Wikimedia Foundation Community Programs team

Community Programs is a team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Members of the Community Programs team during All Hands 2019.

Not to be confused with Community Resources.

The team supports shared learning for growing core programs, especially Wikipedia Education Programs, The Wikipedia Library, and the initiatives of GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums).

Team's work

The team supports programs and program leaders. Here are some examples of work this team does:

• Tools and supporting technology for core programs
• Recruitment, retention, and development of peer mentors
• Learning and knowledge-sharing tools
• Connecting institutional partners with community members
• Mapping the outcomes of Wikimedia Programs to learn their impact on the world

Projects

Some projects the team is working on are:

• Programs and Events Dashboard
• Library Card platform
• Wikimedia & Education Greenhouse
• Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom
• GLAM white paper.

Learn more about what Commmunity Programs is working on:

• The Wikipedia Library
• GLAM on Outreach Wiki
• Education on Outreach Wiki

Team members

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  Ben Vershbow
  Director

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  Sandra Fauconnier
  Program Officer, GLAM and Structured Data (Contractor)

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  Satdeep Gill
  Program Officer, GLAM and Underrepresented Knowledge (Contractor)

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  Melissa Guadalupe Huertas
  Program Officer, Education (Contractor)

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  Vasanthi Hargyono
  Program Officer, Education (Contractor)

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  Nichole Saad
  Senior Program Manager, Education

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  Alex Stinson
  Senior Strategist

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  Sam Walton
  Program Officer, Citations (Contractor)

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  Sailesh Patnaik
  Communications and Wikimedia Outreach, Education (Contractor)

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  Fiona Romeo
  Senior Program Manager, GLAM and Culture (Contractor)