Hi Ambassadors,

As you may have heard already, the English Wikipedia community has decided to black out the English Wikipedia for 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA, two companion pieces of legislation in Congress that would, if passed, do great harm the free and open Internet, including Wikipedia. The global blackout will begin at midnight ET this evening (so in about 11 hours). Visitors to Wikipedia will be asked to contact their representatives and senators to oppose SOPA and PIPA. The Wikimedia Foundation is supporting the community's decision.

Please reach out to your professors and students, and inform them that Wikipedia will be unavailable during this time. You're welcome to send any professors who have concerns to me (ldavis@wikimedia.org) or Jami (jmathewson@wikimedia.org); we are happy to answer any questions.

Here are some links with more information:

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Take_action#Questions...

Thanks, LiAnna