Hi everyone,
March 8th is International Women's History Day, however, in the US
and UK we celebrate Women's History Month for the entire month! I'd
like to know if anyone here, or anyone you know, will be hosting a
Women's History editing event or event related to Wikimedia projects
or women's outreach to celebrate.
I'll be doing something in DC (date TBA) about women in science. I'm
also hoping something can take place in Chile during GLAM-WIKI
Santiago related to Chilean women's history.[2] There are also talks
about doing something in NYC and Philadelphia.
I'd love to see a number of events take place around the world - it
can be as simple as an edit a thon with your friends at your house,
or something more complex - working with a GLAM or related
organizations.
Please let me know if you have something planned, as I'll be
developing a page on Wiki (not sure where yet) about it. And if you
do not have something planned, please let me know how I can support
you or help you plan something, even if I'm from afar! (Including
swag, etc.). If you're concerned about funding something, there is
always the option of applying for a WMF grant (i.e. if you want to
buy a cake or something special!). I'd like to help anyway I can.
Looking forward to hearing from my fellow gender gap-ers :)
Sarah
[1]
http://nwhp.org/resourcecenter/whistoryday.php
[2]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Encuentro_GLAM-WIKI_Santiago_2012/en
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Sarah Stierch
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