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Welcome to the Internet Freedom Festival Wiki!

Schedule & Program

The IFF Schedule is now housed on the brand NEW [https://platform.internetfreedomfestival.org | IFF Community Platform (IFFCP), a FLOSS project designed to respond to the needs of the human rights defender events.

The IFFCP is based on the FLOSS software. In keeping with the open source spirit, the IFF Community Platform is up on GitHub for all event organizers to download on GitHub and make use of, and also to allow for contributions from developers and designers. A huge thank you for Hapee for all his help with this. Let us know what you think!

Themes' Sessions picked by the IFF Fellows were organized in the following themes: On the Frontlines, Making Better Tech, Training and Best Practices, Internet Freedom: Present and Future, Healthier Networks & Organizations, Advocacy, Policy & Research, Journalism, Media & Communications,

Code of Conduct and Privacy and Security Policy

The safety, privacy and security of our participants is at the heart of IFF. Please make sure to review our Security and Policy Guidelines and our Code of Conduct.

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Volunteering

IFF without volunteers is like the ocean without water - it would not be possible. The following are our current volunteer needs. Thank you in advance for your glittery help!

NEW: Session Volunteers

Also, please note that for each session, we need people to volunteer for the following roles:

Note-taker, Timekeeper, and Gatekeeper. For the responsibilities of each role, please visit the Volunteer Corner

Featured Events

The NEW IFF Community Health Series!!

Last year, our community spoke and we heard - more needed to be invested in the well-being of both the community and the individuals that are part of it. We are thus please to announce the IFF Community Health Series lead by the glittertastic IFF Community Health Lead, Maryam Al-Khawaja. We encourage you to be part of the following conversations that will place at the IFF that are an important part to continuing creating a strong and vibrant community.

• Baked in Consent: Tech & Terminology

• IFF Men StepUp

• PTSD 101

• PTSD 201

• Self Care Strategies & Tools

Featured Events

• Help Desks - With Special Shout Out to the Wellness Help Desk! We have a variety of help desks throughout the week in the Library. Check the schedule for a complete list, but this is a great time to get one-on-one instruction and advice from a variety of projects and networks. This year, we also have an Interactive, Hands-On Wellness Help Desk where you can learn how to prevent burnout, radical self-care, and things you can do to stay healthy. This interactive help desk will be lead by two certified herbalist and yoga teachers. It will take place on Wednesday, March 8 from 2:30 to 4:45 in the Patio.

• Border Crossing Party Preparing to cross any border can be complicated and a bit cumbersome. Lets all meet on the last day of the festival and collectively, with the help of awesome digital security trainers, listen to some music and prepare TOGETHER!!! Friday, March March 10 from 9:45 to 1:15 in the Library.

• Global South Participants Collaborative Gathering: An IFF tradition, this is the meetup where folks from the global south can meet, celebrate, and start of the IFF with good energy. Monday, March 5 @ 5:00 in Theater.

• Racial Equality & Surveillance Gathering: The racial equality and surveillance meeting is a great place to meet people working on the intersection of race and surveillance, and discuss how the IF community can improve its knowledge in this area. Monday March 5 @ 6:00 in Theater

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Self-Organized Sessions