Dear Wiki-Yorkers,
You're invited to attend some Wiki-wonderful events next week:
***Black History Every Day Edit-a-thon at BMCC*** Wikimedia New York City, Black Lunch Table (BLT), and the Borough of Manhattan Community College community will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to visual artists of the African Diaspora and beyond for our Black History Every Day event. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the historical record. Date: February 26th Time: 3:00 - 7:00PM Location: Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street RSVP REQUIRED: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-history-everyday-wikipedia-editathon-bmcc...
***WikiWednesday Salon & Skillshare*** This month's meetup includes a new location and a special presentation from Caroline Sinders (https://carolinesinders.com/). Have a question that needs answering? A project you'd like to share? Add it to the agenda! Date: February 27th Time: 7:00 - 9:00PM Location: Metropolitan New York Library Council, 599 11th Avenue Details and (optional) RSVP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/February_2019
***Revolutionizing Wikipedia: A Queer and Feminist Edit-a-thon*** Join us as we work toward greater inclusivity and representation on Wikipedia! Whether you’re an active Wikipedia contributor or have been curious about getting started, we hope you will join us as we gather together for a training and edit-a-thon designed to support queer and feminist contributors and articles. Date: February 28th Time: 12:00 - 4:30PM Location: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue RSVP REQUIRED : https://www.hastac.org/blogs/ckatopodis/2019/02/06/feb-28-revolutionizing-wi...
Our full calendar of events (including the Art + Feminism campaign next month!) are available at bit.ly/WMNYCEvents. We look forward to editing with you soon!
Megs -- President, Wikimedia New York City
wikimedia_nyc@lists.wikimedia.org