The COVID-19 epidemic is something that makes clear our global human interconnectedness and the responsibility we have to one another. We don’t have … - Katherine Maher

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The COVID-19 epidemic is something that makes clear our global human interconnectedness and the responsibility we have to one another. We don’t have precedent for its challenges, but we do know that our best response relies on the sort of global empathy, cooperation, and community building that sits at the heart of this organization.

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About Katherine Maher

Katherine Roberts Maher (born April 18, 1983) is an American businesswoman. She became the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of National Public Radio (NPR) in March 2024, succeeding John Lansing. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Maher worked for UNICEF, the National Democratic Institute, the World Bank and Access Now before joining the Wikimedia Foundation, where she was chief executive officer and executive director from 2016 to 2021. She subsequently joined the Atlantic Council and has served as the chief executive officer of Web Summit and chair of the board of directors at the Signal Foundation. She is a member of the US Department of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board.

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When it became clear that SARS-CoV-2, or simply, the latest coronavirus, was spreading globally and likely to become a pandemic, we took it seriously. Our responsibility is to keep Wikipedia online and available for the world, especially in moments of crisis. A world that is changing requires changing how we work.

It’s never exactly a good time to step away -- transitions always have some rough edges -- but it’s always best to do so when the organization is strong, and before you’ve overstayed your welcome. The movement is in a good, strong place. Our communities are growing, our readership is too

Til that LBJ telling MLK to “make me do it” on civil rights is apocryphal. Funny, because I’ve definitely said that in my work at Wikimedia, though I was encouraging community activists to keep the pressure on for change at a movement level.

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