Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/AfroCROWD:Championing Communities of African Descent on and in Wikimedia and Improving the relevance of Wikipedia and open technology to communities of Color (renewal in 2024-25)
Applicant information
[edit]- Organization name or Wikimedia Username for individuals. (required)
- AfroCROWD
- Do you have any approved General Support Fund requests? (required)
- Yes, I have already applied and received a General Support Fund
- You are applying as a(n). (required)
- Wikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)
- Are your group or organization legally registered in your country? (required)
- No
- Do you have a fiscal sponsor?
- Yes
- Fiscal organization name.
- Fractured Atlas
Main proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be a title for the Meta-Wiki page. (required)
- AfroCROWD: Championing Communities of African Descent on and in Wikimedia and Improving the relevance of Wikipedia and open technology to communities of Color
(Multi-year funding questions skipped)
- 3. Proposed start date. (required)
- 2025-07-01
- 4. Proposed end date. (required)
- 2026-06-30
- 5. Does your organization or group have an Affiliate or Organizational Annual Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required)
- Yes
- AfroCROWD Annual Plan Outline
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rZpVc70Vyi6mduKrC_Vxaf63lkBhBHu5fxBvWCyljuI/edit
- 6. Does your affiliate, organization or group have a Strategic Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required)
- Yes
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PWnoyBcR_6z-9KhwjiSYOrmYZQAWS9kBmHi0bOhOKeM/edit#heading=h.30j0zll
- 7. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
- International (more than one country across continents or regions)
- We work primarily in these North America, the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, Southern Africa and Eastern Africa, Western Europe and have partnered in Scandinavia. The coming year we are set to Hold events online, in African countries like Cameroon, the Congo, and Benin to name some. In North America, we are set to partner with Canadian and primarily East Coast and West Coast US partners and a few in northern Midwestern cities and three in the southern US to give an example.
- 8. What are your programs, approaches, and strategies? What are the challenges that you are trying to address and how will your strategies support you in addressing these challenges? (required)
Please see our Strategic Plan. Our programs focus on providing workshops, resources, and training sessions to help individuals develop critical thinking skills and navigate Wikipedia, wherever they fall on their Wiki journey, especially if they are newcomers. We plan to offer more sessions from special guest speakers on useful items for skills development like fact-checking, evaluating sources, writing, and understanding bias in media.
Our programs aim to promote diversity and inclusivity by addressing bias and underrepresentation, especially concerning women, Black and indigenous people of color (BIPOC), socio-economic disparities, underrepresentation of people of African descent, and linguistic minorities in contributing to Wikimedia platforms effectively. These programs include editor training workshops, and other community outreach initiatives that aim to tackle greater awareness of the Wikimedia Movement within our target audiences.
- 9. What categories are your main programs and related activities under? Please select all that apply. (required)
| Category | Yes/No |
|---|---|
| Education | Yes |
| Culture, heritage or GLAM | Yes |
| Gender and diversity | Yes |
| Community support and engagement | Yes |
| Participation in campaigns and contests | Yes |
| Public policy advocacy | No |
| Other | Yes |
Education
- 9.1.1. Select all your programs and activities for Education. (required)
- Wiki Club, Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom or other Reading/Evaluating Wikipedia Training, Editing Wikipedia Training, Wikidata programs, Wikimedia Commons programs, Other Wikimedia project programs
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
- 9.1.2. Select all relevant audience groups for Education. (required)
- Vocational, tertiary, or higher education, Teachers or professors, Senior citizens, Other groups
- Other groups if any: Professional associations, for example medical or technical, STEM or STEAM
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 9.2. Select all your programs and activities for Culture, heritage or GLAM. (required)
- Documenting or incubating languages on Wikimedia projects, Introducing new approaches to underrepresented culture and heritage, e.g. decolonising or reparative work; oral and visual knowledge; outreach to communities of origin, indigenous and first nations self-determination, Supporting institutions to open up their collections, data, metadata, and research, Supporting GLAM professionals to incorporate use of Wikimedia in their work, through documentation, training, or Wikimedian in Residence programs, Partnering with institutions, professional associations, and allied organizations to raise awareness of open culture, ethical sharing, and related issues
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Gender and diversity
- 9.3. Select all your programs and activities for Gender and diversity.
- Bringing in women and/or gender diverse participants and editors, Focusing on creating content about women and/or gender diverse groups, including biographies, intersectional topic areas and/or adding images, Focusing on creating content about marginalized (underrepresented) communities and their knowledge, Focusing on knowledge equity by bringing in contributors from underrepresented communities, Building organizer skills in women and diversity groups, Fomenting female leadership within the movement (either staff, members or boards), Sensitize and educate for gender perspective among Wikimedia projects stewards and editors
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Community support and engagement
- 9.4. Select all your programs and activities for Community support and engagement.
- On-wiki training of community members, Off-wiki training of community members, Organizing meetups, conferences, and community events, Supporting community members' participation in events and conferences, Offering non financial support and services to community members (equipment, space, books, etc.)
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Participation in campaigns and contests
- 9.5. Select all campaigns that apply. (required)
- 1Lib1Ref, Art+Feminism, Feminism and Folklore, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Women, WikiForHumanRights, WikiGap, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, Wikipedia Birthday or Anniversary, VisibleWikiWomen, Other
- Other programs and activities if any: Wiki Caribbean
Other categories
Information literacy, awareness, skills development, public engagement. We highly support the public policy work of the Foundation and Wikimedia Movement.
- 10. Please include a link to or upload a timeline (operational calendar) for your programs and activities. (required)
- Timeline: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF-9TZjdPY/xDDvxHDwlqeZ5Uo-sz8r7A/edit?utm_content=DAF-9TZjdPY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton
- 11. Describe your team. (required)
Please see our staffing plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14SYQT_GcpcVjv93QU9o9Fv3iRsoX7_zV9VwGImzpauE/edit?usp=sharing
- 12. Will you be working with any internal (Wikimedia) or external partners? Describe the characteristics of these partnerships and bring a few examples of the most significant partnerships. (required)
We plan to work with both internal and external partners, especially those with synergy to our goals and mission.
- 13. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select all that apply. (required)
- Provide for Safety and Inclusion, Coordinate Across Stakeholders, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Innovate in Free Knowledge
Metrics
[edit]Wikimedia Metrics
[edit]- 14. Please select and fill out Wikimedia Metrics for your proposal. (recommended)
- 14.1. Number of participants, editors, and organizers.
All metrics provided are optional, please fill them out if they are aligned with your programs and activities.
| Metrics name | Target | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of all participants | 400 | N/A |
| Number of all editors | 300 | N/A |
| Number of new editors | 200 | |
| Number of retained editors | 200 | |
| Number of all organizers | 20 | N/A |
| Number of new organizers | 4 |
- 14.2. Number of new content contributions to Wikimedia projects. (recommended)
| Wikimedia project | Created | Edited or improved |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 450 | 800 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 600 | 500 |
| Wikidata | ||
| Wiktionary | ||
| Wikisource | ||
| Wikimedia Incubator | ||
| Translatewiki | ||
| MediaWiki | ||
| Wikiquote | ||
| Wikivoyage | ||
| Wikibooks | ||
| Wikiversity | ||
| Wikinews | ||
| Wikispecies | ||
| Wikifunctions / Abstract Wikipedia |
- Description for Wikimedia projects contributions metrics. (optional)
Other Metrics
[edit]- 15. Do you have other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required)
- Yes
| Other Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of partners | New partners work with AfroCROWD for an event, workshop or other activity | 5 |
| Educational participants | N/A | N/A |
| Participants who identify as women | 215 | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Budget
[edit]- 16. Will you have any other revenue sources when implementing this proposal (e.g. other funding, membership contributions, donations)? (required)
- Yes
- 16.1. List other revenue sources. (required)
Our partners offer in-kind donations like space and on-site equipment, research material and experts in relevant areas.
- 16.2. Approximately how much revenue will you have from other sources in your local currency? (required)
- 10000
- 17. Your local currency. (required)
- USD
- 18. What is the total requested amount in your local currency? (required)
- 150000 USD
- 19. Does this proposal include compensation for staff or contractors? (required)
- Yes
- 19.1. How many paid staff members do you plan to have? (required)
Include the number of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include them separately and mention their terms.
- 1
- 19.2. How many FTEs (full-time equivalents) in total? (required)
Include the total FTE of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include their FTEs with the terms separately.
- 4
- 19.3. Describe any staff or contractor changes compared to the current year / ongoing General Support Fund if any. (required only for returning grantees)
- We are absorbing the general international liaison role into the part time administrator position. The rest of the posts are not changing except that we are adding support funding for those that are there. This means we will have one less liaison role and are increasing the use of the part time administrative assistant role.
This role is still contracted.
- 20. Please provide an overview of your overall budget categories in your local currency. The budget breakdown should include only the amount requested with this General Support Fund (required).
| Budget category | Amount in local currency |
|---|---|
| Staff and contractor costs | 136736 USD |
| Operational costs | 20571 USD |
| Programmatic costs | 20849 USD |
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
Additional information
[edit]- 22. In this optional space you can add any other additional information about your proposal or organization that you think can help us when reviewing your proposal. (optional)
While our work remains steady in mission, the impact, in areas like the partnerships on the continent and beyond as well as the expanse of communities covered and reached continues to grow. We have also collected valuable testimonials from community members and partners, both local and global, who have been deeply impacted by our collective work.
As we celebrate this banner year, there is much more to share, including our ongoing work in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and associated issues of representation intersecting with machine learning and the greater Wikimedia movement.
In addition, we were recently honored with a certificate of recognition for our efforts in the Wikimedia Movement by the Kwanzaa Film Festival (KFF).
Earlier this year, we were also invited to participate in the launch of the Global Digital Compact, as a part of the historical United Nations Summit of the Future, a significant initiative we have engaged with since earlier stages involving civil society. We were honored to be invited with groups in the Wikimedia community as well as the Foundation.
We have been busy working with a Kenyan women's organization with which we connected at the Summit as well as Wikimedians in Kenya and throughout Africa and the Diaspora, and in the open knowledge community and leadership at Wikimania Nairobi, to hold events celebrating this landmark year for Wikimania as it returns to Africa and is held in Kenya for the first time.
We are working to hold events associated with it and encourage Kenyan locals to get involved in the movement. For example, we are holding a Training the Trainers this March, 2025 to familiarize Kenyan women leaders local to Nairobi on Wikimedia and WIkipedia and to spread the word about Wikimania. AfroCROWD has contributed to several Wikimanias and has twice had representation serving in programming committees for the conference.
In addition we are excited about this and other coming endeavors and look forward to continuing to work in the Movement through active projects like continuing to develop our Wiki clubs, one of which has grown and we have now expanded to a new state, as well as working with already established partnerships that continue to blossom.
Per other campaign involvement, In May, we look forward to participating in Wikidata Sister Projects events, and AfricaDay, Juneteenth and Wiki Loves Pride in June as well as the Wicnic as we co-hosted in last year with our local chapter, and WikiLoves Earth with partners like Wiki Caribbean.
Thank you for your support in these endeavors.
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- Yes
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