2025:Program/Let's Connect Peer Learning Program (Poster)

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Session title: Let's Connect Peer Learning Program [Poster]

Session type: Poster

Track: Community Engagement

Language: en

The Let’s Connect peer learning program fosters knowledge-sharing among Wikimedians worldwide through interactive learning sessions. Designed to bridge skill gaps and enhance collaboration, it enables participants to share expertise, exchange best practices, and build supportive networks across Wikimedia communities. This poster session highlights key achievements, community impact, and success stories from the program, showcasing how it empowers volunteers, affiliates, and organizers. By fostering peer-to-peer connections, Let’s Connect strengthens capacity, promotes inclusivity, and ensures sustainable growth within the Wikimedia movement.

Description

The Let’s Connect peer learning program is a joint-initiative by the WMF and Wikimedia community, designed to strengthen collaboration and knowledge-sharing within the Wikimedia movement. It provides a platform where Wikimedians from diverse backgrounds can exchange skills, experiences, and best practices through interactive sessions. The program fosters a culture of mutual learning, enabling volunteers, affiliates, and organizers to grow collectively while addressing community needs.

Objectives 1. Facilitate peer-to-peer learning to enhance skills and capacity-building. 2. Promote inclusivity by connecting Wikimedians across regions, languages, and experiences. 3. Support sustainable community growth through knowledge-sharing and mentorship. 4. Encourage collaboration by fostering networks that strengthen the Wikimedia movement.

How does your session relate to the event theme, Wikimania@20 – Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?

The Let’s Connect peer learning program aligns well with the Wikimania 2025 theme in the following ways: 1. Inclusivity: By creating a welcoming space for Wikimedians of all backgrounds, experiences, and regions, Let’s Connect ensures that diverse voices are heard and valued. The program actively supports underrepresented communities by providing equitable access to learning opportunities. 2. Impact: Through skill-sharing and mentorship, Let’s Connect empowers individuals and affiliates to enhance their contributions to Wikimedia projects. By strengthening capacities, the program directly improves the quality and reach of free knowledge initiatives. 3. Sustainability: The program fosters long-term learning networks that enable continuous support, collaboration, and leadership development within the movement. By building strong community connections, Let’s Connect contributes to a resilient and self-sustaining Wikimedia ecosystem.

What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Everyone can participate in this session

Speakers

• Chinmayee Mishra

Volunteer Wikimedian from a small affiliate “Odia Wikimedians User Group” from India,South Asia. WikiWomenCamp 2023 COT member and WikiWomen* Task Force member. An engineer by profession and Wikimedian by passion. I have been in the Wikimedia movement since 2016.