Hi there,

I would just like to promote tomorrow's BlackLifeMatters editathon in NYC and the AfroCROWD one also this weekend being held in Brooklyn. I will also be live monitoring it on Twitter for retweets and Fb/G+ for Reshares. 

Fb/G: Join the Black Life Matters Edit-a-thon February 7 12-5pm ECT in person or remotely and help add Black History into Wikipedia.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Black_Life_Matters_Editathon

Embed HuffPo article for coverage

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-black-history_n_6598974.html?1422916989&utm_hp_ref=black-voices&m=true

t: Join @wikimedianyc at the Black Life Matters Editathon @schomburgcenter Feb 7 12-5pm ECT in person or remotely 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Black_Life_Matters_Editathon

AfroCROWD:

fb/g Join AfroCROWD February 7th & 8th for an Editathon at the Brooklyn Public Library and help add Black History to Wikipedia.

RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-intro-to-wikimedia-how-to-edit-wikipedia-101-tickets-15350655223

Embed Colorlines article: http://colorlines.com/archives/2015/02/can_black_wikipedia_take_off_like_black_twitter.html

t: Join #AfroCROWD Feb 7& 8 for an Editathon @BKLYNlibrary and help add Black History to Wikipedia. RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-intro-to-wikimedia-how-to-edit-wikipedia-101-tickets-15350655223

Thanks!

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Michael Guss

Research Analyst

Wikimediafoundation.org

mguss@wikimedia.org