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Glitter Meetups: Every Thursday at 9am EST we host a weekly town hall for digital rights advocates from around the world, which take place on the IFF Mattermost Square Channel. Email us at [email protected] if you need an invite.
Community Knowledge Shares: Each week, we bring to you 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 [email protected]
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November 2022
| Date | Time | Title | Description | Presenter |
| November 3 | 10am EDT / 2pm UTC | The archives of positive future: dance with a furious smile as you are the future: To be Fire |
The Community Health Village 2022 offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. RSVP Here | Stéphanie Janaina |
| November 3 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Introducing Ijeruka, a digital learning platform centering African knowledge |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. | Anwulika Okonjo |
| November 2 | 10:30am EDT / 2:30pm UTC | The Community Health Village 2022 offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. RSVP Here | RJ Williams and Thanh Mai K'Taaya |
October 2022
| Date | Time | Title | Description | Presenter |
| October 28 | 6:30am EDT / 4pm IST | The 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 | |
| October 27 | 9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC | Your Own Oxygen Mask First: An Intimate Conversation for Digital Rights Leaders about Burnout |
The Community Health Village 2022 offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. RSVP Here | Zad ElMakkaoui |
| October 27 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | 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! | Islam | |
| October 26 | 12pm EDT / 4pm UTC | 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 | |
| October 25 | 9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC | The Community Health Village 2022 offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. RSVP Here | Ji-Youn Kim | |
| October 20 | 9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC | The Community Health Village 2022 offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. RSVP Closed | Jehanzeb Baldiwala and Prathama Raghavan | |
| October 20 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. | Cristian León | |
| October 19 | 6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC | Los 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 | |
| October 19 | 10am EDT / 2pm UTC | 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 Here | Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa | |
| October 19 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | 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 | |
| October 18 | 9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC | Healing in the In-Between: Exploring Migration and Vicarious Trauma |
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 | Gabes Torres |
| October 13 | 12pm EDT / 4pm UTC | 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 | 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 | Danisha Baro, LMHC, LPC, Fahad Awan | |
| October 13 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Standing with the Milk Tea Alliance: Lessons in allyship |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Xun-ling |
| October 12 | 11am EDT / 3pm UTC | The Community Health Village 2022 offers educational and experiential sessions that share knowledge and perspectives from mental healthcare practitioners and other experts. Read Notes Here | Nawal Muradwij | |
| October 6 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Introducing Outline VPN and the Outline Support Community! |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Vinicius Fortuna |
September 2022
| Date | Time | Title | Description | Presenter |
| September 29 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Quantum Visions of Africanfuturism: Allegories of AI |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Aishatu Gwadabe |
| September 28 | 11am EDT / 3pm UTC | 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. Read Notes Here | Islam | |
| September 28 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | 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. Read Notes Here | Mardiya & Tawanda | |
| September 22 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Palestine under a digital panopticon: what can we do? |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Laila Sit Aboha |
| September 21 | 6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC | Los 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. Lea Notas Aqui | Ursula and David | |
| September 21 | 10am EDT / 2pm UTC | 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 | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Vanessa Koetz | |
| September 8 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Nancy Reyes Flores | |
| September 1 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: AI, Emerging technologies and the woman question |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Favour |
July 2022
| Date | Time | Title | Description | Presenter |
| July 28 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Introducing The Meme Studies Research Network |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Idil Galib |
| July 27 | 11am EDT / 3pm UTC | 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. Read Notes Here | Islam | |
| July 27 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | 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. Read Notes Here | Mardiya & Tawanda | |
| July 27 | 1:30pm Delhi Time (UTC+5:30) | The Asia Monthly Meetups bring together folks from Asia to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. | Astha | |
| July 21 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Hijas de Internet (Internet's Daughters) - The Internet also belongs to children |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Hijas de Internet |
| July 20 | 6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC | Los 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. Lea Notas Aqui | Ursula and David | |
| July 20 | 10am EDT / 2pm UTC | 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 | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Paz Peña & Danae Tapia | |
| July 7 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Where my data at - Building African feminist resistance to data practices |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Chenai Chair |
| July 5 | 6pm EDT | Tor en dispositivos móviles, Transportes Conectables & Snowflake |
Community Knowledge Share workshop series brings to you a diversity of online gathering lead by community leaders in the Internet Freedom field. Lea Notas Aqui | Fabiola Maurice |
June 2022
| Date | Time | Title | Description | Presenter |
| June 30 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Sandy & Danae | |
| June 29 | 1:30pm Delhi Time (UTC+5:30) | 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 | 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. Read Notes Here | Islam | |
| June 29 | 10am EDT / 2pm UTC | 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 | 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. Read Notes Here | Mardiya & Tawanda | |
| June 23 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Fairwork Argentina and their findings about platform work |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Pía Garavaglia |
| June 22 | 6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC | Los 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. Lea Notas Aqui | Ursula and David | |
| June 22 | 10am EDT / 2pm UTC | 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 | 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 | Glitter Meetup: How social media censorship affects dissidents in Kashmir |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Ifat Gazia |
| June 2 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Garnett Achieng |
May 2022
| Date | Time | Title | Description | Presenter |
| May 26 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Moussa | |
| May 25 | 11am EDT / 3pm UTC | 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 | 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. Read Notes Here | Mardiya & Tawanda | |
| May 24 | 11am EDT / 3pm UTC | Community Knowledge Share workshop series brings to you a diversity of online gathering every week lead by community leaders in the Internet Freedom field. Read Notes Here | David Oliver, Fabiola Maurice | |
| May 19 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Chile - Digital rights in the new Constitution and the state of press freedom |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Francisca Skoknic |
| May 18 | 11am EDT / 3pm UTC | This MENA Monthly Meetups will focus on brainstorming and mobilizing collective action in solidarity with and in support of 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 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 | 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 Here | Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa | |
| May 12 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Fenya Fischler | |
| May 11 | 6:30pm EDT / 10:30pm UTC | Los 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. Lee las notas aqui | Ursula and David | |
| May 5 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Using Data from Ranking Digital Rights to Make Your Case |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Leandro Ucciferri and Zak Rogoff |
April 2022
| Date | Time | Title | Description | Presenter |
| April 28 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Raphael Mimoun | |
| April 27 | 11am EDT / 3pm UTC | 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. Read Notes Here | Rima & Wafaa | |
| April 21 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: Makhno, an experimental content takedown mapper for social media |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Claudio Agosti & Laura Carrer |
| April 20 | 10am EDT / 2pm UTC | 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 | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Maya Ninova & Nicholas Merrill | |
| April 5 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | 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 2022
| Date | Time | Title | Description | Presenter |
| March 31 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Dr. Gina Helfrich | |
| March 24 | 9am EDT / 1pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Laureen van Breen, Tom Howie, Lucia Ixtacuy | |
| March 23 | 11am EDT / 3pm UTC | 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 | Glitter Meetup: Spyware attacks against human rights defenders in the MENA region |
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 | 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 | CKS: Grab a cup of coffee and come to talk about making your podcast! |
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 | 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 | 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 | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Team CommUNITY | |
| March 3 | 9am EST / 2pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Selma Zaki |
February 2022
| Date | Time | Title | Description | Presenter |
| February 24 | 9am EST / 2pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Vasilis | |
| February 23 | 10am EST / 3pm UTC | 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 | 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 | Erin, Sole, and Shaimaa | |
| February 17 | 9am EST / 2pm UTC | Glitter Meetup: The Facebook Papers: thoughts from technologists and activists |
Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Dia and dkg |
| February 16 | 8am EST / 1pm UTC | 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. Read Notes Here | Tawanda | |
| February 10 | 9am EST / 2pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Vladimir Cortés, Martha Tudón and Fabiola Maurice | |
| February 3 | 9am EST / 2pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. | Team CommUNITY |
January 2022
| Date | Time | Title | Description | Presenter |
| January 31 | 6pm EST / 11pm UTC | Los 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 | |
| January 27 | 9am EST / 2pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Gus Andrews | |
| January 26 | 10am EST / 3pm UTC | 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 | |
| January 20 | 9am EST / 2pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. Read Notes Here | Vasilis | |
| January 19 | 8am EST / 1pm UTC | 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 | |
| January 13 | 9am EST / 2pm UTC | Glitter Meetup is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community happening on the IFF Square. | Team CommUNITY |
