Hello everyone,
I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:
Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women_in_the_Arts_2015) – 10 AM to 4
PM
Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women
in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!
More information:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women_in_the_Arts_2015>
RSVP: <http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/220856534/>
Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/WikiSalon) – 7 PM to 9 PM
An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.
More information: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/WikiSalon>
RSVP: <http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/220856648/> or just show up!
Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/NIH_W…)
– 9 AM to 4 PM
In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing
and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free
coffee and lunch served!
More information:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/NIH_Women%E2%80%99s_History_Month_Edit-a-Thon_2015>
RSVP: <http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/220856734/>
Saturday, March 21 Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/DCPL) – 12 PM
Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about
women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public
Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.
More information: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/DCPL>
RSVP: <http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/220856995/>
Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women_In_Science) – 10 AM to 4 PM
Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.
Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!
More information:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women_In_Science>
RSVP: <http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/220857076/>
Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/March_2015) – 6 PM
Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!
More information: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/March_2015>
RSVP: <http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/220856338/>
Hope you can make it to an event! If you have any questions or require any special
accommodations, please let me know.
Thanks,
James
—
James Hare
President, Wikimedia DC
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc