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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

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

Logos

Partner logos

[MORE COMPLETE LIST TO COME]

Presentations

April 12, 2015: Ennegrecer la Wikipedia @ Brooklyn Public Library by Msc. Sandra Abd´Allah-Alvarez Ramírez
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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to AfroCROWD.

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

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