Submissions:2021/Movement Pulse North America

This submission has been accepted for WikiConference North America 2021.

Etherpad

Title:

Movement Pulse North America

Theme:

Global & Local, Relationship Building & Support, Inclusion & Diversity

Type of session:

Workshop

Abstract:

The North American continent is vibrant and diverse, and so are our communities and the areas of work - from research and tech development to minority languages and addressing content gaps. The aim of this session is to work with community members to identify major communication and coordination challenges in the region - both internal to the region and with the Foundation - and discuss ways to address them, including capacity and resources needs for community groups.

Academic Peer Review option:

No

Author name:

Mehrdad Pourzaki

E-mail address:

mpourzakiwikimedia.org

Wikimedia username:

MPourzaki (WMF)

Affiliated organization(s):

Wikimedia Foundation

Estimated time:

60

Special requests:

Happy to adjust the format based on the available time

Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?:

No, the Movement Comms is a new team at the Foundation focused on improving the connection to the movement.

If your submission is not accepted, would you be open to presenting your topic in another part of the program? (e.g. lightning talk or unconference session)

Yes