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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/ IF Mattermost Square Channel]. Email us  at team[at]digitalrights.community if you need a [[TCU 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[at]digitalrights.community
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''January 2023'''</span>
'''April 2025'''
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|January 26
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[January 26 2023 GM|Glitter Meetup: How to use the world's largest online library of secrets]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IF Square on TCU Mattermost.
|Lorax Horne
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|January 26
|8am EST / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">[[January 26 2023, 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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|January 18
|6:30pm EST / 10:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[18 de Enero, 2023 LATAM|LATAM 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 & David
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|January 12
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[January 12 2023 GM|AMA Evidence Lab: Feminist and Ethical Perspectives on OSINT]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IF Square on TCU Mattermost.
|Stella Cooper, Ray Adams Row Farr, Marija Ristic, and Sophie Dyer
|}
 
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''December 2022'''</span>
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|December 15
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[December 15 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: SRHR for LBQT Persons]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IF Square on TCU Mattermost.
|Laila Yahaya
 
|-
|December 13
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/digitaljusticehousepresentation Digital Justice Everyday Toolkit Presentation]'''</p>
|We present our NEW Digital Justice Everyday Organizational Policy toolkit. This is a great opportunity for both managers and employees to learn about practical things they can do right now to improve the health of their teams and organizations. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/digitaljusticehousepresentation RSVP Here]'''
|Danae Tapia
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| December 8
|10am EST / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[NewNode VPN: Internet Access In Shutdowns And Disruptions]]'''</p>
|The [[VPN Community Initiative Village 2022]] is a two-week virtual series of events focused on VPN user education and solidarity. The events address gaps in user education around VPNs, the challenge of analyzing and selecting a VPN, and more. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/vpnvillage2022_6 RSVP Here]'''
|Arina Shalunova & Marina Feygelman
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|December 7
| 10am EST / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[How to Critically Choose a VPN]]'''</p>
|The [[VPN Community Initiative Village 2022]] is a two-week virtual series of events focused on VPN user education and solidarity. The events address gaps in user education around VPNs, the challenge of analyzing and selecting a VPN, and more. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/vpnvillage2022_4 RSVP Here]'''
|Viktor Vecsei
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|December 6
|9:30am EST / 2:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Getting Started with Outline: Helping your friends and family access the Open Internet]]'''</p>
|The [[VPN Community Initiative Village 2022]] is a two-week virtual series of events focused on VPN user education and solidarity. The events address gaps in user education around VPNs, the challenge of analyzing and selecting a VPN, and more. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/vpnvillage2022_3 RSVP Here]'''
|Vinicius Fortuna & Daniel LaCosse
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|December 1
|11am EST / 4pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[“All of them claim to be the best”: A multi-perspective study of VPN users and VPN providers]]'''</p>
|The [[VPN Community Initiative Village 2022]] is a two-week virtual series of events focused on VPN user education and solidarity. The events address gaps in user education around VPNs, the challenge of analyzing and selecting a VPN, and more. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/vpnvillage2022_2 RSVP Here]'''
| Reethika Ramesh
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|December 1
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[December 1 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Twitter crisis and Mastodon's alternative - How to use it and what can we expect?]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IF Square on TCU Mattermost.
|Paul Aguilar
|}
 
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''November 2022'''</span>
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|November 30
|April 30
|8:30am EST / 1:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Threat Modeling 101: Understanding When to Use or Not Use a VPN]]'''</p>
|The [[VPN Community Initiative Village 2022]] is a two-week virtual series of events focused on VPN user education and solidarity. The events address gaps in user education around VPNs, the challenge of analyzing and selecting a VPN, and more. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/vpnvillage2022_5 RSVP Here]'''
|Trinh Nguyen
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|November 29
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Run Snowflake Proxies and Strengthen Internet Freedom]]'''</p>
|The [[VPN Community Initiative Village 2022]] is a two-week virtual series of events focused on VPN user education and solidarity. The events address gaps in user education around VPNs, the challenge of analyzing and selecting a VPN, and more. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/vpnvillage2022_1 RSVP Here]'''
|Gustavo Gus
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|November 24
|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 IF Square. '''[[November 24 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|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
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Into the Fediverse on the Back of Mastodon]]'''</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.
|Ahmad Gharbeia
|-
|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
|-
|November 17
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[November 17 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Becoming Your Community’s VPN Provider with WEPN]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IF Square. '''[[November 17 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Amir Gharabaghi and Reza Nasab
|-
|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. '''[[16 de Noviembre, 2022 LATAM|Lea las Notas Aqui]]'''
|Ursula and David
|-
|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.
| Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
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|November 10
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
 
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[November 10 2022 GM|The Glitterest Glitter Meetup]]'''</p>
|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!
| Astha
|-
| November 9
|8am EDT / 1pm 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. '''[[November 9 2022 AMA|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Team CommUNITY
|-
|November 3
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|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>
|[[April 30 2025, Africa Meetup|'''Digital Rights Organizational Analysis: Lessons from Gambia''']]
|The [[Community Health Village 2022]] offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts.
|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. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/lessons_from_gambia_april_2025 RSVP Here]'''
|Stéphanie Janaina
|Poncelet Ileleji
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|November 3
|April 24
|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>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IF Square. '''[[November 3 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Anwulika Okonjo
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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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| 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
|-
| October 27
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 27 2022 GM|The Glitterest Glitter Meetup]]'''</p>
|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]]'''
|Islam
|-
|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
|-
|October 25
|9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Processing Rage 101]]'''</p>
|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]]'''
|Ji-Youn Kim
|-
|October 20
|9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Responding to Defeat and Creating Communities of Hope]]'''</p>
|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]]'''
|Jehanzeb Baldiwala and Prathama Raghavan
|-
|October 20
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 20 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Digital rights in Bolivia and Datachiri]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[October 20 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Cristian León
|-
|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
|-
|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
|-
|October 19
 
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 19 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. '''[[October 19 2022, Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Mardiya & Tawanda
|-
|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
|-
|October 13
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Trauma & Identity: a deep dive on intersectionality]]'''</p>
|'''[[April 24 2025 GM|The Sound of Independence: Building Your Own Music Streaming Service (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|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]]'''
|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.
|Danisha Baro, LMHC, LPC, Fahad Awan
|Raphael Mimoun
|-
|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
|-
|-
|October 12
|April 23
|11am EDT / 3pm UTC
|5:30pm EDT / 9:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Deconstructing Trauma]]'''</p>
|'''[[23 de Abril, 2025 LATAM|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. '''[[Deconstructing Trauma|Read Notes Here]]'''
|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.
|Nawal Muradwij
|Ursula y David
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|October 6
|April 17
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[October 6 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Introducing Outline VPN and the Outline Support Community!]]'''</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. '''[[October 6 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.
|Vinicius Fortuna
|Mardiya
|-
|}
 
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''September 2022'''</span>
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|September 29
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 29 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Quantum Visions of Africanfuturism: Allegories of AI]]'''</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. '''[[September 29 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. '''[https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/lessons_from_mena_april_2025 RSVP Here]'''
|Aishatu Gwadabe
|Metehan and Madleine
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|September 28
|April 10
|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
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 28 2022, Africa Meetup|Africa Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[April 10 2025 GM|Network Measurements - How to Gather and Use Evidence of an Internet Shutdown Happening in Your Country? (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. '''[[September 28 2022, Africa Meetup|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.
|Mardiya & Tawanda
|Elizaveta
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|September 22
|April 3
|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>
|'''[[April 3 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. '''[[September 22 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. '''[[April 3 2025 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Laila Sit Aboha
|Mardiya
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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
|-
|September 15
| 9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 15 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: WhatsApp Pay and financial data monopolies]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[September 15 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Vanessa Koetz
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|September 8
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 8 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Digital Accessibility]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[September 8 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Nancy Reyes Flores
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|September 1
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[September 1 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: AI, Emerging technologies and the woman question]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[September 1 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Favour
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|}


<br />
'''March 2025'''
<span style="font-size:larger">'''July 2022'''</span>
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|July 28
|March 27
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[July 28 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Introducing The Meme Studies Research Network]]'''</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. '''[[July 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]]'''
|Idil Galib
|Ovi
|-
|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
|-
|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
|-
|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]] bring together folks from Asia to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other.
|Astha
|-
|-
|July 21
|March 20
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|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>
|'''[[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. '''[[July 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]]'''
| Hijas de Internet
|Mardiya
|-
|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
|-
|-
|July 20
|March 13
|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
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[July 14 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Surveillance in the Anthropocene]]'''</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. '''[[July 14 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]]'''
|Paz Peña & Danae Tapia
|Sebastien
|-
|-
|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
|-
|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
|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
|-
|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]] bring together folks from Asia to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other.
|Astha
|-
|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
|-
|June 29
|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
|-
|June 28
|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
|-
|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
|-
|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
|-
|June 22
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Pathways to Organizational Health]]'''</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.
| Selma Zaki
|-
|June 16
|12:30pm to 5pm UTC & 1am to 3am UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[https://www.digitalrights.community/blog/digital-rights-job-fair-june-22 Digital Rights Job Fair]'''</p>
|Meet leading organizations at the intersection of technology, human rights, and social justice, working on the most important issues facing our world.  
| Team CommUNITY
|-
|June 9
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[June 9 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: How social media censorship affects dissidents in Kashmir]]'''</p>
| [[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[June 9 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Ifat Gazia
|-
|June 2
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
| <p style="font-size:16px">'''[[June 2 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Inclusion: Not Just an Add On]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[June 2 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Garnett Achieng
|}
 
<span style="font-size:larger">'''May 2022'''</span>
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|May 26
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[May 26 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Bread&Net Festival - The 5th edition]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[May 26 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Moussa
|-
| May 25
|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
|-
|May 25
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[May 25, 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. '''[[May 25, 2022 , Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Mardiya & Tawanda
|-
|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
|-
|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
|-
|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
|-
|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
|-
|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
|}
 
<span style="font-size:larger">'''April 2022'''</span>
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|April 28
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[April 28 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: What's new in Tella 2.0?]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[April 28 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Raphael Mimoun
|-
|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
|-
|April 21
|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>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[April 21 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Claudio Agosti & Laura Carrer
|-
| 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
|-
|April 7
| 9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[April 7 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Digital Privacy and Security Survey 2021]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[April 7 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Maya Ninova & Nicholas Merrill
|-
|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
|}
|}


 
'''February 2025'''
<span style="font-size:larger">'''March 2022'''</span>
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|March 31
|February 27
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 31 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: The BASICS Project]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[March 31 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Dr. Gina Helfrich
|-
|March 24
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 24 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: The WikiRate project]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[March 24 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Laureen van Breen, Tom Howie, Lucia Ixtacuy
|-
|March 23
|11am EDT / 3pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 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
|-
|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
|-
|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
|-
|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
|10am EDT / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe, March 16, 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
|-
|March 16
|9am EDT / 1pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 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.
|Tawanda
|-
|March 10
| 9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 10 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup]]'''</p>
|[[Glitter Meetup]] is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. '''[[March 10 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|Team CommUNITY
|-
|March 3
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[March 3 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Addressing Burnout]]'''</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 3 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]]'''
|Selma Zaki
|Hong Kong Accountability Archive
|-
|-
|}
|February 26
 
<span style="font-size:larger">'''February 2022'''</span>
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| February 24
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 24 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Pluggable Transports]]'''</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. '''[[February 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]]'''
|Vasilis
|Mardiya
|-
|-
|February 23
|February 20
|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
|-
|February 23
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[Lingua Cafe, February 23, 2022|Lingua Cafe]]'''</p>
|'''[[February 20 2025 GM|Supporting Furloughed Employees Town Halls (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'''
|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.  
|Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa
|TCU Team
|-
|-
|February 17
|February 19
| 9am EST / 2pm UTC
|5:30pm EST / 10:30pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 17 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: The Facebook Papers: thoughts from technologists and activists]]'''</p>
|[[19 de Febrero, 2025 LATAM|'''Digital Rights LATAM 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]]'''
|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]]'''
|Dia and dkg
|Ursula
|-
|-
|February 16
|February 18
|8am EST / 1pm UTC
|7am EST / 12pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 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. '''[[February 16, 2022 , Africa Meetup|Read Notes Here]]'''  
|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
|-
|-
|February 10
|February 13
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 10 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Circulo App]]'''</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. '''[[February 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!
|Vladimir Cortés, Martha Tudón and Fabiola Maurice
|Mardiya
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| February 3
|February 6
| 9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[February 3 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup]]'''</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.
|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.  
|Team CommUNITY
|TCU Team
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|January 31
|January 30
|6pm EST / 11pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[31 de Enero, 2022 LATAM|Latin America Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[January 30 2025 GM|Undersea Cables in Africa - New Frontiers for Digital Colonialism (Glitter Meetup)]]'''
|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.
|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]]'''
|Nathaly and David
|Esther Mwema
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|January 27
|January 23
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[January 27 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Security in a Box]]'''</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. '''[[January 27 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]]'''
|Gus Andrews
|Maridya
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|January 26
|January 16
|10am EST / 3pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[January 26 2022, MENA Meetup|MENA Meetup]]'''</p>
|'''[[January 16 2025 GM|Bitpart: Sending Secure Automated Messages Over Signal (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.
|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]]'''
|Rima & Wafaa
|Throneless Tech
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|January 20
|January 9
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|9am EST / 2pm UTC
|<p style="font-size:16px">'''[[January 20 2022 GM|Glitter Meetup: Pluggable Transports]]'''</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. '''[[January 20 2022 GM|Read Notes Here]]'''
|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''']]
|Vasilis
|Ursula
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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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==Past TCU Virtual Events==
<span style="font-size:larger">'''[[TCU Calendar of Events 2024]]'''</span>
 
<span style="font-size:larger">'''[[TCU Calendar of Events 2023]]'''</span>
 
<span style="font-size:larger">'''[[TCU Calendar of Events 2022]]'''</span>


<span style="font-size:larger">'''[[Past Events 2020 - 2021]]'''</span>
<span style="font-size:larger">'''[[Past Events 2020 - 2021]]'''</span>

Latest revision as of 13:53, 3 April 2025

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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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. RSVP 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. 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. 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. RSVP 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. 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