Dear All,
[...Re-posting an excerpt from the Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ because I think this is such an important project to spread the word about...!]
Black History Month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month is celebrated annually in the United States in February, to commemorate the history of the African diaspora. For this occasion, Wikipedians worked together to honor black history and to address Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps in the encyclopedia, hosting Wikipedia edit-a-thons throughout the United States, from February 1 to 28, 2015.
Black WikiHistory Month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Black_WikiHistory_Month edit-a-thons include:
- Edit-a-thon at the Schomburg Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schomburg_Center_for_Research_in_Black_Culture for Research in Black Culture in Harlem - AfroCROWD Edit-a-thon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd at the Brooklyn Public Library - Events at Howard University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Howard in Washington D.C. - First STEM Heroes Edit-a-thon at the White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/02/24/today-join-us-our-first-stem-heroes-edit-thon in Washington D.C. - Edit-a-thon at NPR Central headquarters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/NPR_Black_History_Month in Washington D.C. - Events at SUNY Purchase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Westchester_County/Black_Life_Matters_Editathon and Nashville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Nashville/Our_Story_Matters_Editathon
These events received wide press coverage from diverse news sources, including:
- The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/us/at-howard-a-historically-black-university-filling-in-wikipedias-gaps-in-color.html?_r=2 - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-black-history_n_6598974.html - FastCompany http://www.fastcoexist.com/3041572/black-history-matters-so-why-is-wikipedia-missing-so-much-of-it - Colorlines http://colorlines.com/archives/2015/02/can_black_wikipedia_take_off_like_black_twitter.html - DNAInfo http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150130/central-harlem/schomburg-center-hosts-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-articles-on-black-culture , - Essence http://www.essence.com/2015/02/03/wikipedia-getting-lesson-black-history - CBS Local http://newyork.cbslocal.com/top-lists/5-best-eating-and-drinking-events-this-weekend-29/
- The Root http://www.theroot.com/blogs/journalisms/2015/02/black_journalists_fox_s_o_reilly_is_wrong_for_linking_al_jazeera_correspondent.html - NYDaily News http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/black-history-month-2015-schedule-events-article-1.2104072 - Rue89 http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/rue89-culture/2015/02/04/editathon-rediger-pages-wikipedia-culture-noire-257491 - Our Time Press http://ourtimepress.com/?p=16012 - The Haitian Times http://haitiantimes.com/afrocrowd-owning-haitian-history-through-digital-empowerment-10342/ - Black Star News http://www.blackstarnews.com/money/economy/black-digital-empowerment-through-afrocrowd-workshops.html - Kreyolicious http://kreyolicious.com/afrocrowd/17531/.
Check out the full re-cap in the Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/, and let me know if you have additional questions!
Yours,
Dorothy Howard