We made some tweaks to the blog post our yesterday to include the editahton held yesterday, sponsored by the White House and Wikimedia DC. Thank you for reviewing!

Here's the blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/

Fb/g: "There is a bias and a lack of people of color involved in creating Wikipedia...events like today are in part to make people aware of that and then to empower them and give them the information they need to correct that bias."

Fb/g: On Tuesday, Wikimedians gathered at the first-ever White House sponsored edit-a-thon, one of a number of edit-a-thons held across the U.S. to commemorate Black History Month.

Fb/g:  Wikimedians teamed up with cultural, political institutions- from Howard University, NPR, and even the White House - for Black History Month to address Wikipedia's multicultural gap. 

Fb/g: February is Black History Month in the United States. Throughout this month, Wikimedians partnered with a variety of institutions - from the Schomburg Center, Howard University, and even the White House - for edit-a-thons to address Wikipedia's multicultural gap.

Fb/g: Because Black Lives Matter.

fb/g: Wikimedians partnered with major cultural institutions - Howard University, the Schomburg Center, NPR, even the White House - to commemorate Black History Month in the United States.

t: @NPR, @whitehouseostp, @HowardUniv partner with Wikimedians for #BHM edit-a-thons:

t: Tuesday, Wikimedians participated in first ever #BHMeditathon sponsored by @whitehouseostp

t: The @whitehouseostp & @wikimediadc teamed up for first ever #BHMEditathon. 

 

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