Dear free knowledge friends, It has been a while! I hope you've enjoyed the excellent monthly policy debriefs from the WMEU team via this mailing list, I know I have. But now, I finally have something to share. Hold your expectations, it is not that exciting.
*=Will RightsCon be sick of Wikimedians by the end of this year's conference?=* Of course not, we're delightful! Every year I put together a blog post that announces all the wonderful sessions that feature Wikimedians at RightsCon, the world's largest digital rights conference. This might just be our biggest turn-out yet with over 10 sessions. And I'm sure I'm missing some. In this Diff blog post <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/03/16/wikimedians-champion-digital-rights-and-free-knowledge-at-rightscon-2026-join-the-global-conversation-wherever-you-are/> you can see all the topics we'll be sharing with the RightsCon audience, including: Building alliances for information integrity, building alliances to influence UN negotiations, bridging gender gaps in AI, and more [1]. Join us, either in-person or online! RightsCon is taking place in Lusaka, Zambia this year. It is a hybrid conference; online tickets are available on a pay-what-you-desire basis. Details in the blog post. *=What can we improve? Survey to refresh policy advocacy support=* Apologies to those who were already contacted for cross-posting here, but this is big! We're refreshing the programmatic support and communications channels that WMF uses and runs to connect with Wikimedians interest in public policy advocacy. The last time we did this was 3 years ago. Since then we piloted working groups, launched grants and various resources on Meta-Wiki, posted monthly recaps of our work on Diff, and have held a series of different types of calls. What did you like? What didn’t work? We would greatly benefit from your feedback via this survey. Please click the following link to participate in the survey: https://forms.gle/JzqZ6ZBRMobehfRR8. We will be accepting responses until Friday, March 27, 2026. Warm wishes, Ziski - - - [1] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/03/16/wikimedians-champion-digital-rights-and-free-knowledge-at-rightscon-2026-join-the-global-conversation-wherever-you-are/ *Please note that this survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Affiliate_Feedback_Survey_Privacy_Statement . Franziska Putz (she/her) Senior Movement Advocacy Manager Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation [email protected] UTC Timezone
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