Hi NYC Wiki-interested folks,

You're invited to help us improve Wikipedia articles on Black history and culture- new contributors and voices are especially encouraged to join!

Event: 'Black Life Matters' Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Date: Saturday February 7th, 2015

Address: 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) between West 135th and 136th Streets, Harlem, New York

Time: 12 noon-4:30/5:00pm

The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon will take place in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, with a following reception in the Langston Hughes lobby on the first floor of the building.

In addition to new people, we also need some volunteers to help with hands-on training during the event!

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For details, see our edit-a-thon page on Wikipedia:

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

And please sign up on eventbrite as well:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-life-matters-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-ticket...

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And for those around Brooklyn, check out sister event AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library on Saturday and Sunday, part of our shared "Black WikiHistory Month Weekend".

Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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