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AfroCrowd Presents: Intro to Wikimedia and How to Edit Wikipedia

When and Where
Date:	February 7 and February 8, 2015 March 7, 2015
Time:	12:30pm-3pm (Sat), 1-3:30pm (Sun)
Address:	10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NYC

Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) Kickoff Editathons

Afrocrowd is is a new initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent who actively partake in the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements. The workshops are open to all Afrodescendants including but not limited to individuals who self-identify as African, African-American, Afro-Latino, Biracial, Black, Black-American, Caribbean, Garifuna, Haitian or West Indian.

Articles created/improved through AfroCROWD to date

#Afrocrowd Kickoff Hashtag and Livestream

Please see #Afrocrowd hashtag on Twitter for very detailed live tweeting of Day 1 (Feb7th) presentations and discussions.

Livestream of Day 1 is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6T--F1KhJ4

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Kickoff Event Details

• Date: Saturday, February 7 and Sunday, February 8, 2015
• Time: 12:30-3PM Saturday and 1-3:30PM Sunday
• Location: The Brooklyn Public Library, NYC
• Find us at: 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NYC

In the News

For Blacks, New ‪Afrocrowd‬ Initiative Offers Opportunity to Tell Stories | Our Time Press http://ourtimepress.com/?p=16012

Can ‘Black Wikipedia’ Take Off Like ‘Black Twitter’? | ColorLines http://fw.to/o0EyciH

Black Digital Empowerment Through AfroCROWD workshops | Black Star News http://www.blackstarnews.com/money/economy/black-digital-empowerment-through-afrocrowd-workshops.html

AfroCrowd: The Black Wikipedia For People of African Descent | Kreyolicious http://kreyolicious.com/afrocrowd/17531/

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Black WikiHistory Month

This event is a part of Black WikiHistory Month - a wiki-coordinated program of article writing, image/picture creating, events and edit-a-thons focused on Black history in the United States and worldwide, working with WikiProject African diaspora and related projects. In February 2015 BHM is being celebrated for the first time in the USA in association with the United States' Black History Month.

More Black WikiHistory Month Events

• New York City - "Black WikiHistory Month Weekend NYC"
  • Black Life Matters Editathon @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Feb 7)
• Nashville - Our Story Matters Editathon @ Nashville Public Library (Feb 7)
• Westchester County, New York, Black Life Matters Edit-a-thon @ Purchase College Library, Purchase College, SUNY (Feb. 7, 12pm-5pm)
• Washington DC
  • NPR (Feb 24)
  • Howard University (to be confirmed - Feb 19)

Sign up for Kickoff event

Register for the event on Eventbrite if you plan to attend in-person. If you are able, please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, please create an account using the link in the upper right hand corner prior to the event date. We will provide some training at the event for first-time editors.

Kickoff Weekend Participants

If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.

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