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=== Featured Recurring Events===
=== Featured Recurring Events===


'''Glitter Meetups:''' [[Glitter Meetup|Every Thursday at 9am EST]] we host a weekly town hall for digital rights advocates from around the world, which take place on the [http://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/ IFF Mattermost Square Channel]. Email us  at team@digitalrights.community if you need an [[IFF Mattermost|invite]].
'''Glitter Meetups:''' [[Glitter Meetup|Every Thursday at 9am EDT]] we host a weekly town hall for digital rights advocates from around the world, which take place on the [http://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/ IF Mattermost Square Channel]. Email us  at team[at]digitalrights.community if you need a [[TCU Mattermost|invite]]


'''Community Knowledge Shares:''' Each week, we bring to you [[Community_Knowledge_Share|online conversations and gatherings]] lead by the Internet Freedom community. CKS workshops last 1-2 hours, are interactive, and are designed to help you learn and share knowledge, but also to brainstorm and networks with others! If you want to  be a presenter, email us at team@digitalrights.community
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'''June 2025'''
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''November 2022'''</span>
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|November 24
|June 26
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[November 24 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: The Tor Project and how it can support our communities]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square.
|Raya Sharbain
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|November 23
|12pm EST / 5pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[November 23 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[MENA 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.
|Islam
|-
|November 23
|8am EST / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[November 23 2022, Africa Meetup|Africa Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[Africa Monthly Meetups]] bring together folks from the African region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, it is a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world.
|Mardiya & Tawanda
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|November 16
|6:30pm EST / 10:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[16 de Noviembre, 2022 LATAM|Latin America Meetup]]'''</p>
|Los [[Latin American Monthly Meetups|meetups mensuales Latinoamericanos]] son un espacio para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas.
|Ursula and David
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|November 16
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|[[Lingua Cafe]] is an online language exchange open to anyone within the Team CommUNITY community who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/lingua_cafe_13 RSVP Here]'''
|Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
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|November 10
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[November 10 2022 GM|The Glitterest Glitter Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[June 26 2025 GM|The Social Networking Glitter Meetup (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|At the Glitterest GM you’re welcome to join and talk about whatever you want: sharing a song, insights on the latest big tech nonsense, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field. We will be happy to hear from you!
|The Social Networking Glitter Meetup is a space to connect with others in the community. Join us to talk about whatever you want: a project that you are working on, an event that caught your attention, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field, your insights on the latest big tech nonsense, and even your vacations.
|Astha
|Mardiya
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|November 9
|June 25
| 8am EDT / 12pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[November 9 2022 AMA|AMA: TCU's Next Global Gathering]]'''</p>
|Come join us on November 9 and ask all the questions you may have about TCU's next global gathering which will be celebrated in Fall 2023. We will be reviewing our plans, and seeking your feedback.
|Team CommUNITY
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|November 3
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[The archives of positive future: dance with a furious smile as you are the future: To be Fire]]'''</p>
|The [[Community Health Village 2022]] offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. '''Notes Coming Soon'''
|Stéphanie Janaina
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|November 3
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[November 3 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Introducing Ijeruka, a digital learning platform centering African knowledge]]'''</p>
|'''[[June 25 2025, MENA Meetup|Digital Iran Reloaded: Iranian Gamers vs. Information Controls (Digital Rights MENA Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[November 3 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|In this Digital Rights MENA Meetup combined with TCU's Community Knowledge Share webinar format, where Melinda will be talk about Digital Resistance: Iranian Gamers vs. Information Controls, gamer community resilience, and the implications for digital rights. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/lessons_from_mena_june_2025 RSVP Here]'''
|Anwulika Okonjo
|Melinda Cohoon
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|November 2
|10:30am EDT / 2:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Organizational Accountability Wheel Webinar]]'''</p>
|The [[Community Health Village 2022]] offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. '''Notes Coming Soon'''
|RJ Williams and Thanh Mai K'Taaya
|}
 
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''October 2022'''</span>
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|June 19
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|October 28
|6:30am EDT / 4pm IST
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 28 2022, Asia Meetup|Asia Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[Asia Monthly Meetups| Asia meetups]] bring together folks from the Asia region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, its a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world.
|Astha
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|October 27
|9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Your Own Oxygen Mask First: An Intimate Conversation for Digital Rights Leaders about Burnout]]'''</p>
|The [[Community Health Village 2022]] offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. '''[[Your Own Oxygen Mask First: An Intimate Conversation for Digital Rights Leaders about Burnout|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Zad ElMakkaoui
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|October 27
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 27 2022 GM|The Glitterest Glitter Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[June 19 2025 GM|2025 Global Gathering Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|At the Glitterest GM you’re welcome to join and talk about whatever you want: sharing a song, insights on the latest big tech nonsense, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field. We will be happy to hear from you! '''[[October 27 2022 GM|Notes Coming Soon]]'''
|Join the Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) session to get your questions answered about the [[Global Gathering 2025|2025 Global Gathering (GG)]]. Come and learn about this year’s GG structure, what makes a strong booth proposal, and which elements could make yours stand out!
|Islam
|Erin
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|October 26
|12pm EDT / 4pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 26 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[MENA 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. '''[[October 26 2022, MENA Meetup|Notes Coming Soon]]'''
|Islam
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|October 25
|June 18
|9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC
|5:30pm EDT / 9:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Processing Rage 101]]'''</p>
|'''[[18 de Junio, 2025 LATAM|Tecnologías para la Autonomía: Construyendo Redes Comunitarias en América Latina (Digital Rights LATAM Meetup)]]'''
|The [[Community Health Village 2022]] offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. '''[[Processing Rage 101|Read Notes Here]]'''
|En esta [[Latin American Monthly Meetups|reunión regional de América Latina]], en combinación con el formato de seminario web [[CKS Notes|Compartir Conocimientos Comunitarios]], Adrián López compartirá su experiencia trabajando con comunidades y organizaciones rurales e indígenas para ayudarlas a construir sus propios medios de comunicación y conectividad en América Latina. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cks_latam_junio_2025 RSVP acá]'''
|Ji-Youn Kim
|Ursula
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|October 20
|June 17
|9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC
|9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Responding to Defeat and Creating Communities of Hope]]'''</p>
|'''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/outline_psiphon_meetup_june_17 Outline + Psiphon Integration: A New Era in Circumvention Tech (CKS)]'''
|The [[Community Health Village 2022]] offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. '''[[Responding to Defeat and Creating Communities of Hope|Read Notes Here]]'''
|This is part of the [[Outline Community Hub]]. Discover how two of the best known censorship circumvention tools - Outline SDK and Psiphon - have joined forces to ensure more resilient access to the open internet. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/outline_psiphon_meetup_june_17 RSVP Here]'''
|Jehanzeb Baldiwala and Prathama Raghavan
|Vinicius Fortuna & Duncan Leikucs
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|October 20
|June 12
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 20 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Digital rights in Bolivia and Datachiri]]'''</p>
|'''[[June 12 2025 GM|Digitized Divides: Revealing The Trade-offs of a Tech-dependent World (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[October 20 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Safa, Associate Program Director at Tactical Tech, will talk about the 10-part series “Digitized Divides: Revealing the Trade-Offs of a Tech-Dependent World”, which highlights the human and environmental costs, systemic inequities, and ethical challenges that technology can create or amplify.
|Cristian León
|Safa
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|October 19
|6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[19 de Octubre, 2022 LATAM|Latin America Meetup]]'''</p>
|Los [[Latin American Monthly Meetups|meetups mensuales Latinoamericanos]] son un espacio para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas. '''[[19 de Octubre, 2022 LATAM|Lea Notas Aqui]]'''
|Ursula and David
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|October 19
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|[[Lingua Cafe]] is an online language exchange open to anyone within the Team CommUNITY community who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process.
|Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
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|October 19
|June 5
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 19 2022, Africa Meetup|Africa Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[June 5 2025 GM|What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World? (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|The [[Africa Monthly Meetups]] bring together folks from the African region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, it is a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world. '''[[October 19 2022, Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Come to share emerging and existing digital rights conversations happening around the world and in your region at this Glitter Meetup. There is something new, specific or special that you would like to bring to the technology and human rights table? Join us and let's talk about it.
|Mardiya & Tawanda
|Danae
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|October 18
|9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Healing in the In-Between: Exploring Migration and Vicarious Trauma]]'''</p>
|The [[Community Health Village 2022]] offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. '''[[Healing in the In-Between: Exploring Migration and Vicarious Trauma|Notes Coming Soon]]'''
|Gabes Torres
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|October 13
|12pm EDT / 4pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 13 2022, VPN Community Gathering|Monthly VPN Community Gathering]]'''</p>
|The [[Monthly VPN Community Gatherings]] bring together technologists, academics, providers and frontline defenders working within and around the VPN ecosystem on a monthly basis.
|Erin
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|October 13
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Trauma & Identity: a deep dive on intersectionality]]'''</p>
|The [[Community Health Village 2022]] offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. '''[[Trauma & Identity: a deep dive on intersectionality|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Danisha Baro, LMHC, LPC, Fahad Awan
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|October 13
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 13 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Standing with the Milk Tea Alliance: Lessons in allyship]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[October 13 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Xun-ling
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|October 12
|11am EDT / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Deconstructing Trauma]]'''</p>
|The [[Community Health Village 2022]] offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. '''[[Deconstructing Trauma|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Nawal Muradwij
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|October 6
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 6 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Introducing Outline VPN and the Outline Support Community!]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[October 6 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Vinicius Fortuna
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'''May 2025'''
<span style="font-size:larger">'''September 2022'''</span>
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|September 29
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 29 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Quantum Visions of Africanfuturism: Allegories of AI]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[September 29 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Aishatu Gwadabe
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|September 28
|11am EDT / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 28 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[MENA 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. '''[[September 28 2022, MENA Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Islam
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|September 28
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 28 2022, Africa Meetup|Africa Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[Africa Monthly Meetups]] bring together folks from the African region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, it is a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world. '''[[September 28 2022, Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Mardiya & Tawanda
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|September 22
|May 29
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 22 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Palestine under a digital panopticon: what can we do?]]'''</p>
|'''[[May 29 2025 GM|Creating "Digital Playgrounds for Creative Communities" with Portal (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[September 22 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|The creative director of uzoma.studio will be talking about what inspired the ‘Portal', they will show a demo of the project as it currently exists, and what it aims to achieve for creative communities.
|Laila Sit Aboha
|Uzoma Orji
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|September 21
|6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[21 de Septiembre, 2022 LATAM|Latin America Meetup]]'''</p>
|Los [[Latin American Monthly Meetups|meetups mensuales Latinoamericanos]] son un espacio para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas. '''[[21 de Septiembre, 2022 LATAM|Lea Notas Aqui]]'''
|Ursula and David
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|September 21
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|[[Lingua Cafe]] is an online language exchange open to anyone within the Team CommUNITY community who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process.
|Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
|-
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|September 15
|May 22
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 15 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: WhatsApp Pay and financial data monopolies]]'''</p>
|'''[[May 22 2025 GM|Safety & Responsibility in AI-driven Applications in War and Armed Conflict (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[September 15 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Learn about the types of AI applications in the military domain during war or armed conflict, the key actors involved in AI governance in military applications and some recommended safety measures for responsible use of AI in war/armed conflict operations. '''[[May 22 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Vanessa Koetz
|Sarra
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|September 8
|May 15
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 8 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Digital Accessibility]]'''</p>
|'''[[May 15 2025 GM|The Social Networking Glitter Meetup (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[September 8 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|The Social Networking Glitter Meetup is a space to connect with others in the community. Join us to talk about whatever you want: a project that you are working on, an event that caught your attention, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field, your insights on the latest big tech nonsense, and even your vacations.
|Nancy Reyes Flores
|Mardiya
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|September 1
|May 8
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 1 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: AI, Emerging technologies and the woman question]]'''</p>
|'''[[May 8 2025 GM|DRAPAC VPN Project Protects Human Rights Defenders From Censorship And Surveillance (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[September 1 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Learn about the DRAPAC VPN Project, the new DRAPAC VPN bot and get insights about other projects related to EngageMedia's Human Rights Technology Initiative. [[May 8 2025 GM|'''Read Notes Here''']]
|Favour
|Meg, EngageMedia Program Coordinator
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'''April 2025'''
<span style="font-size:larger">'''July 2022'''</span>
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|July 28
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[July 28 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Introducing The Meme Studies Research Network]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[July 28 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Idil Galib
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|July 27
|11am EDT / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[July 27 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[MENA 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. '''[[July 27 2022, MENA Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Islam
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|July 27
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[July 27, 2022 , Africa Meetup|Africa Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[Africa Monthly Meetups]] bring together folks from the African region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, it is a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world. '''[[July 27, 2022 , Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Mardiya & Tawanda
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|July 27
|1:30pm Delhi Time (UTC+5:30)
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[July 27, 2022 Asia Meetup|Asia Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[Asia Monthly Meetups|Asia Monthly Meetups]] bring together folks from Asia to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other.
|Astha
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|July 21
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[July 21 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Hijas de Internet (Internet's Daughters) - The Internet also belongs to children]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[July 21 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Hijas de Internet
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|July 20
|6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[20 de Julio, 2022 LATAM|Latin America Meetup]]'''</p>
|Los [[Latin American Monthly Meetups|meetups mensuales Latinoamericanos]] son un espacio para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas. '''[[20 de Julio, 2022 LATAM|Lea Notas Aqui]]'''
|Ursula and David
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|July 20
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|[[Lingua Cafe]] is an online language exchange open to anyone within the Team CommUNITY community who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process.
|Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
|-
|July 14
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[July 14 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Surveillance in the Anthropocene]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[July 14 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Paz Peña & Danae Tapia
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|July 7
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[July 7 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Where my data at - Building African feminist resistance to data practices]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[July 7 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Chenai Chair
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|July 5
|6pm EDT
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Tor en dispositivos móviles, Transportes Conectables & Snowflake]]'''</p>
|[[Community Knowledge Share]] workshop series brings to you a diversity of online gathering lead by community leaders in the Internet Freedom field. '''[[Tor en dispositivos móviles, Transportes Conectables & Snowflake|Lea Notas Aqui]]'''
|Fabiola Maurice
|}
<span style="font-size:larger">'''June 2022'''</span>
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|June 30
|April 30
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[June 30 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Pathways to Organizational Health]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[June 30 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Sandy & Danae
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|June 29
|1:30pm Delhi Time (UTC+5:30)
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[June 29, 2022 Asia Meetup|Asia Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[Asia Monthly Meetups|Asia Monthly Meetups]] bring together folks from Asia to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other.
|Astha
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|June 29
|5pm CAT / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[June 29 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[MENA 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. '''[[June 29 2022, MENA Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Islam
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|June 29
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|[[April 30 2025, Africa Meetup|'''Digital Rights Organizational Analysis: Lessons from Gambia''']]
|[[Lingua Cafe]] is an online language exchange open to anyone within the Team CommUNITY community who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process.
|During this webinar, Poncelet will be sharing his approach to conducting timely organizational assessments to identify strengths, opportunities and weaknesses within current models. The goal is to share knowledge on how small digital rights organizations can map out emerging trends to make timely decisions contributing to their sustainability in the long run. '''[[April 30 2025, Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
|Poncelet Ileleji
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|June 28
|April 24
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[June 28 2022 , Africa Meetup|Africa Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[Africa Monthly Meetups]] bring together folks from the African region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, it is a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world. '''[[June 28 2022 , Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Mardiya & Tawanda
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|June 23
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[June 23 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Fairwork Argentina and their findings about platform work]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[June 23 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Pía Garavaglia
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|June 22
|6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[22 de Junio, 2022 LATAM|Latin America Meetup]]'''</p>
|Los [[Latin American Monthly Meetups|meetups mensuales Latinoamericanos]] son un espacio para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas. '''[[22 de Junio, 2022 LATAM|Lea Notas Aqui]]'''
|Ursula and David
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|June 22
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Pathways to Organizational Health ]]'''</p>
|'''[[April 24 2025 GM|The Sound of Independence: Building Your Own Music Streaming Service (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Community Knowledge Share]] workshop series brings to you a diversity of online gathering every week lead by community leaders in the Internet Freedom field.
|Hear from Raphael from Horizontal, who will be sharing ethics and politics on why anyone would want to move away from Spotify or other corporate music streaming services, how to build your own music streaming service without coding or technical skills, how we can make this accessible to more people, even non-techies. '''[[April 24 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Selma Zaki
|Raphael Mimoun
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|June 16
|April 23
|12:30pm to 5pm UTC & 1am to 3am UTC
|5:30pm EDT / 9:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/digital-rights-job-fair-june-22 Digital Rights Job Fair]'''</p>
|'''[[23 de Abril, 2025 LATAM|Digital Rights LATAM Meetup]]'''
|Meet leading organizations at the intersection of technology, human rights, and social justice, working on the most important issues facing our world.
|Los '''[[Latin American Monthly Meetups|Digital Rights LATAM Meetups]]''' son video llamadas cada dos meses para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas. '''[[23 de Abril, 2025 LATAM|Lea las notas aca]]'''
|Team CommUNITY
|Ursula y David
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|June 9
|April 17
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[June 9 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: How social media censorship affects dissidents in Kashmir]]'''</p>
|'''[[April 17 2025 GM|The Social Networking Glitter Meetup (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[June 9 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|The Social Networking Glitter Meetup is a space to connect with others in the community. Join us to talk about whatever you want: a project that you are working on, an event that caught your attention, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field, your insights on the latest big tech nonsense, and even your vacations.
|Ifat Gazia
|Mardiya
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|June 2
|April 16
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[June 2 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Inclusion: Not Just an Add On]]'''</p>
|[[April 16 2025, MENA Meetup|'''Tech, Policy & Support: SMEX's Work in Action''']]
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[June 2 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Join this webinar with Smex’s team, who will introduce a quick look at SMEX’s mission in the MENA region, share tech and policy work at SMEX, and the result of Tech and policy work on analyzing and reviewing applications. '''[[April 16 2025, MENA Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Garnett Achieng
|Metehan and Madleine
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''May 2022'''</span>
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|May 26
|April 10
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[May 26 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Bread&Net Festival - The 5th edition]]'''</p>
|'''[[April 10 2025 GM|Network Measurements - How to Gather and Use Evidence of an Internet Shutdown Happening in Your Country? (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[May 26 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Learn about Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) and open datasets that allow to investigate internet shutdowns, tools to coordinate rapid response to social media and other websites blockings, and communities to be part of to get support. '''[[April 10 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Moussa
|Elizaveta
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|May 25
|April 3
|11am EDT / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[May 25 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[MENA 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.
|Islam
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|May 25
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[May 25, 2022 , Africa Meetup|Africa Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[April 3 2025 GM|What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World? (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|The [[Africa Monthly Meetups]] bring together folks from the African region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, it is a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world. '''[[May 25, 2022 , Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Come to share emerging and existing digital rights conversations happening around the world and in your region at this Glitter Meetup. There is something new, specific or special that you would like to bring to the technology and human rights table? Join us and let's talk about it. '''[[April 3 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Mardiya & Tawanda
|Mardiya
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|May 24
|11am EDT / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Tor on Mobile Devices, Pluggable Transports / Snowflake]]'''</p>
|[[Community Knowledge Share]] workshop series brings to you a diversity of online gathering every week lead by community leaders in the Internet Freedom field. '''[[Tor on Mobile Devices, Pluggable Transports / Snowflake|Read Notes Here]]'''
|David Oliver, Fabiola Maurice
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|May 19
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[May 19 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Chile - Digital rights in the new Constitution and the state of press freedom]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[May 19 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Francisca Skoknic
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|May 18
|11am EDT / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[May 18 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup: #FreeAlaa]]'''</p>
|This [[MENA Monthly Meetups]] will focus on brainstorming and mobilizing collective action in solidarity with and in support of [https://freealaa.net/alaa-bio Alaa Abdelfattah]. Alaa has been on hunger strike since April 2, 2022, and time is of the essence. We will do a community reading of his writings including from [https://freealaa.net/you-have-not-yet-been-defeated You Have Not Yet Been Defeated], identify action points in which you may participate, and discuss any strategic or practical suggestions you may have..
|Islam, Rima & Wafaa
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|May 18
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe, May 18, 2022|Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|[[Lingua Cafe]] is an online language exchange open to anyone within the Team CommUNITY community who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/linguacafe_7 RSVP Here]'''
|Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
|-
|May 12
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[May 12 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Colour of Surveillance Europe Conference]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[May 12 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Fenya Fischler
|-
|May 11
|6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[11 de Mayo, 2022 LATAM|Latin America Meetup]]'''</p>
|Los [[Latin American Monthly Meetups|meetups mensuales Latinoamericanos]] son un espacio para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas. '''[[11 de Mayo, 2022 LATAM|Lee las notas aqui]]'''
|Ursula and David
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|May 5
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[May 5 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Using Data from Ranking Digital Rights to Make Your Case]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[May 5 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Leandro Ucciferri and Zak Rogoff
|}
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''April 2022'''</span>
'''March 2025'''
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|April 28
|March 27
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[April 28 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: What's new in Tella 2.0?]]'''</p>
|'''[[March 27 2025 GM|Target Threats Research - A Breakdown of 3 Years of Civil Society Threat Research in South & North Korea (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[April 28 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Ovi, a security researcher and threat analyst with over 10 years of experience, who will be taking us through a broad analysis of threats faced by CSOs in Korea, based on 100+ real-life events and threat research analyses conducted over the past 3 years. '''[[March 27 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Raphael Mimoun
|Ovi
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|April 27
|11am EDT / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[April 27 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[MENA 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. '''[[April 27 2022, MENA Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Rima & Wafaa
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|April 21
|March 20
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[April 21 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Makhno, an experimental content takedown mapper for social media]]'''</p>
|'''[[March 20 2025 GM|The Social Networking Glitter Meetup (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[April 21 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|The Social Networking Glitter Meetup is a space to connect with others in the community. Join us to talk about whatever you want: a project that you are working on, an event that caught your attention, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field, your insights on the latest big tech nonsense, and even your vacations. '''[[March 20 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Claudio Agosti & Laura Carrer
|Mardiya
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|April 20
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe, April 20, 2022|Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|[[Lingua Cafe]] is an online language exchange open to anyone within the Team CommUNITY community who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process.
|Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
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|April 7
|March 13
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[April 7 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Digital Privacy and Security Survey 2021]]'''</p>
|'''[[March 13 2025 GM|The Digital Security School (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[April 7 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Hear from Sebastien who will be talking about the digital security school. He will take us through: connectivity in hard-to-reach place, using technological tools to defend human rights, and the importance of teaching digital security. '''[[March 13 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Maya Ninova & Nicholas Merrill
|Sebastien
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|April 5
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[OTF Fireside Chat: Funding Opportunities & Feedback|CKS: OTF Fireside Chat: Funding Opportunities & Feedback]]'''</p>
|[[Community Knowledge Share]] workshop series brings to you a diversity of online gathering every week lead by community leaders in the Internet Freedom field. '''Notes Coming Soon'''
|Shems Abdelwahab, Bryan Nunez, Eman Jaradat, Sarah Aoun
|-
|-
|March 6
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|'''[[March 6 2025 GM|What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World? (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|Come to share emerging and existing digital rights conversations happening around the world and in your region at this Glitter Meetup. There is something new, specific or special that you would like to bring to the technology and human rights table? Join us and let's talk about it.
|Mardiya
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'''February 2025'''
<span style="font-size:larger">'''March 2022'''</span>
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|March 31
|February 27
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 31 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: The BASICS Project]]'''</p>
|'''[[February 27 2025 GM|The Hong Kong Accountability Archive (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[March 31 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|The Hong Kong Accountability Archive will cover Hong Kong 2019 protest video archive - objectives & functionality; data visualisation tool of 2019 protests; challenges in building and managing the archive, and future priorities and directions. '''[[February 27 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Dr. Gina Helfrich
|Hong Kong Accountability Archive
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|March 24
|February 26
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 24 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: The WikiRate project]]'''</p>
|'''[[February 26 2025, Africa Meetup|Digital Rights Africa Meetup]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[March 24 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|The [[Africa Monthly Meetups|'''Digital Rights Africa Regional Meetups''']] are bimonthly video calling gatherings that bring together folks from the African region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. '''[[February 26 2025, Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Laureen van Breen, Tom Howie, Lucia Ixtacuy
|Mardiya
|-
|-
|March 23
|February 20
|11am EDT / 3pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 23 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[February 20 2025 GM|Supporting Furloughed Employees Town Halls (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|The [[MENA 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.
|In this space we will provide support for individuals who have been furloughed, and Team CommUNITY staff will be available to offer resume reviews and any other guidance where possible. This is also a space to connect with others in the digital rights community, share your projects, and discuss events that caught your attention.  
|Rima & Wafaa
|TCU Team
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|March 17
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 17 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Spyware attacks against human rights defenders in the MENA region]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square.
|Mohammed Al-Maskati
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|March 17
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 17 2022 Pluggable Transports Monthly Meetup|Pluggable Transports Monthly Meetup]]'''</p>
|[[Pluggable Transports Monthly Meetup]] takes place in the Pluggable Transport channel on the [[IFF Mattermost]] and it welcomes users, developers and PT enthusiasts to share their news/updates happening once per month.
|Vasilis
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|March 16
|12pm EDT / 4pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Grab a cup of coffee and come to talk about making your podcast!|CKS: Grab a cup of coffee and come to talk about making your podcast!]]'''</p>
|[[Community Knowledge Share]] workshop series brings to you a diversity of online gathering every week lead by community leaders in the Internet Freedom field.
|Laura Vidal and Laura Schwartz Henderson
|-
|-
|March 16
|February 19
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|5:30pm EST / 10:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe, March 16, 2022|Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|[[19 de Febrero, 2025 LATAM|'''Digital Rights LATAM Meetup''']]
|[[Lingua Cafe]] is an online language exchange open to anyone within the Team CommUNITY community who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process.
|Los '''[[Latin American Monthly Meetups|Digital Rights LATAM Meetups]]''' son video llamadas cada dos meses para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas. '''[[19 de Febrero, 2025 LATAM|Lean las Notas Aca]]'''
|Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
|Ursula
|-
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|March 16
|February 18
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|7am EST / 12pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 16, 2022 , Africa Meetup|Africa Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[February 18 2025, Asia Meetup|Digital Rights Asia Meetup]]'''
|The [[Africa Monthly Meetups]] bring together folks from the African region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, it is a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world.
|Lezismore Taiwan’s largest privacy-first platform supporting sexual minorities will be sharing their work, experiences and challenges with community work in the region. The '''[[Asia Monthly Meetups|Asia Regional Meetups]]''' are bimonthly text-based gatherings that bring together folks from the Asian region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. '''[[February 18 2025, Asia Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Tawanda
|Lezismore Taiwan
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|March 10
|February 13
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 10 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[February 13 2025 GM|What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World? (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[March 10 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Come to share emerging and existing digital rights conversations happening around the world and in your region at this Glitter Meetup! There is something new, specific or special that you would like to bring to the technology and human rights table? Join us and let's talk about it!
|Team CommUNITY
|Mardiya
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|March 3
|February 6
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 3 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Addressing Burnout]]'''</p>
|'''[[February 6 2025 GM|Supporting Furloughed Employees Town Hall (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[March 3 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|In this space we will provide support for individuals who have been furloughed, and Team CommUNITY staff will be available to offer resume reviews and any other guidance where possible. This is also a space to connect with others in the digital rights community, share your projects, and discuss events that caught your attention.  
|Selma Zaki
|TCU Team
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''February 2022'''</span>
'''January 2025'''
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|February 24
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 24 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Pluggable Transports]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[February 24 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Vasilis
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|February 23
|10am EST / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 23 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[MENA 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.
|Rima & Wafaa
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|February 23
|January 30
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe, February 23, 2022|Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|'''[[January 30 2025 GM|Undersea Cables in Africa - New Frontiers for Digital Colonialism (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Lingua Cafe]] is an online language exchange open to anyone within the Team CommUNITY community who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process. '''RSVP Closed'''
|Esther Mwema, an award-winning artist and digital inequalities expert from Zambia, will be talking about the analysis of undersea cables ownership by Big Tech in Africa, art as a focal point of resistance and advocacy, and Internet infrastructure and Climate justice in the African context. '''[[January 30 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
|Esther Mwema
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|February 17
|January 23
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 17 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: The Facebook Papers: thoughts from technologists and activists]]'''</p>
|'''[[January 23 2025 GM|What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World? (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[February 17 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Come to share emerging and existing digital rights conversations happening around the world and in your region at this Glitter Meetup! There is something new, specific or special that you would like to bring to the technology and human rights table? Join us and let's talk about it! '''[[January 23 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Dia and dkg
|Maridya
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|February 16
|8am EST / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 16, 2022 , Africa Meetup|Africa Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[Africa Monthly Meetups]] bring together folks from the African region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, it is a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world. '''[[February 16, 2022 , Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Tawanda
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|February 10
|January 16
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 10 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Circulo App]]'''</p>
|'''[[January 16 2025 GM|Bitpart: Sending Secure Automated Messages Over Signal (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[February 10 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Throneless Tech is a technology worker-cooperative with a new product: Bitpart , a platform that allows activists, journalists, and human rights defenders to send automated messages over Signal. They will share their learnings from design research which led to them developing it and a prototype that they would love for you to try out! '''[[January 16 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Vladimir Cortés, Martha Tudón and Fabiola Maurice
|Throneless Tech
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|February 3
|January 9
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 3 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[January 9 2025 GM|Welcome Back Glitter Meetup (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square.  
|Join us to talk about whatever you want: a project that you are working on, an event that caught your attention, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field, your insights on the latest big tech nonsense, and even your vacations. [[January 9 2025 GM|'''Read Notes Here''']]
|Team CommUNITY
|Ursula
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|January 31
|6pm EST / 11pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[31 de Enero, 2022 LATAM|Latin America Meetup]]'''</p>
|Los [[Latin American Monthly Meetups|meetups mensuales Latinoamericanos]] son un espacio para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas.
|Nathaly and David
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|January 27
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[January 27 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Security in a Box]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[January 27 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Gus Andrews
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|January 26
|10am EST / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[January 26 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|The [[MENA 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.
|Rima & Wafaa
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|January 20
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[January 20 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Pluggable Transports]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[January 20 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Vasilis
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|January 19
|8am EST / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe, January 19, 2022|Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|[[Lingua Cafe]] is an online language exchange open to anyone within the Team CommUNITY community who is interested in improving their language skills - for professional or personal reasons - and getting to connect with other community members in the process.
|Erin, Sole, and Rima
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|January 13
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[January 13 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square.
|Team CommUNITY
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Featured Recurring Events

Glitter Meetups: Every Thursday at 9am EDT we host a weekly town hall for digital rights advocates from around the world, which take place on the IF Mattermost Square Channel. Email us at team[at]digitalrights.community if you need a invite 

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June 2025

Date Time Title Description Presenter
June 26 9am EDT / 1pm UTC The Social Networking Glitter Meetup (Glitter Meetup) The Social Networking Glitter Meetup is a space to connect with others in the community. Join us to talk about whatever you want: a project that you are working on, an event that caught your attention, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field, your insights on the latest big tech nonsense, and even your vacations. Mardiya
June 25 9am EDT / 1pm UTC Digital Iran Reloaded: Iranian Gamers vs. Information Controls (Digital Rights MENA Meetup) In this Digital Rights MENA Meetup combined with TCU's Community Knowledge Share webinar format, where Melinda will be talk about Digital Resistance: Iranian Gamers vs. Information Controls, gamer community resilience, and the implications for digital rights. RSVP Here Melinda Cohoon
June 19 9am EDT / 1pm UTC 2025 Global Gathering Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) (Glitter Meetup) Join the Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) session to get your questions answered about the 2025 Global Gathering (GG). Come and learn about this year’s GG structure, what makes a strong booth proposal, and which elements could make yours stand out! Erin
June 18 5:30pm EDT / 9:30pm UTC Tecnologías para la Autonomía: Construyendo Redes Comunitarias en América Latina (Digital Rights LATAM Meetup) En esta reunión regional de América Latina, en combinación con el formato de seminario web Compartir Conocimientos Comunitarios, Adrián López compartirá su experiencia trabajando con comunidades y organizaciones rurales e indígenas para ayudarlas a construir sus propios medios de comunicación y conectividad en América Latina. RSVP acá Ursula
June 17 9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC Outline + Psiphon Integration: A New Era in Circumvention Tech (CKS) This is part of the Outline Community Hub. Discover how two of the best known censorship circumvention tools - Outline SDK and Psiphon - have joined forces to ensure more resilient access to the open internet. RSVP Here Vinicius Fortuna & Duncan Leikucs
June 12 9am EDT / 1pm UTC Digitized Divides: Revealing The Trade-offs of a Tech-dependent World (Glitter Meetup) Safa, Associate Program Director at Tactical Tech, will talk about the 10-part series “Digitized Divides: Revealing the Trade-Offs of a Tech-Dependent World”, which highlights the human and environmental costs, systemic inequities, and ethical challenges that technology can create or amplify. Safa
June 5 9am EDT / 1pm UTC What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World? (Glitter Meetup) Come to share emerging and existing digital rights conversations happening around the world and in your region at this Glitter Meetup. There is something new, specific or special that you would like to bring to the technology and human rights table? Join us and let's talk about it. Danae

May 2025

Date Time Title Description Presenter
May 29 9am EDT / 1pm UTC Creating "Digital Playgrounds for Creative Communities" with Portal (Glitter Meetup) The creative director of uzoma.studio will be talking about what inspired the ‘Portal', they will show a demo of the project as it currently exists, and what it aims to achieve for creative communities. Uzoma Orji
May 22 9am EDT / 1pm UTC Safety & Responsibility in AI-driven Applications in War and Armed Conflict (Glitter Meetup) Learn about the types of AI applications in the military domain during war or armed conflict, the key actors involved in AI governance in military applications and some recommended safety measures for responsible use of AI in war/armed conflict operations. Read Notes Here Sarra
May 15 9am EDT / 1pm UTC The Social Networking Glitter Meetup (Glitter Meetup) The Social Networking Glitter Meetup is a space to connect with others in the community. Join us to talk about whatever you want: a project that you are working on, an event that caught your attention, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field, your insights on the latest big tech nonsense, and even your vacations. Mardiya
May 8 9am EDT / 1pm UTC DRAPAC VPN Project Protects Human Rights Defenders From Censorship And Surveillance (Glitter Meetup) Learn about the DRAPAC VPN Project, the new DRAPAC VPN bot and get insights about other projects related to EngageMedia's Human Rights Technology Initiative. Read Notes Here Meg, EngageMedia Program Coordinator

April 2025

Date Time Title Description Presenter
April 30 10am EDT / 2pm UTC Digital Rights Organizational Analysis: Lessons from Gambia During this webinar, Poncelet will be sharing his approach to conducting timely organizational assessments to identify strengths, opportunities and weaknesses within current models. The goal is to share knowledge on how small digital rights organizations can map out emerging trends to make timely decisions contributing to their sustainability in the long run. Read Notes Here Poncelet Ileleji
April 24 10am EDT / 2pm UTC The Sound of Independence: Building Your Own Music Streaming Service (Glitter Meetup) Hear from Raphael from Horizontal, who will be sharing ethics and politics on why anyone would want to move away from Spotify or other corporate music streaming services, how to build your own music streaming service without coding or technical skills, how we can make this accessible to more people, even non-techies. Read Notes Here Raphael Mimoun
April 23 5:30pm EDT / 9:30pm UTC Digital Rights LATAM Meetup Los Digital Rights LATAM Meetups son video llamadas cada dos meses para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas. Lea las notas aca Ursula y David
April 17 9am EDT / 1pm UTC The Social Networking Glitter Meetup (Glitter Meetup) The Social Networking Glitter Meetup is a space to connect with others in the community. Join us to talk about whatever you want: a project that you are working on, an event that caught your attention, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field, your insights on the latest big tech nonsense, and even your vacations. Mardiya
April 16 9am EDT / 1pm UTC Tech, Policy & Support: SMEX's Work in Action Join this webinar with Smex’s team, who will introduce a quick look at SMEX’s mission in the MENA region, share tech and policy work at SMEX, and the result of Tech and policy work on analyzing and reviewing applications. Read Notes Here Metehan and Madleine
April 10 9am EDT / 1pm UTC Network Measurements - How to Gather and Use Evidence of an Internet Shutdown Happening in Your Country? (Glitter Meetup) Learn about Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) and open datasets that allow to investigate internet shutdowns, tools to coordinate rapid response to social media and other websites blockings, and communities to be part of to get support. Read Notes Here Elizaveta
April 3 9am EDT / 1pm UTC What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World? (Glitter Meetup) Come to share emerging and existing digital rights conversations happening around the world and in your region at this Glitter Meetup. There is something new, specific or special that you would like to bring to the technology and human rights table? Join us and let's talk about it. Read Notes Here Mardiya

March 2025

Date Time Title Description Presenter
March 27 9am EDT / 1pm UTC Target Threats Research - A Breakdown of 3 Years of Civil Society Threat Research in South & North Korea (Glitter Meetup) Ovi, a security researcher and threat analyst with over 10 years of experience, who will be taking us through a broad analysis of threats faced by CSOs in Korea, based on 100+ real-life events and threat research analyses conducted over the past 3 years. Read Notes Here Ovi
March 20 9am EDT / 1pm UTC The Social Networking Glitter Meetup (Glitter Meetup) The Social Networking Glitter Meetup is a space to connect with others in the community. Join us to talk about whatever you want: a project that you are working on, an event that caught your attention, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field, your insights on the latest big tech nonsense, and even your vacations. Read Notes Here Mardiya
March 13 9am EDT / 1pm UTC The Digital Security School (Glitter Meetup) Hear from Sebastien who will be talking about the digital security school. He will take us through: connectivity in hard-to-reach place, using technological tools to defend human rights, and the importance of teaching digital security. Read Notes Here Sebastien
March 6 9am EST / 2pm UTC What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World? (Glitter Meetup) Come to share emerging and existing digital rights conversations happening around the world and in your region at this Glitter Meetup. There is something new, specific or special that you would like to bring to the technology and human rights table? Join us and let's talk about it. Mardiya

February 2025

Date Time Title Description Presenter
February 27 9am EST / 2pm UTC The Hong Kong Accountability Archive (Glitter Meetup) The Hong Kong Accountability Archive will cover Hong Kong 2019 protest video archive - objectives & functionality; data visualisation tool of 2019 protests; challenges in building and managing the archive, and future priorities and directions. Read Notes Here Hong Kong Accountability Archive
February 26 9am EST / 2pm UTC Digital Rights Africa Meetup The Digital Rights Africa Regional Meetups are bimonthly video calling gatherings that bring together folks from the African region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. Read Notes Here Mardiya
February 20 9am EST / 2pm UTC Supporting Furloughed Employees Town Halls (Glitter Meetup) In this space we will provide support for individuals who have been furloughed, and Team CommUNITY staff will be available to offer resume reviews and any other guidance where possible. This is also a space to connect with others in the digital rights community, share your projects, and discuss events that caught your attention. TCU Team
February 19 5:30pm EST / 10:30pm UTC Digital Rights LATAM Meetup Los Digital Rights LATAM Meetups son video llamadas cada dos meses para charlar, compartir proyectos, soltar un poco de estrés, contar buenas noticias y ayudarnos entre todes a solucionar lo que podamos en las no tan buenas. Lean las Notas Aca Ursula
February 18 7am EST / 12pm UTC Digital Rights Asia Meetup Lezismore Taiwan’s largest privacy-first platform supporting sexual minorities will be sharing their work, experiences and challenges with community work in the region. The Asia Regional Meetups are bimonthly text-based gatherings that bring together folks from the Asian region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. Read Notes Here Lezismore Taiwan
February 13 9am EST / 2pm UTC What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World? (Glitter Meetup) Come to share emerging and existing digital rights conversations happening around the world and in your region at this Glitter Meetup! There is something new, specific or special that you would like to bring to the technology and human rights table? Join us and let's talk about it! Mardiya
February 6 9am EST / 2pm UTC Supporting Furloughed Employees Town Hall (Glitter Meetup) In this space we will provide support for individuals who have been furloughed, and Team CommUNITY staff will be available to offer resume reviews and any other guidance where possible. This is also a space to connect with others in the digital rights community, share your projects, and discuss events that caught your attention. TCU Team

January 2025

Date Time Title Description Presenter
January 30 9am EST / 2pm UTC Undersea Cables in Africa - New Frontiers for Digital Colonialism (Glitter Meetup) Esther Mwema, an award-winning artist and digital inequalities expert from Zambia, will be talking about the analysis of undersea cables ownership by Big Tech in Africa, art as a focal point of resistance and advocacy, and Internet infrastructure and Climate justice in the African context. Read Notes Here Esther Mwema
January 23 9am EST / 2pm UTC What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World? (Glitter Meetup) Come to share emerging and existing digital rights conversations happening around the world and in your region at this Glitter Meetup! There is something new, specific or special that you would like to bring to the technology and human rights table? Join us and let's talk about it! Read Notes Here Maridya
January 16 9am EST / 2pm UTC Bitpart: Sending Secure Automated Messages Over Signal (Glitter Meetup) Throneless Tech is a technology worker-cooperative with a new product: Bitpart , a platform that allows activists, journalists, and human rights defenders to send automated messages over Signal. They will share their learnings from design research which led to them developing it and a prototype that they would love for you to try out! Read Notes Here Throneless Tech
January 9 9am EST / 2pm UTC Welcome Back Glitter Meetup (Glitter Meetup) Join us to talk about whatever you want: a project that you are working on, an event that caught your attention, general questions about the experience of working in the digital rights field, your insights on the latest big tech nonsense, and even your vacations. Read Notes Here Ursula

Past TCU Virtual Events

TCU Calendar of Events 2024

TCU Calendar of Events 2023

TCU Calendar of Events 2022

Past Events 2020 - 2021

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