[Festival] IFF Weekly | July 24 - 28

[IFF Team]

Dear Friends,

Just a friendly reminder that the IFF’s Code of Conduct also applies to
any interaction on our virtual channels. We want to ensure that the safe
spaces we create at the festival also carry over to our online
platforms. If you haven't checked it out, please do! And feel free to
ping us should you have any questions.

https://www.internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Code_of_Conduct

And now, here are your updates for the week of July 24 - 28:

### News and Updates ###

Our News and Updates section is driven by you! Be sure to include us in
your rounds of announcements and campaign updates!

*** Action on the #Istanbul10 #FreeRightsDefenders in Turkey ***

“A court in Turkey has just imprisoned Amnesty Turkey’s Director İdil
Eser and five other human rights defenders. But now we have a chance to
make Turkey listen. On 25 July, Federica Mogherini the EU’s High
Representative for Foreign Affairs, is meeting Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu,
Turkey’s Foreign Minister, in Brussels. In this meeting, she must speak
out for the brave people being locked up and persecuted simply for
standing up for what’s right.”

https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/mogherini-make-sure-eu-stands-up-for-human-rights-defenders-in-turkey/

“Avaaz staff member Özlem! Let's set her free. Özlem's being held
without charges after attending a meeting of human rights defenders. To
the Turkish government, she's just one person caught up in a crackdown
on civil society. But if we build a massive international petition and
use the media to make Özlem famous, she'll be more trouble than she's
worth for a government in political crisis”

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/free_ozlem_loc/?twi

More background on the case of the #Istanbul10:
+
https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/12/human-rights-defenders-are-still-behind-bars-in-turkey/
+
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/18/turkey-holds-six-rights-activists-on-charges-of-aiding-terror-group

Follow ongoing updates on via the hashtags #FreeRightsDefenders and
#Istanbul10

*** The IFF Team is growing! ***

Lu Ortiz has joined our team as Diversity Manager! We’re thrilled to
have her on board to help guide the IFF in its mission to be as diverse
and inclusive as possible. Lu will be working on our existing efforts,
like the Diversity and Inclusion Fund, as well as developing new
initiatives to help bring new voices into our community and help them
thrive.

Our Community Leadership has been launched! It is made up of individuals
who will be working very closely with the IFF team on enhancing specific
areas. Included in this group are:

+ The Glitterati Executive Board, made up of Nathalie Espitia Diaz, of
Nois Radio, and Shawna Finnegan, of APC, who will focus on infusing the
IFF with “soul and magick” through the various social gatherings,
creating a daily podcast, and ensuring that glitter is never missing!

+ Paul Furley, who has joined the IFF as our "Tech Wizard" will be
helping with all things technical, including organizing technologist
meetups during the festival.

https://internetfreedomfestival.org/team/

*** IREX Initiative to Support Trainers in Organizational Security ***

IREX is launching an initiative to support digital safety trainers in
organizational security. The initiative includes a granting mechanism to
support organizational security trainings and travel support to global
and regional summits for exchanging knowledge and best practices. The
program will kick off with a Trainers’ Summit planned for November 2017.
This initiative is open to both individuals and organizations.

For more information on how you can get involved, write to dst at irex.org
before August 1 using PGP key (0x41E3E50AEBD65B0E), available on
pgp.mit.edu.


### Community Stories ###

This week’s community story is from Chinmayi S K, founder of the
Bachchao Project and Global Coordinator for Random Hacks of Kindness,
discussing the need for community gatherings in the Global South to help
ensure equitable adoption of the Internet

“Every day we read stories of how the introduction of certain
technologies or technology processes are leading to exclusion or to our
loss of individual rights. Often the excluded groups or individuals are
unable to articulate their needs or even the issues they face. Some of
this is a result of systematic bias, while the rest is due to unequal
access and the methodologies used in internet adoption. Internet is
still in its teens and while it is a useful medium human society, it
needs time and a proper understanding to be completely adopted by
humanity as a life tool.”

https://medium.com/iff-community-stories/open-technology-communities-and-their-relevance-today-6915382db5e3


### Upcoming Events ###

Would you like to see a calendar of these and many other events online?
Let us know and please keep us informed about events you plan on attending!

* SHA2017 *
+ When: August 4-8, 2017
+ Where: Scoutinglandgoed in Zeewolde, Netherlands
+ Website: https://sha2017.org/

SHA2017 is an international non-profit outdoor hacker camp/conference.
The camp is organized for and by volunteers from and around all facets
of the international hacker community. Come join Camp Explody, our Net
Freedom camp where our friends from the EFF, FPF, and many others will
be camping!

* MyData 2017 *
+ When: August 30-Sep 1
+ Where: Tallinn (Estonia) & and (Helsinki, Finland)
+ Website: https://mydata2017.org/

MyData is a human centred approach in personal data management that
combines industry need to data with digital human rights. MyData 2017
conference brings together businesses, the research community, civil
society and government to shape the fundamentals on how personal data is
managed globally.

* CopyCamp 2017: Internet of Copyrighted Things *
+ When: September 28-29
+ Where: Warsaw, Poland
+ Website: http://copycamp.pl/en/

CopyCamp is the biggest conference about social and economic aspects of
copyright in Europe. It has been the place for a balanced, original, and
multi-sided debate, facilitating the exchange of ideas about exclusive
rights all over Europe and abroad. CopyCamp discusses the law, but it is
not a legal conference, reaching out to people active in culture,
education, science, government, and technology. This year we also wish
to invite those active in other areas, for example, health, food, or
security.

* COCONET (Southeast Asia Digital Rights Camp) *
+ When: 22-26 October 2017
+ Where: Bali or Yogyakarta, Indonesia
+ Website: http://www.engagemedia.org/Projects/camp-coconet/

COCONET (Connecting Communities & Networks) aims to enhance regional
networking, popularise digital rights issues, and expand digital rights
campaigns and movements by connecting policy advocates, researchers,
digital campaigners, media-makers, and technologists. COCONET is a
peer-based event where everyone will participate: bringingknowledge,
experiences, and skills to share.

CFP Deadline: August 10


### Spotlight! ###

Looking for new adventures in the Internet Freedom space? Drop us line
with your profile and we will feature it here to help you connect with
your next great project.


### Job Opportunities ###

All submitted jobs are always available at:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/job-board/

 ✎ * Privacy Director – Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law
School *
+ Stanford, CA (USA)
+
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/page/new-cis-staff-position-privacy-director-0

 ✎ * Writer/Policy Analyst – Electronic Frontier Foundation *
+ San Francisco, CA (USA)
+ https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/writerpolicy-analyst

✎ * Senior IT Global Director – Project HOPE *
+ Millwood, VA (USA)
+ https://ngojobboard.org/post/senior-it-global-director/

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The IFF Team