Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WOC Power 4 Locavores (ID: 22764851)
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Applicant Details
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Wasian intelligence agency
- Organization
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- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
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Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
WOC Power 4 Locavores
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-10-01 - 2024-12-31
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Canada
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
The foremost change I am trying to bring is more information on women of color in the history of the stolen Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Wauthuth lands that so-called "Vancouver" occupies. I specifically want to improve information accessibility on women who have enacted social change or stood up for their communities. The main problem I am trying to solve is sparse information available on Wikipedia or other free to access sources about non-white history in Vancouver, especially women of color. This is especially an issue when professional research shows that the land and the city owe so much to Indigenous, Chinese, Indian, Black, Japanese, and Iranian women: no effort has been made to communicate this to the public. The main approach I am using to solve this problem is making use of comprehensive bibliographies I've compiled personally in my research specifically on Chinese and Black feminist history in "Vancouver", as well as working with local historians to select specific sources and/or people to highlight. Attendees would be presented with a curated selection of sources and people to structure their time. This approach builds on a two day event I organized as part of my research. I conducted large group research sessions on Black history in "Vancouver" with similarly curated sources and people, and was inspired by how meaningful attendees found it and the conversations it sparked. In this event, I hope to reignite that spark and channel that energy into making this information more accessible and public.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
For the event, there are two major planned activities: an intro to Wikipedia editing for beginners, and then the self-directed research & editing. Lunch also provided. To make that happen, ~20 hours of research needs to be done to identify pages to prioritize based on source availability, with the help of a local historian. While research is being conducted and sources are selected, a venue and food have to be arranged around four weeks out from the date. This is also the time to develop marketing materials and send them out. Next, consultations and strategy decisions about accessibility need to occur, and then we can move into collecting sources, arranging help for the day of, and creating the presentations.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
Nola Boasberg, event manager and researcher Anna Brooks, venue and food coordinator Daylen Sawchuck, Wikipedian Feven Tesfay, marketing coordinator Naisha Khan, accessibility coordinator
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
The target participants are BIPOC young adults, especially those who identify as queer and/or trans. Participants will be engaged through social media and word of mouth, promoting in digital and physical queer/trans BIPOC spaces.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
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- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
Have discussed in one-on-ones and small groups with mostly young community organizers for several months. Discussed in terms of how learning the history of the land we are on deepens our relationship to this land, situating our own work; discussed in terms of learning in community; discussed in terms of how we want to give flowers to and learn from those who came before. Also discussed in terms of barriers to access this information. Also received a lot of good feedback from earlier Black history collective research project about attendees finding learning local history deeply meaningful.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Content Gender gap
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Gender and diversity
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
I am hoping to learn more about what resonates with people about local history; what barriers people face to accessing this information; how community members navigate and articulate larger historical questions (e.g., how we give flowers to historical figures, or what we do with accurate information about systemic oppression in the past).
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | |
| Number of editors | 20 | |
| Number of organizers | 9 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
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| Wikipedia | 20 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
To keep track of metrics, a dashboard for the edit-a-thon would be used. New users will register with the event and their edits shared for the duration of the event. Will also keep track of any new pages that have been created, additions to talk pages, and how much longer high priority articles got.
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UD8xxSU4y4phm28yoodMWasBNllt1NvMX8suKIpFiFQ/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
6210 CAD
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
4486.35 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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