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BlackLifeMatters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in Harlem, New York City, February 6, 2016

Press

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• "Podcast: Can ‘Black Wikipedia’ Take Off Like ‘Black Twitter’?" AfrobeatRadio on WBAI 99.5 FM. April 7, 2015.
• Delices, Patrick. "Black Digital Empowerment Through AfroCROWD Workshops." Black Star News. February 5, 2015.
• Allen, Jessica. "Best eating and drinking events this weekend." CBS News. February 6, 2015.
• Murphy, Carla. "Can 'Black Wikipedia' Take Off Like 'Black Twitter'?" ColorLines. February 4, 2015.
• "Afrocrowd Brings a Diversity of Voices to Wikipedia." Crowd Consortium. November 9, 2015.
• "Video: Afrocrowd Works With Libraries and Museums to Improve Representation on Wikipedia." Crowd Consortium. November 23, 2015.
• Solis, Gustavo. "Schomburg Center Hosts Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon for Articles on Black Culture." DNAInfo. January 30, 2015.
• Lewis, Taylor. "Wikipedia Is Getting a Lesson in Black History." Essence. February 3, 2015.
• Cassano, Jay. "Black History Matters so why is Wikipedia Missing so Much of it." FastCompany. January 29, 2015.
• Jean, Fabiola. "AfroCrowd: Owning Haitian History Through Digital Empowerment." Haitian Times. February 19, 2015.
• Bien-Aime, Daniella. "10 Haitian Social Media Influencers You Should Follow." Haitian Times. June 15, 2015.
• Gebreyes, Rahel. ""Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Reinforces The Value Of Digitizing Black History." Huffington Post Blackvoices. February 2, 2015.
• Kat. "AfroCROWD: The Black Wikipedia For People of African Descent." Kreyolicious.
• Gedeon, Kimberly. "Where are the Black Pioneers on Wikipedia? A Black History Edit-a-thon will fill in the gaps." MadameNoire. January 30, 2015
• McCalister, Jared. "BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2015 : New York celebrates African-American culture and heritage with an abundance of events." New York Daily News. February 5, 2015.
• McCallister, Jared. "CARIBBEAT: Panel discussion, 'Peace' march — and novels — targeting gun violence in New York City: Free Wikipedia Training." New York Daily News. September 13, 2015.
• Wortham, Jenna. "How an Archive of the Internet Could Change History." The New York Times. June 21, 2016. Accessed May 04, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/magazine/how-an-archive-of-the-internet-could-change-history.html.
• "For African Americans, New Crowdsourcing Initiative Offers Digital Opportunity to Tell Stories Accurately, Reveal Stories Untold." Our Time Press. February 3, 2015.
• Allum, Cynthia. "Women leading movements to champion equality on Wikipedia: Frustrated by Wikipedia’s male-dominated culture, women are spearheading efforts to record history fairly, and take control of their own stories." The New York Times. February 29, 2016.
• Noisette, Thierry. "Un éditathon pour rédiger des pages Wikipédia sur la culture noire." Rue89. February 4, 2015.
• Prince, Richard. "White Editors, Black Journalists Share Black History Month." The Root. February 2, 2015.
• Scott, Roxanne L. "Black Life Matters: Editing in Wiki." Voices of New York. February 8, 2016.
  • Audio: Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
• Cembalest, Robin. "Museums Open Up to Power of Wiki." The Wall Street Journal. October 11, 2015.
• "Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: Basquiat Still Fly @55." This Week In New York. November 6, 2015.
• Howard, Dorothy. "Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps." Wikimedia Blog. February 24, 2015.
• Grigas, Victor and Ed Erhart. "#BlackLifeMatters edit-a-thon bolsters Wikipedia’s coverage of black history." Wikimedia Blog. February 21, 2016.
• Gamaliel. "WikiConference Report: US gathering sees speeches from Andrew Lih, AfroCrowd, and the Archivist of the United States." The Signpost. October, 14, 2015.

Storify

• AfroCROWD Kickoff on February 7–8, 2015.
• AfroCROWD @ Wikimania 2015 on July 15–19, 2015.

Video

• AfroCROWD at the Brooklyn Public Library on October 25, 2015. Video by Crowd Consortium.
• AfroCROWD at Black Life Matters / Black WikiHistory Month at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on February 6, 2016
• AfroCROWD, Crowdsourcing on Wikimedia on BK Live, March 8, 2016. Video by BRIC TV.

AfroCROWD outreach events

• Friday, October 30, 2015: Symposium on Haitian Creole Language and Culture / “Kreyòl: Lang Transfòmasyon, Lang Liberasyon Ayiti”
  • Panel presentation at Brooklyn College

Galleries

Event photos

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  AfroCROWD
  AfroCROWD Kickoff attendees
  February 7 and 8, 2015
  @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  AfroCROWD
  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
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  February 7 and 8, 2015
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  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
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  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
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  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
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  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
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  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
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  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
  @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
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  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
  @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
  @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  AfroCROWD
  AfroCROWD Kickoff
  February 7 and 8, 2015
  @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  HaitiCROWD
  Editathon participants
  March 14, 2015
  @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  Wikipedia Day NYC 2015
  Plenary 2 with AfroCROWD
  March 22, 2015
  @ Barnard College
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  Mother Tongues United Workshop
  Organized by Haitian Creole Language Institute
  - Quechua, Haitian Creole, Garifuna
  March 25, 2015
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  AfroLatinoCROWD
  April 12, 2015
  @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  AfricaCROWD
  User:Pharos (right) helps a new editor (left)
  May 15, 2015
  @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  Black Lunch Table
  Event flyer
  July 13, 2015
  @ MoMA
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  Black Lunch Table
  Wikipedia editing
  July 13, 2015
  @ MoMA
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  Black Lunch Table
  Training
  July 13, 2015
  @ MoMA
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  Black Lunch Table
  Group shot
  July 13, 2015
  @ MoMA
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  Black Lunch Table
  Editors hard at work
  July 13, 2015
  @ MoMA
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  Black Lunch Table
  Editing Wikipedia
  July 13, 2015
  @ MoMA
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  Black Lunch Table
  Wine & cheese on balcony
  July 13, 2015
  @ MoMA
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  Black Lunch Table
  Wine & cheese on balcony
  July 13, 2015
  @ MoMA
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  Black Lunch Table
  Balcony view 1
  July 13, 2015
  @ MoMA
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  Black Lunch Table
  Balcony view 2
  July 13, 2015
  @ MoMA
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  AfroCROWD
  Help learning how to edit Wikipedia
  September 21, 2015
  @ Queens Public Library
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  AfroCROWD
  Wikipedia editors
  September 21, 2015
  @ Queens Public Library
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  AfroCROWD
  Help learning how to edit Wikipedia
  September 21, 2015
  @ Queens Public Library
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  AfroCROWD
  Help learning how to edit Wikipedia
  September 21, 2015
  @ Queens Public Library
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  AfroCROWD
  Group shot 1
  September 21, 2015
  @ Queens Public Library
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  AfroCROWD
  Group shot 2
  September 21, 2015
  @ Queens Public Library
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  AfroCROWD
  Group shot 3
  September 21, 2015
  @ Queens Public Library
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  Alice Backer (left) and Sherry Antoine (right)
  @ WikiConference USA 2015
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  Black Film Editathon: AfroCROWD
  December 13, 2015
  @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  Black Film Editathon:
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  Black Film Editathon:
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  Black Film Editathon:
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  Black Film Editathon:
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  Black Film Editathon:
  AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  Black Film Editathon:
  AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
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  Attendees at AfroCROWD Black Life Matters Schomburg Center Editathon

Logos

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  AfroCROWD
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  AfricaCROWD
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  AfroLatinoCROWD
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  HaitiCROWD
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  Wikimedia NYC
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  Wikimedia New York City

Partner logos

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  BLT
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  Brooklyn Public Library
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  Joan Mitchell Foundation
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  Studio Museum in Harlem
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  MoMA

Presentations

• April 12, 2015: Ennegrecer la Wikipedia @ Brooklyn Public Library by Msc. Sandra Abd´Allah-Alvarez Ramírez
  • Categoría:Afrocubanos
  • Categoría:Cubanos de ascendencia española
  • Anexo:Escritores de Cuba
• May 17, 2015: AfroCROWD Black Lunch Table editathon @ Studio Museum in Harlem
• May 31, 2015: AfroCROWD: A Call to Action @ Afrobeat Radio Left Forum Panel by Alice Backer
• June 20, 2015: AfroCROWD: Training the Trainers by Alice Backer @ Brooklyn Public Library
• July 13, 2015: AfroCROWD MOMA/Black LunchTable by Alice Backer @ Black Lunch Table
• November 17, 2015: AfroCROWD New Orleans/Black Lunch Table by Alice Backer @ Black Lunch Table New Orleans @ Joan Mitchell Center

Videos

Presentations

• WikiConference USA: Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 10:30 am at the National Archives' McGowan Theatre in Washington, DC
  • Alice Backer of AfroCROWD keynote presentation: "AfroCROWD — Bridging the Multicultural Gap"

Google Hangouts

• February 7 and February 8, 2015: AfroCROWD Kickoff
  • AfroCROWD - Intro to Wikimedia & How to Edit Wikipedia 101 @ Brooklyn Public Library, 1/2
  • AfroCROWD - Intro to Wikimedia & How to Edit Wikipedia 101 @ Brooklyn Public Library, 2/2
• April 12, 2015: AfroLatinoCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
  • Google+
  • YouTube of Google Hangout
    • Note: Program starts at minute 20

Livestream

• March 22, 2015: Wikipedia Day NYC 2015
  • Panel Session B: Editathons and Cultural Engagement
  • Livestream is courtesy of Internet Society (ISOC-NY) – Thank you!

Panel Session B: Editathons and Cultural Engagement, moderated by User:Kosboot

• Alice Backer (talk) - founder of AfroCROWD

Recent event: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd

• Maira Liriano (talk) - Associate Chief Librarian, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Recent event: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Black Life Matters Editathon

Video: Schomburg Center Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon from Innovation Trail

• Jacqueline Mabey (talk) - Independent Curator & Art Worker; one of founders of Art+Feminism , see Art+Feminism Meetup page

Recent event: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism/MoMA 2015

Video: Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon at the Museum of Modern Art March 7, 2015

Training videos: Art+Feminism training videos that includes "Introduction to Editing Wikipedia Lesson Plan," "Intermediate Level Lesson Plan"

See also Art+Feminism's YouTube channel, which has more training videos

External links

• AfroCROWD (main page)
• Wikipedia - Haitian Creole
• AfroCROWD Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• HaitiCROWD Meetup - NYC
• AfroCROWD (official website)
• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• Wikimedia New York City