<div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8.3776px">Listers,</span></font><br><div dir="auto"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">The Internet Freedom Festival (IFF) just opened its call for proposals.</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">As someone who has attended this event in the past, I think you would</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">really love the IFF experience. You get to meet amazing, passionate</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">people from around the world and learn important skills. Also, through</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">their Diversity and Inclusion Fund, they will fund  presenters from the</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">Global South and underrepresented regions can receive travel funding.</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">You can apply to be a speaker and request for travel assistance here:</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><a href="https://platform.internetfreedomfestival.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">https://platform.<wbr>internetfreedomfestival.org</a><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">A bit of background: The IFF  takes place every year in Valencia, Spain.</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">It is considered one of the largest and most diverse inclusive</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">gatherings in the Internet Freedom space. It brings together over 1000</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">people from +100 countries, to join forces against online censorship and</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">surveillance. People in attendance includes activists, technologists,</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">digital security trainers, journalists, designers, policy advocates, and</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">much more. The goal of this one-of-a-kind gathering is to allow people</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">to share knowledge and resources, and collectively improve the services,</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">strategies, and tools offered to individuals on the frontlines. The 2018</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">the IFF will have seven themes, which you can see here:</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><a href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org/#themes" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">https://<wbr>internetfreedomfestival.org/#<wbr>themes</a><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">You can apply to be a speaker and request for travel assistance here:</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><a href="https://platform.internetfreedomfestival.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">https://platform.<wbr>internetfreedomfestival.org</a><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">The team welcomes any and all questions, so feel free to reach out to</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">them at </span><a href="mailto:team@internetfreedomfestival.org" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">team@internetfreedomfestival.<wbr>org</a><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:9.856px">.</span></div></div>