Wikimedians for Sustainable Development/Wikimania 2021 track submission

Current proposal

Running Wikipedia SDG-related events

In this session, different people from the movement will explore how they are bringing the SDGs to their events, including edit-a-thons, campaigns, workshops and training activities. Each presenter will have 3-5 min to explain what was the event about and how they connected it to the SDGs. Following the exchange, we will have a conversation on how some of these activities could be improved and followed up on. Afterwards, we will have some more space in our unconference session.

Speakers:

• Camelia from WikiDonne + Rosie "Women in Climate Change"
• Euphemia
• EmSmile Wiki for Climate edit-a-thon + SDG Week
• Joy
• Kiril around Initiatives in Macedonian Wikipedia
• Scann + Sophivorus on Wikiproyecto Cambio climático

Slideshow

The live session will be on Sunday 15 August, 21.45 UTC.

Proposed

This year we can propose a 1,5 hour slot from the user group.

According to How will program applications work in practice? the sessions can be:

• Lecture-based session: 20 mins presentation + 10 mins of Question & Answer
• Fireside chat / interviews: 30 mins
• Discussion (roundtable, panel): 45 mins
• Workshops + Tutorials: 45 mins
• Celebrations/Entertainment: 30 mins

According to Telegram chat, these lengths are a bit flexible.

How would we like to compose a slot like this? Consider also that according to [1] this years theme is PAST – PRESENT – FUTURE and the Program topics should be able to be categorized in one of these:

• Education & GLAM
• New Voices & Newcomers
• Partnerships
• Innovation & Research lab
• Advocacy, Safety & Community Health
• Gender, Diversity & Inclusion
• Strategy 2030
• Language
• Community Topics
• Our stories
• Other?

Possible proposals

List suggestions for "packages" here.

Alternative 1

• Selecting topics for impact. Track: Strategy 2030. Format: Discussion 30 minutes. (draft)
• Channeling activism for knowledge creation. Track: New voices & Newcomers. Format: Lecture 30 minutes.
• Mapping activities to SDGs. Track: Partnerships. Format: Workshop 30 minutes. (draft)

Alternative 2

• Workshops + Tutorials: 45 mins. How to run a Wikipedia SDG-related event. In this workshop, different people from the movement will explore how they are bringing the SDGs to their events, including edit-a-thons, campaigns, workshops and training activities. Each presenter will have 3-5 min to explain what was the event about and how they connected it to the SDGs. Following the exchange, we will have a hands-on workshop on "design your own SDG-related event". We will explore who your partners could be, how to select topics for impact for the event, how to design activities for the event, etc.

• Channeling activism for knowledge creation. Track: New voices & Newcomers. Discussion (roundtable, panel): 45 mins. This discussion will map how different partners interested in advocating for SDGs are working with Wikimedians and exploring Wikipedia as a platform for activism (possible panelists: UN Human Rights, CDKN, others).

• etc.