Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly
WikiWednesday Salon & Skill-share! Is there a project you want to share? A
question you want answered? A Wiki* skill you want to learn? Let us know by
adding it to the agenda or responding to this email.
When: 7PM - 9PM Wednesday, August 29th
Where: Babycastles Gallery (145 West 14th Street)
RSVP at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August_2018
I look forward to seeing you there!
Best,
Megs
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President, Wikimedia New York City
Hi Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Brooklyn's green
Prospect Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held
across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.
Sunday July 29 Annual Wik-Picnic
2–7pm - come by any time!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic_2018
Our reserved picnicking area is by Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance,
located at Prospect Park West and 15th Street.
The picnic will be held by the park's Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance
immediately on the lawn to your right as you walk through the lovely lotus
columns.
***Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia NYC banner!***
All attendees are expected to follow the Friendly Space Policy, and don't
forget your sunscreen!
We hope to see you there!
Sign up here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic_2018#Sign_up
Or here:
https://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/events/252516230/
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
*** This message is sent on behalf of WikiConference North America ***
The WikiConference North America organizing team is pleased to announce
that proposal submissions and scholarship applications are now open for
WikiConference North America! Both are due by August 15.
Please submit your proposals for presentations, workshops, roundtables,
panels, and more at https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2018/Submissions.
Applications for $500 USD travel scholarships are open to Wikimedians who
live in North America and actively contribute to a Wikimedia project.
Please submit at https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2018/Scholarships
WikiConference North America 2018 is taking place in Columbus, Ohio, from
October 18-21. Our host is the Ohio State University Libraries, which
provides a great opportunity to work with the local libraries and cultural
institutions.
Visit our website for more information:
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2018/Main_Page
Thank you!
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
Wikimedia NYC invites you to attend a Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon on
Thursday, July 12th at Jefferson Market Library! Wiki Loves Pride is a
global campaign to expand and improve LGBT-related content across all
Wikimedia projects, in all languages. We are holding this year's event in
July in order to support folx who want to upload photographs of one of
NYC's many Pride events or write articles about someone or something they
learned this June.
***Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon***
Where: Jefferson Market Library (425 6th Avenue in Greenwich Village)
When: Thursday, July 12th 5:00PM - 8:00PM
RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wiki-loves-pride-edit-a-thon-tickets-478221894…
Light refreshments will be served
I look forward to editing with you soon!
Best,
Megs
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President, Wikimedia New York City
*Greetings friend!We hope this finds you well and enjoying summer…We would
like to extend a special invitation to join us for our upcoming Black Lunch
Table event that will take place July 9th and July 11th on the High Line.
Convening at 22nd Street, these conversations will engage cultural workers
who identify as part of the African Diaspora and members of the communities
surrounding the High Line in critical conversation. We’d love for you to
join us for lunch and conversation.Please see below for details and please
RSVP, as seating is limited!July 9th @ 5-8pm: free photo booth and
Wikipedia editathonJuly 11th @ 12pm: Artists roundtable for visual artists,
curators and art writers of the African DiasporaJuly 11 @ 2:30pm: The
People’s Table, for members of the High Line, Chelsea or New York
communities-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------…B.Y.O.
B.L.T. @ The HighlineThe Highline’s B.Y.O. (Bring Your Own) is a new series
of intimate, unscripted conversations staged in public space. Hosted by
artists who center their practice on food and dialogue, these events
contribute to an exploration of critical thought, creative exchange, and
discourse production. BYO is inaugurated this year with McKendree Key’s The
Breakfast Den, our project, The Black Lunch Table, and Elia Alba’s Supper
Club. BLT is an ongoing collaboration between Hart and Valentine initiated
in 2005 at the preeminent artist residency, Skowhegan School of Painting
and Sculpture. Imagining the lunch table as a discursive site where social
connections are made, organizing is planned, social hierarchies revealed,
and power dynamics played out, BLT provides a space to discuss critical
issues. The ultimate goal is to give visibility and validate shared
concerns through exchange, while strengthening the bonds within the
nebulous artistic community, and the larger community of neighbors and
visitors.All conversations will be recorded and photographed, transcribed,
and published—both as part of the Black Lunch Table online archive, and as
a booklet that will be available later in the year published by the High
Line. Check back for information at www.thehighline.org
<http://www.thehighline.org>Session one (12:00 PM) - Artists TableIn this
session, Hart and Valentine curate artists and cultural workers who
identify as part of the African Diaspora, into intimate conversations. The
Artists Table seeks to both democratize and augment the dominant narratives
of contemporary art history by animating discourse among the cultural
producers of color living it. This session provides a space to discuss
critical issues directly affecting the international community of diasporic
artists. It seeks to strengthen the bonds within this nebulous community
and validates shared concerns through exchange. Light lunch will be
provided. If you are an artist or cultural producer who identifies as part
of the African Diaspora and want to participate in the discussion, RSVP
here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/byo-black-lunch-table-artists-table-tickets-46…>.
Session two (2:30 PM) - People’s TableAt The People’s Table discussions
address issues affecting historically disenfranchised populations beyond
the single context of art. This session is open to neighbors and community
members directly or loosely linked to the High Line. The People’s Table
catalyzes candid conversations amongst a diversity of people, representing
a variety of backgrounds, professions, ages and perspectives. The goal is
to inspire new thinking around critical sociopolitical issues by
cross-pollinating discourse and collecting the people's’ history. Light
lunch will be provided. If you live or work on the neighborhood surrounding
the High Line or are in any way connected to the High Line community, and
want to participate in the discussion, RSVP here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/byo-black-lunch-table-peoples-table-tickets-46…>.
- Space at both tables is limited. We will send a reminder 5 days before
the program to confirm your participation.- Participants will be required
to arrive 15 minutes before the start time, and by the time of the program
any unclaimed tickets to participate of the conversation will be released
to the waitlist or walk-in audience members. - Conversation will be
prompted and framed around critical themes, relevant to both private and
public life; participants need no previous experience or knowledge.
Wikipedia edit-a-thon (Monday, July 9th, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT at the High
Line, Chelsea Market passage between 15th and 16th Streets)The Black Lunch
Table (BLT) project will host our FIRST OUTDOOR edit-a-thon focusing on
important but underrepresented New York area visual artists of the African
Diaspora. We will provide a list of suggested artists to add or edit, with
particular focus on Black artists who have worked within or are local to
the host institution’s community and are currently under-documented on
Wikipedia. No prior knowledge of editing is required, as we will provide a
short introduction to the platform and will provide assistance with writing
articles. Bring your own laptop (a small number of extra machines will be
available for use if you don’t have one). Snacks and technical assistance
provided. and...Photographer Tiffany Smith will be taking free portraits
for Wikipedia in our Black Lunch Table photo booth! Check out our meetup
page here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/The_Highli…>.
Be sure to sign up for our list to know what we are doing:
http://eepurl.com/bVUPWv <http://eepurl.com/bVUPWv> and for more
information please contact info(a)blacklunchtable.com
<info(a)blacklunchtable.com>Looking forward to seeing you there!Heather &
Jina *
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Heather Hart
Co-Founder
The Black Lunch Table
blacklunchtable.com
347-439-8553
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly
WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-share! Is there a project you'd like to
share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn?
Let us know by adding it to the agenda or responding to this email.
When: 7PM - 9PM Wednesday June 20th
Where: Babycastles Gallery (145 West 14th Street)
RSVP at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2018-06
We are also invited to join us at our upcoming events:
***AfroCROWD Juneteenth Jazz Edit-a-thon***
Where: Countee Cullen Library (104 W 136th Street)
When: Saturday, June 23rd 1:00PM - 4:30PM
RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-harlem-and-jazz-wikipedia-edit-a-tho…
?
***Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon***
Where: Jefferson Market Library
When: Thursday, June 12th 5:00PM - 8:00PM
More details coming soon!
***Great American Wiknic***
Where: Prospect Park
When: Sunday, July 29th 1:00PM - 7PM
Save the date and stay tuned for more details at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic_2018
Stay informed about all of our events by subscribing to the Wikimedia NYC
Events Calendar at bit.ly/WMNYCEvents. I look forward to editing with you
soon!
Megs
--
President, Wikimedia New York City
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
You're invited to attend the 500 Women Scientists Edit-a-thon this
Saturday! 500 Women Scientists is a grassroots organization working to
transform the idea of what a scientist looks like, online and IRL. Please
join us to learn more about the contributions of trailblazing women
scientists while editing the Wikipedia pages they deserve.
Date: Saturday, June 2nd
Time: 2PM - 5PM
Location: Caveat (21A Clinton Street on the Lower East Side)
RSVP + Details:
http://caveat.nyc/event/500-women-scientists-wikipedia-edit-a-thon/
This event is part of the Underground Science Festival, which offers
subversive science comedy, unconventional deep dives into the failures that
drive science, and introductions to the unsung and forgotten science heroes
who should have gotten credit all along. Check it out at caveat.nyc/USF
I look forward to editing with you soon!
Megs
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President, Wikimedia New York City
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
As a reminder, you are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our
monthly WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-share! We'll meet from 7PM - 9PM
tonight at Babycastles Gallery (145 West 14th Street). Is there a project
you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd
like to learn? Let us know by responding to this email or adding an item to
the agenda at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC.
Following the Asian American Literature Wikipedia Edit-a-thon earlier this
month, Kundiman and Wikimedia NYC are partnering once again to address the
gaps and deficiencies across pages related to Asian American literature on
Wikipedia. Please join us on Sunday, May 27th from 2:00 - 6:00PM in the
Boardroom at the Ace Hotel (20 West 29th Street). Details and RSVP at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-asian
-american-literature-tickets-45152937652 Want to know more about our
partnership with Kundiman? Check out the profile of our last event in The
Outline:
https://theoutline.com/post/4560/asian-american-writers-wikipedia-edit-a-th…
I look forward to editing with you soon!
Megs
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President, Wikimedia New York City
Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage month, Wikimedia NYC is excited
to partner with Kundiman to host two edit-a-thons focused on Asian American
literature.
*** Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Asian American Literature ***
Date: Saturday, May 12th
Time: 12:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Asian American Writers' Workshop (112 W 27th St #600)
Details and RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-asian-american-liter…
Please note! Beer from Lagunitas will be available, courtesy of PEN
America.
*** Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Asian American Literature ***
Date: Sunday, May 27th
Time: 2:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Ace Hotel Boardroom (20 West 29th Street)
Details and RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-asian-american-liter…
As always, be sure to bring your laptop and your questions! And please
respond directly to this email if you'd like to volunteer as a Wiki-coach
at the event this Saturday.
I look forward to editing with you soon!
Megs
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President, Wikimedia New York City