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
--
Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127