+1 Yay, Sarah! :) Anna Koval, M.Ed. Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 x6729 ako...@wikimedia.org education.wikimedia.org
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 11:52:41 -0700 > From: Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org> > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects." > <gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] WikiWomen's Collaborative Social Media + some > other stuff > > Welcome back, Sarah!! The WikiWomen's Collaborative wouldn't be so inspired > without you :) > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I've been feeling inspired (!!!) and have started re-maintaining the > > WikiWomen's Collaborative Twitter and Facebook. Despite my excessive > > bitterness, hahaha, I'm really missing the camaraderie and work that I > was > > doing to engage a more diverse audience in participating in the free > > knowledge movement. > > > > Feel free to e-mail me off list if there are events, blog posts, press > > coverage, or "calls to action" you'd like me to post. I'll post in any > > language as long as there is also an English translation. If you already > > are a maintainer of either the page or Twitter, feel free to post. > > > > On Facebook we now have over 1,000 likes, and on Twitter we have 1,189 > > followers. You can find the two accounts here: > > > > https://twitter.com/wikiwomen > > > > https://www.facebook.com/WikiWomensCollaborative > > > > Like and follow us! > > > > ---- > > > > On a personal note, ever since Adrianne and Cindamuse died and I earned > my > > "outsider within a group of outsiders" status in January I haven't had > the > > motivation to contribute to the two areas of work that I deeply care > about > > in this "world" of free knowledge - women's engagement and GLAM. I'm > trying > > to change that in myself, and not letting the men who tore me down get me > > down (or the mistakes that I have made in the past). > > > > For the past few months I've been contributing to WikiVoyage and Wikidata > > and I changed my username (back to my old username). No one notices me.. > > it's quiet. > > > > I'm even thinking about putting my feelers out for public speaking and > > workshops again, but, I might be a bad apple no one wants to hear from > > anymore :) As long as funding is available, I am very open minded to > > opportunities. If you hear of anything, or know of anyone looking to hear > > someone speak about lessons learned, the experiences had, evaluation > > practices, grantwriting, how revolution can and continues to take place > in > > this community, or you just want a kick ass facilitator for your > > edit-a-thon let me know... > > > > <3 > > > > Thanks everyone, I appreciate it and the work you are all doing to change > > the world. > > > > Sarah > > > > -- > > > > www.sarahstierch.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > > > > -- > Siko Bouterse > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > sboute...@wikimedia.org >
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