Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community on Saturday January 28, 2017, for the first ever Women Journos Unite! "Her Girl Friday Tackles the Gender Gap: The Wikipedia Editing Brunch" unconference and editathon from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at ThoughtWorks, 99 Madison Avenue (29th & Madison) in Manhattan.
This event is co-sponsored by Her Girl Friday, a women journalist organization, and Lena Dunham's Lenny Letter feminist newsletter and online publication.
The all-day event will be an Unconference / Hackathon-style event with the goal of getting more notable women represented with pages on Wikipedia. #gender gap #PostInauguration
Strategies to address Post-Truth and Alternative Facts will be part of the conversation. Make a difference at a grass roots level by improving facts on Wikipedia! #Empowerment!
Throughout the day there will be yummy food, refreshments, and cupcakes!
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Details:
Saturday January 28 @ ThoughtWorks, 99 Madison Avenue at 29th Street
11:00 am – 4:00 pm:
- Welcome- Lightning Talks with a focus on women journalists and Post-Truth- Editing demos and editathon
Agenda and RSVP on Wikipedia -- or Facebook:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2017-01_HGF_Lennyhttps://www.facebook.com/events/741527676021901/
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! If you can't make it in person, join in remotely!
Thanks,ErikaWikimedia NYC
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join us next Sunday at Ace Hotel for Wikipedia Day NYC
2017, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of the project's
global 16th birthday festivities.
In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference,
with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions.
With special guests Katherine Maher of the Wikimedia Foundation and Tim Wu
of Columbia Law School speaking on our Post-truth panel!
Also featuring an International/Multilingual panel, a Documenting Activism
panel, a Multimedia/Tech Panel, a Science panel, an Art panel, and more.
And there will be cake :)
Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2017
Ace Hotel page:
http://www.acehotel.com/calendar/newyork/wikipedia-day-2017
We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture
movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in
developing free knowledge projects.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our
roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience!
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!
Meetup.com page:
https://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC