Successful Advocacy in Issues Where Other People Find You Boring and Obnoxious -- Lessons From The LGBTQ Movement
Speakers
I am the policy officer at Wikimedia Sverige and an award-winning activist with more than ten years experience in policy, advocacy, and media. Through my background in youth organizations, the LGBTQ movement and as an opinion writer, I hope to bring fresh perspectives and methods to one of the most important digital movements.
Abstract
Free internet activists have a lot on common with the LGBTQ-movement: We are almost always right and others find us really annoying.
Both issues can be technical, obscure, and uncomfortable, even if they affect all of society. Therefore, it's often hard to not only make politicians and opinion leaders to understand what you are talking about, but also why they should care and what they should do about it.
With ten years of experience from the Swedish LGBTQ-movement, I will describe successful strategies in Sweden to affect change and reaching people outside of the community, and how these can be applied to the Wikimedia movement.
Additional information
Advocating for equal rights and opportunities has always been hard. There is often too much to do, too little funding, and complicated ideas that are hard to explain. This lightning talk is about the how. The how to get people in power to understand what we mean by freedom, equity, and reliability.
Anyone interested in or working with affecting change in society or technology. For instance in advocacy, politics, media, or other communities. If you are a wikimedian who finds the space for open knowledge shrinking and wants to do something about it, this talk is for you.
Everyone can participate in this session