Thanks for organizing this again. 'Getting more complex' is right... On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 8:00 AM Alex Stinson <astin...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Reminder that the conversation hour for #WikiForHumanRights starts in 2 > hours at 1500 UTC. If you are interested in organizing for this next year, > we hope to see you there, > > Cheers, > > Alex Stinson > > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 2:39 PM Alex Stinson <astin...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> >> *TL:DR --* Join us for a Conversation hour December 14 at 1500 UTC to >> learn how to organize for WikiForHumanRights 2022. >> >> Hello Everyone! >> >> #WikiForHumanRights: Right to a Healthy Environment 2022 [1]is back! >> From April 15 through to June 14 2022 we encourage local affiliates, >> individuals or organizations interested in the campaign to organize >> activities around the intersecting themes of human rights and the >> environment. >> >> If you are interested in organizing your community for the campaign, >> please join us for a conversation hour on December 14 at 1500 UTC [4] >> (more details below) to learn how you can participate. >> >> >> Why the Right to a Healthy Environment? >> >> This October, the Right to a Healthy Environment was formally recognized >> [1] by the United Nations Human Rights Council. According to Michelle >> Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: >> >> "A safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is the foundation of >> human life. But today, because of human action – and inhuman inaction – the >> triple planetary crises of climate change, pollution, and nature loss is >> directly and severely impacting a broad range of rights, including the >> rights to adequate food, water, education, housing, health, development, >> and even life itself."[2] >> >> The environmental crisis is getting more complex. Humanity needs to make >> thousands of big and small decisions to address it. As the UN Environmental >> Program described it, we need to make “Peace with Nature”[3] and protect >> the human rights of the most vulnerable. >> >> Wikipedia and other platforms need to fill the knowledge gaps at the >> intersection of sustainability and human rights in every context and >> language. The world needs access to reliable information about the link >> between environmental sustainability and human rights. >> >> What can you do? Help us organize! >> >> We need your help! The campaign will officially launch on April 15 (one >> week before Earth Day), but we need your help now to begin preparing this >> global call to action. >> >> Last year we had 24 community-led editathons, workshops, webinars, and >> writing contests, with contributions to over 2000 articles in more than 40 >> languages. To match (and hopefully exceed) these impacts, we need your help >> to organize your local communities! >> >> Activities related to human rights and sustainability are good topics for >> local communities to both a) identify new partners, b) recruit enthusiastic >> participants and c) fill key topics for impact in their own language or >> context. >> >> Join the Conversation to learn more! >> >> Join us for 1.5 hours of conversation Tuesday the 14th December 2021 >> 15:00 UTC on Zoom <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84871090509> [4], to >> learn more about: >> >> - >> >> How you can participate in this campaign and organize local events in >> your community or region. >> - >> >> Which topics this campaign will target, and how you can connect with >> subject matter experts, partners, and other resources to support >> successful >> content creation activities. >> - >> >> How the Wikimedia Foundation Campaigns team can support you in >> designing your event and doing targeted outreach to potential contributors >> drawn to these topics. >> >> Organizers can find more information at this (still under development): page >> on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights>[5] >> >> If you want to join us as an organizer, please join our Telegram Group >> <https://t.me/joinchat/k_W9SVMG5K44YjJh>[6] >> >> If you have any questions send us an email at campai...@wikimedia.org >> >> >> Looking forward to hearing you in the conversation, >> >> Ruby Damenshie-Brown and Alex Stinson >> >> >> >> [1] https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1102582 >> >> [2] >> https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=27443 >> >> [3] https://www.unep.org/interactive/making-peace-nature/ >> >> [4] https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84871090509 >> >> [5]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights >> >> [6] https://t.me/joinchat/k_W9SVMG5K44YjJh >> >> -- >> Alex Stinson >> Senior Program Strategist >> Wikimedia Foundation >> Twitter: @sadads >> >> Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other >> Wikimedia projects create calls to action to invite new contributors >> through campaigns: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns >> > > > -- > Alex Stinson > Senior Program Strategist > Wikimedia Foundation > Twitter: @sadads > > Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other > Wikimedia projects create calls to action to invite new contributors > through campaigns: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/BTSKOVTA2CQCSDSVXRVPYZ2LNPNDVN2N/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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