Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon [1] will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack [2] with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour [3] the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon [4] will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill [5] training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

All the best,

James Hare

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women_in_the_Arts_2014 [2] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-government-wikihack-tickets-10862424805 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Sunlight_Foundation_Happy_... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Africa_Collection_Editatho... [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Wiki_Loves_Capitol_Hill_20... [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC