We wanted to share this project with African affiliates, and with African Wikimedians generally.
This art exhibition includes several works by contemporary African artists, and also draws on African cultural themes that could be better documented on Wikipedia, while it is also connected to African-American history specific to New York City.
As well as viewing the livestream, we'd also welcome people to join the Discord channel for this edit-a-thon on the Wikimedia NYC server all month long.
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Pharos pharosofalexandria@gmail.com Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 1:09 PM Subject: Saturday Feb 5: ONLINE Met Afrofuturist edit-a-thon (and monthlong campaign) To: New York City Wikimedians wikimedia_nyc@lists.wikimedia.org
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for a virtual Metropolitan Museum of Art edit-a-thon Saturday afternoon (12-2pm) with partners AfroCROWD and Black Lunch Table. To join the livestream from your computer or smartphone, just watch at the YouTube link below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAfrofuturist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUx7YltS598 (livestream at 12-2pm Saturday)
Our focus will be on the exhibition Before Yesterday We Could Fly inspired by Seneca Village, and featured art, artists, history and culture of the African diaspora.
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2021/afrofuturist-period-room
We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!
We are also running a Met Afrofuturist chat channel on our Wikimedia NYC Discord server for the whole monthlong campaign, you can join here and get help with working on articles on these topics together: https://discord.gg/gqSFqrY7bS
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)