Calendar of Events
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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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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. | 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. | 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. | 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 |
