My best wishes for your future endeavors, I know that you will surely continue contributing to Wikipedia, from wherever you are.
All the best Fernando da Rosa El vie, 31 mar 2023 a las 12:13, Nichole Saad (<ns...@wikimedia.org>) escribió: > Dear EduWiki friends, > > > I want to let you know that today, March 31st, will be my last day at the > Wikimedia Foundation. > > Over the last 6.5 years, I have been really privileged to see you all grow > as leaders, and I'm so proud to have contributed in any small way to your > ability to build bridges between the education sector and the Wikimedia > Movement. > > I want to stay this: I started working as an educator in 2006, and have > held about every type of role you can in the education sector. I spent a > lot of time observing what not to do. I’ve seen kids go through years of > schooling and still not be able to read or write. I have seen kids and > teachers lost in the “system”. I’ve seen teachers struggling with > classrooms of 60+ students with few resources, without even a desk in the > school (they kept their teaching materials in their car, can you imagine?). > I worked in a school once in a conflict zone, where we never knew if the > school would be there the next day. So, I hope you will trust me when I say > that the Education Team has done our best to support equitable quality > education by helping you--our EduWiki community-- promote Wikipedia & free > knowledge, and I know that together we’ve made a difference. > > Your contributions as volunteers, affiliate staff, and allies has been > incredibly inspirational to me, and I will miss engaging with you on a > regular basis though I hope to still be in touch. I look forward to > continuing to see your work flourish. Please keep sharing what you do in > the newsletter, on diff, on LinkedIn, anywhere you get the chance, because > we’re better when we learn from each other and support one another. > > On that note, I want to give a special shout-out to the Newsletter > volunteer team, because they have been working hard behind the scenes to > publish on time every month. They are so well coordinated, that they are > almost invisible, but they are there for you--collecting your stories, > helping you edit, and sharing EduWiki news for all to enjoy. <3 > > There are so many around the community that I need to acknowledge and thank > that this message would be infinite if I did it all here. Many of you have > become dear friends, and it has meant so much to me to share moments > whether in virtual calls or at Wikimedia movement events or just to meet up > if we were in the same area. Thank you for helping me learn and grow in my > Wiki journey. > > I also want to say that Sailesh, Melissa, and Vasanthi are the best team > anyone could ask for, and I have been exceptionally privileged to work > alongside them and learn from them. I hope you will join me in praising and > highlighting a few of their accomplishments including Melissa’s work with > Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom that has supported rising leaders in the > EduWiki community to reach thousands of teachers around the world. The > community organizing program led by Sailesh that has championed equity and > inclusion, and made space for new leaders to grow and contribute to > Wikimedia in education. Finally, the often background work of Vasanthi who > has built participatory evaluation methods and tools that have allowed us > to always be learning, iterating, and improving. The Education Team is > still here for you, and you can reach out to them at > educat...@wikimedia.org > . > > Do stay in touch. > > All the best, > > Nichole > > > -- > *Nichole Saad* > Wikimedia Foundation | Senior Manager for Education > ns...@wikimedia.org > user: NSaad (WMF) > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list -- education@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to education-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > -- -- Fernando da Rosa fernando.dar...@gmail.com https://www.fedaro.info/ _______________________________________________ Education mailing list -- education@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to education-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
