrasil.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun, 2021, 11:17 pm
Subject: [Wikidata] WikidataCon 2021: A sustainable future for Wikidata
To: <wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello all,
The *WikidataCon 2021
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021>* team has moved
forward with the conference organization and we are proud to share with the
community many exciting news: the conference theme, its three day program
structure and a special project on diversity taking place before the
conference itself.
For the past nine years, Wikidata has been rapidly growing: more data, more
contributors, more reuse of the data by various stakeholders. Where are we
headed? What is our compass point? Who is doing this journey with us? Who
should be with us and is not yet?
During the WikidataCon 2021, we want to *envision a sustainable future for
Wikidata* and address challenges the Wikidata ecosystem faces while the
project is growing. We are especially interested in tackling four
interrelated points in the conference:
- *technical infrastructure;*
- *data quality;*
- *community health; and*
- *diversity.*
So for 2021, we’ll go with *“WikidataCon 2021: A sustainable future for
Wikidata”*!
We especially want to raise awareness on the issues encountered by
communities in the Global South and marginalized communities in the Global
North, and their hopes on how Wikidata’s structure, content and community
could *represent the diversity of the world in a more inclusive way*.
Before, during and after the conference, we will lead discussions about how
to decenter Wikidata from its current focus on Europe and North America and
how to address the biases that currently exist in the structure of the data
and in the community.
For doing so, we also proudly announce the *“Reimagining Wikidata from the
margins”
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Reimagining_Wikidata_from_the_margins>*
project:
starting in June, we will coordinate a series of discussions with
communities in the Global South and other marginalized communities from the
Global North. This is an open invitation to think about how more diverse
people can add their local knowledge to the database while meaningfully
joining our community. It is about connecting with each other's realities
and perspectives, understanding its challenges and expectations, and
working together to foster a plural environment in our ecosystem!
We’ll release at WikidataCon a document/manifesto based on the discussions
with individuals and communities. If you’re interested in participating in
this process, please, *sign up on the project page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Reimagining_Wikidata_from_the_margin…>*
and
I’ll contact you for further details.
Last but not least, we also want to share with you that the conference
taking place at *October 29, 30 and 31* will be structured in the following
way:
- *Day one:* Formal program & networking + Wikidata birthday celebration
- *Day two:* Community sessions
- *Day three:* Hackathon & special events
This will be a distributed event with a full online program that people can
access and participate from anywhere in the world. Although São Paulo will
not host an in person event as initially planned due the hardening of the
pandemic in Brazil, the possibility of connecting local gatherings to the
online program is still valid, if your chapter or group is based somewhere
sanitary safe. Let’s explore how to safely celebrate Wikidata and our
community!
Please, don’t hesitate to reach out to the organizers at *info(a)wikidatacon.org
<info(a)wikidatacon.org>* or by leaving a message on the discussion page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikidataCon_2021>. Hope to see
you all at WikidataCon!
On behalf of the WikidataCon 2021 organization team,
*Érica Azzellini | User:EAzzellini (WMB)*
*Communications Manager | **Wiki Movimento Brasil*
*wmnobrasil.org <http://wmnobrasil.org/>*
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Dear Wikimedians,
As part of its ongoing program to support Wikimedians in India during the COVID-19 pandemic, CIS-A2K will provide support with access to counselling services to community members, in order to address mental health concerns resulting from the stress and anxiety of coping with the pandemic The A2K team has collaborated with the Institute of Psychological Health <https://www.healthymind.org/> to provide the counselling support. A2K would endeavour to provide support under this component of the programme as follows :
1) *Awareness/Orientation Session on Mental Health and the Pandemic. This session will be organised online and will be open to all Wikimedians in India looking to understand more about mental health concerns that are prevalent at the present time, due to pandemic-related anxiety, stress and trauma. The details of the session will be announced here shortly, with a link to a separate event page.
2) *Individual Counselling Sessions Interested Wikimedians who wish to apply for this support may fill out this application form. https://forms.gle/WXLj2cR4jie6r1pc6
For more details of this programme, please visit this meta page -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India/COVI…
With best wishes,
Jayanta Nath
On behalf of A2K team,
Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme
Dear Wikimedians,
As part of its ongoing program to support Wikimedians in India during the COVID 19 pandemic, CIS-A2K has organised 'Awareness/orientation session on Mental health and pandemic.
This online session is open to all Wikimedians in India to understand more about mental health concerns that are prevalent at the present time, due to pandemic-related anxiety, stress and trauma. This interactive session would ideally aim to:
create awareness and sensitisation about mental health in general
deliberate on the variety of issues faced by people at this particular time
demystify/address any misgivings/stigma related to mental health issues and counselling/therapy/treatment
and encourage people to avail counselling services in case they feel the need for the same.
The details of the session are as follows -
Date: Saturday, 12 June 2021
Time: 4 to 6 pm (IST)
Expert: Dr. Anand Nadkarni, Psychiatrist and founder of IPH
- More about Dr. Anand Nadkarni - http://iphpune.org/wp/about-me/
- LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anand-nadkarni-41a290129/?originalSubdomain=in
- Videos on Avahan channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/AVAHANIPH/videos
Registration link - https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkf-GgrzsiHNN88GTyKAwpSdP82FAI6lCi
We kindly request you to book your time slot for this important session, register on the above link and promote the event in your communities as well.
Stay safe, with best wishes,
Jayanta Nath
Hello all,
We hope that you are doing well. We wanted to inform you that A2K has started an internet support program for the Wikimedians in India from 1 June 2021. This will continue till 31 August 2021. It is a part of Project Tiger, this time we have begun with the internet support, writing contest and other things that will follow afterwards.
You can visit the event page ink: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet_support_for_Wikimedians_in_India
You may also see the FAQ section: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet_support_for_Wikimedians_in_India#F…
For reviewing the applications, there is a committee that will make decisions for the applications. After the committee's response, support will be provided. For more information please visit the event page (linked above). Before applying, please read the criteria and the application procedure. Please go through the page and apply if you find you are eligible for applying. Please also share this information with others as well.
Stay safe, stay connected,
Thanks & Regards,
Jayanta
Dear Wikimedians,
As part of its ongoing program to support Wikimedians in India during the
COVID-19 pandemic, CIS-A2K will provide support with access to counselling
services to community members, in order to address mental health concerns
resulting from the stress and anxiety of coping with the pandemic The A2K
team has collaborated with the Institute of Psychological Health
<https://www.healthymind.org/> to provide the counselling support.
A2K would endeavour to provide support under this component of the
programme as follows :
1) Awareness/Orientation Session on Mental Health and the Pandemic
This session will be organised online and will be open to all Wikimedians
in India looking to understand more about mental health concerns that are
prevalent at the present time, due to pandemic-related anxiety, stress and
trauma. The details of the session will be announced here shortly, with a
link to a separate event page.
2) *Individual *Counselling Sessions
Interested Wikimedians who wish to apply for this support may fill out
this application
form. <https://forms.gle/WXLj2cR4jie6r1pc6>
For more details of this programme, please visit this meta page -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India/COVI…
With best wishes,
Jayanta
On behalf of A2K team,
Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme