April 15 2021, MENA Meetup - Revision history

Iffadmin: /* Second discussion: Career development for people in our network */

2021-04-20T16:43:51Z

Second discussion: Career development for people in our network

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	* Suggestion:		* Suggestion:
	** ~~tools~~ and methods to provide mentorship in our community. Field: digital rights, internet freedom,		** Tools and methods to provide mentorship in our community.
			** Field: digital rights, internet freedom,
	** Career advice, what are the best ways?		** Career advice, what are the best ways?

Iffadmin: /* First discussion: Alternative ways to refer to our region */

2021-04-20T16:43:11Z

First discussion: Alternative ways to refer to our region

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	** NAWA (6 votes) North Africa West Asia. Many present prefered NAWA, some like that it starts with North Africa (for a change)		** NAWA (6 votes) North Africa West Asia. Many present prefered NAWA, some like that it starts with North Africa (for a change)
	** SNAWA "Sudan, North Africa and West Asia was suggested to make sure Sudan is included		** SNAWA "Sudan, North Africa and West Asia was suggested to make sure Sudan is included


	* Suggestions to the group:		* Suggestions to the group:

Iffadmin: /* Second discussion */

2021-04-20T16:43:02Z

Second discussion

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	** When we make the chance, to advocate for the new name in our communities, with funders and to make sure it's findable		** When we make the chance, to advocate for the new name in our communities, with funders and to make sure it's findable

	=== Second discussion ===		=== Second discussion: Career development for people in our network ===

	* Career development for people in our network, especially when our work has more niche set of skills.		* Career development for people in our network, especially when our work has more niche set of skills.
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	** to map our particular needs		** to map our particular needs
	** a reading group?		** a reading group?
	** The group members invited to add their input under the 2 open thread on Mattermost		* The group members invited to add their input under the 2 open thread on Mattermost

Iffadmin: /* Notes */

2021-04-20T16:42:39Z

Notes

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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

	'~~'Notes~~ will be ~~posted here~~''		=== Updates & Resources ===

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			=== First discussion: Alternative ways to refer to our region ===

			* Alternative ways to refer to our region and our group: moving from MENA to ...?
			* MENA: euro-centric, colonial

			* Alternatives:
			** SWANA (Southwest Asia-North Africa)
			** WANA (West Asia and North Africa)
			** NAWA (North Africa-West Asia)
			** Maghreb and Mashriq

			* Some background information:
			** There are so many different ways to refer to our region. What we want is an alternative name that is inclusive of all the different identities, languages, religions and any names that could erase a community (e.g. Arab world or Arab countries

			* During the call there was a vote
			** SWANA (1 vote): S.W.A.N.A. is a decolonial word for the South West Asian/ North African (S.W.A.N.A.) region in place of Middle Eastern, Near Eastern, Arab World or Islamic World that have colonial, Eurocentric, and Orientalist origins and are created to conflate, contain and dehumanize our people.
			** NAWA (6 votes) North Africa West Asia. Many present prefered NAWA, some like that it starts with North Africa (for a change)
			** SNAWA "Sudan, North Africa and West Asia was suggested to make sure Sudan is included


			* Suggestions to the group:
			** writing a blog post about the alternative ways of referring to our region, background story, history and why we prefer NAWA
			** Running a poll in the chat
			** When we make the chance, to advocate for the new name in our communities, with funders and to make sure it's findable

			=== Second discussion ===

			* Career development for people in our network, especially when our work has more niche set of skills.

			* Niche skills: many skills in the non-profit sector
			* Quotes: "my way of documenting my experience doesn't match the regular job openings"
			* We need more support in defining and understanding one's potential
			* "In this space, we are very few and very far between, we need more connections between us"

			* Suggestion:
			** tools and methods to provide mentorship in our community. Field: digital rights, internet freedom,
			** Career advice, what are the best ways?

			* Maybe first we should think about:
			** what were the problems we noticed in our past mentorship/career development experiences
			** to map our particular needs
			** a reading group?
			** The group members invited to add their input under the 2 open thread on Mattermost

Iffadmin at 13:30, 13 April 2021

2021-04-13T13:30:52Z

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	'''Date:''' Thursday, April 15th		'''Date:''' Thursday, April 15th

	'''Time:''' ~~6pm~~ Central Africa Time (UTC+2) / ~~12pm~~ EST (UTC-4)		'''Time:''' 4pm Central Africa Time (UTC+2) / 10am EST (UTC-4)

	'''Who:''' Facilitated by Rima and Wafaa		'''Who:''' Facilitated by Rima and Wafaa

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* [[MENA Monthly Meetups|What are the MENA Monthly Meetups]]
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* [[Calendar of Events|Upcoming Meetups & Gatherings]]
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The monthly meetups bring together folks from the MENA region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, it's a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world. If you cannot attend the monthly meetups, we are taking notes of each gathering and linking to them below.

The MENA community is connected during the week in different ways. Either through various MENA-focused channels on the '''[[IFF Mattermost|IFF Mattermost]]''' or via '''[[Calendar_of_Events|different events organized]]''' on various topics during the year.

'''Date:''' Thursday, April 15th

'''Time:''' 6pm Central Africa Time (UTC+2) / 12pm EST (UTC-4)

'''Who:''' Facilitated by Rima and Wafaa

'''Where:''' The Meetjitsi link will be shared in the [https://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/community/channels/mena Regional:MENA Channel] on the IFF Mattermost one or two hours before the start of the meeting.
* Don't have an account to the IFF Mattermost? [[IFF_Mattermost|you can request one following the directions here.]]

== Notes ==

''Notes will be posted here''