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'''Meet me at El Sala''' | '''Meet me at El Sala''' | ||
Besides educational workshops and video based meetups, the MENA group is now offering 1-hour, text based chat that features different people from the international digital rights scenes and not only from MENA. The aim is to overlape with different international groups, and to bring more voices from our region to the international digital rights scene. This format will help people get introduced to new projects, build attention to specific cases, to recruit volunteers, testers, researchers, and other things! This takes place in the MENA room on the '''[[ | Besides educational workshops and video based meetups, the MENA group is now offering 1-hour, text based chat that features different people from the international digital rights scenes and not only from MENA. The aim is to overlape with different international groups, and to bring more voices from our region to the international digital rights scene. This format will help people get introduced to new projects, build attention to specific cases, to recruit volunteers, testers, researchers, and other things! This takes place in the MENA room on the '''[[TCU Mattermost]]'''. | ||
The MENA community is connected during the week in different ways. Either through various MENA-focused channels on the | The MENA community is connected during the week in different ways. Either through various MENA-focused channels on the [[TCU Mattermost|'''TCU Mattermost''']] or via '''[[Calendar_of_Events|different events organized]]''' on various topics during the year. | ||
==Next Events== | ==Next Events== | ||
<span style="font-size:larger"> | <span style="font-size:larger"> </span>'''Date:''' TBA | ||
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'''Time:''' 7pm CAT / 5pm UTC [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=MENA+Monthly+Meetup&iso=20221123T17&p1=136&ah=1 (what time is it in my city?)] | '''Time:''' 7pm CAT / 5pm UTC [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=MENA+Monthly+Meetup&iso=20221123T17&p1=136&ah=1 (what time is it in my city?)] | ||
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'''Who:''' Facilitated by Islam | '''Who:''' Facilitated by Islam | ||
'''Where:''' The Big Blue Button link will be shared in the [https://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/community/channels/mena Regional:MENA Channel] on the | '''Where:''' The Big Blue Button link will be shared in the [https://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/community/channels/mena Regional:MENA Channel] on the TCU Mattermost one or two hours before the start of the meeting. | ||
* Don't have an account to the | * Don't have an account to the TCU Mattermost? [[IFF_Mattermost|you can request one following the directions here.]] | ||
== Notes from Past Meetings == | == Notes from Past Meetings == | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 19 December 2022
The 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. If you cannot attend the monthly meetups, we are taking notes of each gathering and linking to them below.
Meet me at El Sala Besides educational workshops and video based meetups, the MENA group is now offering 1-hour, text based chat that features different people from the international digital rights scenes and not only from MENA. The aim is to overlape with different international groups, and to bring more voices from our region to the international digital rights scene. This format will help people get introduced to new projects, build attention to specific cases, to recruit volunteers, testers, researchers, and other things! This takes place in the MENA room on the TCU Mattermost.
The MENA community is connected during the week in different ways. Either through various MENA-focused channels on the TCU Mattermost or via different events organized on various topics during the year.
Next Events
Date: TBA
Time: 7pm CAT / 5pm UTC (what time is it in my city?)
Who: Facilitated by Islam
Where: The Big Blue Button link will be shared in the Regional:MENA Channel on the TCU Mattermost one or two hours before the start of the meeting.
- Don't have an account to the TCU Mattermost? you can request one following the directions here.
Notes from Past Meetings
September 28 2022, MENA Meetup
2021
September 16 2021, MENA Meetup
2020
December 1 2020, Meet Me at El Sala
