Dear All,

[...Re-posting an excerpt from the Wikimedia blog because I think this is such an important project to spread the word about...!]

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 edit-a-thons include:

• Edit-a-thon at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem
• AfroCROWD Edit-a-thon at the Brooklyn Public Library
• Events at Howard University in Washington D.C.
• First STEM Heroes Edit-a-thon at the White House in Washington D.C.
• Edit-a-thon at NPR Central headquarters in Washington D.C.
• Events at SUNY Purchase and Nashville

These events received wide press coverage from diverse news sources, including:

The New York Times The Huffington Post FastCompany Colorlines DNAInfo, Essence CBS Local

The Root NYDaily News Rue89 Our Time Press The Haitian Times Black Star News Kreyolicious.

Check out the full re-cap in the Wikimedia blog, and let me know if you have additional questions!

Yours,

Dorothy Howard

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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)

212.228.2320 x127

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