Recap of the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) AMER/EMEA on August 23, 2023

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Attending: @coachbirgit , @franrosa, @jillbinder, @martatorre, @onealtr

Host: @jillbinder

Start: wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1692810111358429

Summary

0 – Check-ins (everyone)

1 – First time here

Information for newcomers

2 – Who we are (@jillbinder)

Our goals, our 3 initiatives, how people can help

3 – WPDiversity Member Updates (everyone)

@martatorre starting to prepare material for diversity in Spain

4 – New DEIB group (@jillbinder on @coachbirgit’s behalf)

Please join #deib-working-group

5 – Setting you up for my time away (@jillbinder)

@jillbinder is taking an extended break for 4 months, starting September 1, 2023
Jill invited the group to keep the work going:
- these 2nd and 4th Wednesday #WPDiversity SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. meetings (@onealtr and @martatorre will coordinate the agendas and hosts)
- our 2 workshops (How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events; Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events)
For any Diversity workshops or events that are held, it is important to put them into this spreadsheet tracker:
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Jq0ZSw_A4AgMh5j4C-POx0yQzK-XskZgNd7XiaGvdpE/edit?usp=sharing

6 – Bonus meeting next week! Zoom call (@jillbinder )

@jillbinder will be holding a Zoom call next week
Walk-through of all of the #WPDiversity workshops, systems, and resources.
- All of the material is available for the whole WordPress community to keep doing our material in 2023 and beyond.
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 @ 5pm-6:30pm UTC (just in case there are a lot of questions)
Ask me for an invite. I also might put it up on Meetup Learn.

7 – Workshops (@jillbinder)