Hi All,

I want to announce an upcoming NYC Edit-a-Thon for the Wiki Loves Pride 2014 Campaign, organized by WikiLGBT and to invite Wikimedia NYC members to join in.

*Wiki Loves Pride 2014 *Edit-a-Thon at NYPL's Jefferson Market Library http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Market_Library, June 21st, 2014. 11am-5pm.

*Event Page: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki_Loves_Pride_2014 *Facebook: *https://www.facebook.com/events/468297923301575/

*Inside Jefferson Market Library *

This event is part of the international Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-Thons taking place during Pride month, the month of June.

Below and attached are our standard press releases we are using to advertise these events to institutions and seek institutional hosts for these events. Please pass along this press release and the attachment to any other institutions (US and International) that you think may want to join in. Contact me if you have any more questions.

We hope to see you there!

WikiLGBT

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WIKI LOVES PRIDE LGBT WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THONS SET FOR JUNE, 2014

In the past few years, organized groups on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia Foundation project-spaces have sought to increase the quality and scope of public domain information and media relating to the LGBT community. June, 2014 will see the first global Wiki Loves Pride Campaign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride_2014

One of the aims of Wiki Loves Pride will be increasing the number of people and perspectives contributing to LGBT information on the world's largest encyclopedia, as well as encouraging institutions to add their authority information, research and images to the public domain.

Contributions to information about LGBT topics in politics and policy, medicine, topics in identity sexuality, and society, rights and attitudes, history, culture, and institutions will vastly affect the ways in which these topics are researched and understood internationally. In the past, Wikipedia articles on these topics have been riddled with a lack of scholarly sources and lack of perspectives, a problem which has the effect of skewing public perceptions and affecting research and decisions in public policy, science and medical practice, and community acceptance.

If you would like to host a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at your institution, or to sponsor this campaign by offering your endorsement in some other way, please contact the organizers. This campaign page will be a resource for all satellite events, and will be available to help connect institutions with experienced Wikipedians and learning resources. We are looking for libraries, galleries, colleges, and other public, educational spaces to host events.

*Information*

*When:* June 2014. Host an event as part of virtual Edit-a-Thons throughout the month of June! Saturday June 21st will be the main day for events.

*Where:* Locations are still being sought please contact us to start planning!

*Webpage:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride_2014 *Contact:* WikiLGBT@gmail.com