Wikipedia:Meetup/Dalit History Month 2017

• When: Saturday, April 15, 2017, 12pm-4pm
• Where: UC Berkeley School of Information. Room 202, South Hall, Berkeley California, USA ([https://www.google.com/maps/place/Berkeley+School+of+Information/@37.8713583,-122.2585206,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xbf97265611441d9d!8m2!3d37.8713583!4d-122.2585206 map]). It's the red brick building opposite the Campanile (bell tower).
• Who: Anyone interested in improving Wikipedia articles related to Dalit history. Dalits, women, LGBTQI folks, and allies are all welcome to come and learn more about Dalit history and how to edit Wikipedia. Support will be on hand to help you learn during the events.
• How: Just come to the event! During the event, we'll ask you to "enroll" your Wikipedia account so we can keep track of how much amazing Dalit history content everyone creates. [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/DHM/UC_Berkeley_Dalit_History_edit-a-thon?enroll=dhm/ ENROLL ME NOW!] (passcode = dhm)
• Bring: Yourself and a laptop, if you have one -- if not, come anyway! If you have any reference materials (books, articles, etc) on Dalit topics that may be helpful for adding content to Wikipedia, bring those too. We'll supply the snacks and drinks!
• Hashtags: #DalitHistory, #WhoseKnowledge
• Commons category: Dalit History Month 2017/Berkeley

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• When: Saturday, May 20, 2017
• Who: For safety reasons, this event is invitation-only, for Dalits and allies interested in improving Wikipedia articles related to Dalit history. Support will be on hand to help you learn during the events.
• How: Please reach out to wikipediaeditathon@riseup.net to request an invitation and more event details if you'd like to join us!
• Bring: Yourself and a laptop, if you have one -- if not, come anyway! If you have any reference materials (books, articles, etc) on Dalit topics that may be helpful for adding content to Wikipedia, bring those too. We'll supply the snacks and drinks!
• Hashtags: #DalitHistory, #WhoseKnowledge
• Commons category: Dalit History Month 2017/Delhi

• When: Sunday, June 25, 2017, 12pm-4pm
• Where: The Asian American Writers Workshop, New York ([http://aaww.org/contact/ 110-112 West 27 Street, Ste. 600]).
• Who: Anyone interested in improving Wikipedia articles related to Dalit history. Dalits, women, LGBTQI folks, and allies are all welcome to come and learn more about Dalit history and how to edit Wikipedia. Support will be on hand to help you learn during the events.
• How: Just come to the event! During the event, we'll ask you to "enroll" your Wikipedia account so we can keep track of how much amazing Dalit history content everyone creates. [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Dalit_History_Month/DHM_Wikipedia_Editathon_NYC?enroll=DHMNYC/ ENROLL ME NOW!] (passcode = DHMNYC)
• Bring: Yourself and a laptop, if you have one -- if not, come anyway! If you have any reference materials (books, articles, etc) on Dalit topics that may be helpful for adding content to Wikipedia, bring those too. We'll supply the snacks and drinks!
• Hashtags: #DalitHistory, #WhoseKnowledge
• Commons category: Dalit History Month 2017/New York

• Wikipedia tutorials for new editors
• Wikimarkup cheatsheet

• [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6jxZQbPXD4CWHRqUFp1bFVKZmc?usp=sharing/ Google Drive: References for editing Dalit history articles]
• [http://www.mea.gov.in/books-writings-of-ambedkar.htm All volumes of Dr. Ambedkar's writings]

Selected books

• Homo Hierarchicus, The Caste System and its Implications, Louis Dumont
• Riddles in Hinduism, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
• Who Were the Shudras, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
• Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
• [https://archive.org/details/AnnihilationOfCasteDr.B.r.ambedkar Annihilation of Caste], Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
• The Hindus, Wendy Doniger
• On Hinduism, Wendy Doniger
• We Also Made History: Women in the Ambedkarite Movement, Moon, Meenakshi, and Urmila Pawar.
• We Were Adivasis: Aspiration in an Indian Scheduled Tribe, Megan Moody
• Religion and the Creation of Race and Ethnicity: An Introduction, edited by Craig R. Prentiss
• From Bhakti to Buddhism: Ravidas and Ambedkar, Maren Bellwinkel-Schempp
• The Ravi Dasis of Punjab: Global Contours of Caste and Religious Strife, Surinder S. Jodhka
• Women heroes and Dalit assertion in north India: Culture, identity and politics, Narayan, Badri.
• Religious Rebels in the Punjab, The Ad Dharm Challenge to Caste, Mark Juergensmeyer
• Class, Caste, Gender, edited by Manoranjan Mohanty
• God as Political Philosopher: Buddha's Challenge to Brahminism, Kancha Ilaiah
• Post-Hindu India: a discourse in Dalit-Bahujan, socio-spiritual and scientific revolution, Kancha Ilaiah
• Why I Am Not A Hindu: A Sudra Critique of Hindutva Philosophy, Culture and Political Economy, Kancha Ilaiah
• Sexuality and Public Space in India: Reading the Visible, Carmel Christy
• Language of the Dalit Bahujan Movement, Gopal Guru
• Nationalism without a Nation, G. Aloysius

• [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JqesxPzUwCcqgSfYH7mtZWmDn_jvArp9lqZKuEu8T84/edit?usp=sharing List of Wikipedia articles to improve and create] for Berkeley worklist

• [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QWQIgGFL4m2fDdso5Uar-g6x8qHKxKnNxrI0tq50zQM/edit?usp=sharing List of Wikipedia articles to improve and create] for NYC worklist

1. Grace Banu - and an image uploaded!
2. Sumit Baudh - and an image uploaded!
3. Living Smile Vidya

1. P K Rosy - and an image uploaded!
2. Ekalavya
3. Uda Devi
4. Self-Respect Movement
5. Timeline of South Asian and diasporic LGBT history
6. Jyotirao Phule
7. Nangeli
8. Manual scavenging
9. Suicide of Rohith Vemula
10. Eshwari Bai
11. Jhalkaribai
12. Dalit Panthers
13. Nauroti Devi
14. Dalit Muslim
15. Jaipal Singh Munda
16. Madhu_Kinnar
17. Dalit

1. Naanu_Avanalla...Avalu