Dear all, I hope you had a good weekend.
This is your reminder to please register for the day zero advocacy workshop by this Wednesday, June 11: https://forms.gle/8hTyjVT8C1PTM3NB7. Thank you! Ziski On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM Franziska Putz <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am pleased to invite you to join us in Nairobi for our *day zero > advocacy workshop*. > > This event builds on similar events designed by WMF and the Wikimedia > Advocacy Network to bring together Wikimedians and free knowledge allies to > exchange skills and experiences in order to deepen our collaboration and > impact. > > Register by Wednesday, June 11: https://forms.gle/8hTyjVT8C1PTM3NB7 > > *Event overview* > > 🗓️ August 5th, 2025, in-person only > 📍Conference venue > 🕜 9:00 - 14:00 > > This meeting is open to Wikimedians and allies outside of the Wikimedia > movement with prior experience in public policy advocacy. It will consist > of two main parts: > > > 1. A *Public Messaging Workshop* during which members of the WMF Media > Relations team will share best practices on how to communicate effectively > with media, lawmakers and other stakeholders. We will tackle the challenge > of how to convey the overarching, global narrative our movement wants to > present and connect it with a specific, local ask. > 2. A *Copyright & AI Workshop* will take participants on a journey > through the many questions AI poses for the knowledge ecosystem. How to do > we handle attribution? Which licensing makes sense? Is the current legal > framework adequate? How far does copyright extend? The goal is to arrive at > a point where we can start drafting a global policy position for our > movement and practice drafting policy positions more generally. > > Hope to see you there! > > Ziski > > Franziska Putz (she/her) > > Senior Movement Advocacy Manager > > Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation > > [email protected] > > UTC Timezone >
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