Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Press
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Press
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- "[http://www.afrobeatradio.com/academic-professional/2015/4/7/can-black-wikipedia-take-off-like-black-twitter Podcast: Can ‘Black Wikipedia’ Take Off Like ‘Black Twitter’?]" AfrobeatRadio on WBAI 99.5 FM. April 7, 2015.
- Delices, Patrick. "[http://www.blackstarnews.com/money/economy/black-digital-empowerment-through-afrocrowd-workshops.html Black Digital Empowerment Through AfroCROWD Workshops.]" Black Star News. February 5, 2015.
- Allen, Jessica. "[http://newyork.cbslocal.com/top-lists/5-best-eating-and-drinking-events-this-weekend-29/ Best eating and drinking events this weekend.]" CBS News. February 6, 2015.
- Murphy, Carla. "[http://www.colorlines.com/articles/can-black-wikipedia-take-black-twitter Can 'Black Wikipedia' Take Off Like 'Black Twitter'?]" ColorLines. February 4, 2015.
- "[http://www.crowdconsortium.org/afrocrowd-brings-a-diversity-of-voices-to-wikipedia/ Afrocrowd Brings a Diversity of Voices to Wikipedia]." Crowd Consortium. November 9, 2015.
- "[http://www.crowdconsortium.org/video-afrocrowd-works-with-libraries-and-museums-to-improve-representation-on-wikipedia/ Video: Afrocrowd Works With Libraries and Museums to Improve Representation on Wikipedia]." Crowd Consortium. November 23, 2015.
- Solis, Gustavo. "[http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150130/central-harlem/schomburg-center-hosts-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-articles-on-black-culture Schomburg Center Hosts Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon for Articles on Black Culture.]" DNAInfo. January 30, 2015.
- Lewis, Taylor. "[http://www.essence.com/2015/02/03/wikipedia-getting-lesson-black-history?hootPostID=800b99bf8ed45513b7a5df25e6a73e80 Wikipedia Is Getting a Lesson in Black History.]" Essence. February 3, 2015.
- Cassano, Jay. "[http://www.fastcoexist.com/3041572/black-history-matters-so-why-is-wikipedia-missing-so-much-of-it Black History Matters so why is Wikipedia Missing so Much of it.]" FastCompany. January 29, 2015.
- Jean, Fabiola. "[http://haitiantimes.com/afrocrowd-owning-haitian-history-through-digital-empowerment-10342/ AfroCrowd: Owning Haitian History Through Digital Empowerment.]" Haitian Times. February 19, 2015.
- Bien-Aime, Daniella. "[http://haitiantimes.com/10-haitian-social-media-influencers-you-should-follow-11583/ 10 Haitian Social Media Influencers You Should Follow]." Haitian Times. June 15, 2015.
- Gebreyes, Rahel. "[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-black-history_n_6598974.html "Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Reinforces The Value Of Digitizing Black History.]" Huffington Post Blackvoices. February 2, 2015.
- Kat. "[http://kreyolicious.com/afrocrowd/17531/ AfroCROWD: The Black Wikipedia For People of African Descent.]" Kreyolicious.
- Gedeon, Kimberly. "[http://madamenoire.com/507426/black-pioneers-wikipedia-black-history-month-edit-thon-will-fill-gaps/ Where are the Black Pioneers on Wikipedia? A Black History Edit-a-thon will fill in the gaps.]" MadameNoire. January 30, 2015
- McCalister, Jared. "[http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/black-history-month-2015-schedule-events-article-1.2104072 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. "[http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/march-discussion-organized-wake-labor-day-violence-article-1.2358474 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.
- "[http://ourtimepress.com/?p=16012 For African Americans, New Crowdsourcing Initiative Offers Digital Opportunity to Tell Stories Accurately, Reveal Stories Untold.]" Our Time Press. February 3, 2015.
- Allum, Cynthia. "[http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/02/29/women-leading-movements-to-champion-equality-on-wikipedia/ 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. "[http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/rue89-culture/2015/02/04/editathon-rediger-pages-wikipedia-culture-noire-257491 Un éditathon pour rédiger des pages Wikipédia sur la culture noire.]" Rue89. February 4, 2015.
- Prince, Richard. "[http://www.theroot.com/blogs/journalisms/2015/02/black_journalists_fox_s_o_reilly_is_wrong_for_linking_al_jazeera_correspondent.html White Editors, Black Journalists Share Black History Month.]" The Root. February 2, 2015.
- Scott, Roxanne L. "[http://voicesofny.org/2016/02/black-life-matters-editing-in-wiki/ Black Life Matters: Editing in Wiki.]" Voices of New York. February 8, 2016.
- Audio: [https://soundcloud.com/voicesofny/black-life-matters-wikipedia-edit-a-thon Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon]
- Cembalest, Robin. "[http://www.wsj.com/articles/museums-open-up-to-power-of-wiki-1444613033 Museums Open Up to Power of Wiki.]" The Wall Street Journal. October 11, 2015.
- "[http://twi-ny.com/blog/2015/11/06/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-basquiat-still-fly-55/ Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: Basquiat Still Fly @55.]" This Week In New York. November 6, 2015.
- Howard, Dorothy. "[https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps.]" Wikimedia Blog. February 24, 2015.
- Grigas, Victor and Ed Erhart. "[http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/21/blacklifematters-edit-a-thon/ #BlackLifeMatters edit-a-thon bolsters Wikipedia’s coverage of black history.]" Wikimedia Blog. February 21, 2016.
- Gamaliel. "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2015-10-14#WikiConference_report WikiConference Report: US gathering sees speeches from Andrew Lih, AfroCrowd, and the Archivist of the United States.]" The Signpost. October, 14, 2015.
= Storify =
- [https://storify.com/kiskeacity/afrocrowd-kickoff AfroCROWD Kickoff] on February 7–8, 2015.
- [https://storify.com/kiskeacity/afrocrowd-at-wikimania-2015-mexico-city AfroCROWD] @ Wikimania [https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania 2015] on July 15–19, 2015.
= Video =
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFan0QnzH50 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
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZZtRQPYip4 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 Kickoff Attendees.jpg|AfroCROWD
AfroCROWD Kickoff attendees
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
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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
HaitiCROWD editathon 1.jpg|HaitiCROWD
Editathon participants
March 14, 2015
@ Brooklyn Public Library
File:WikiDay 2015 - Plenary Session 2.jpg|Wikipedia Day NYC 2015
Plenary 2 with AfroCROWD
March 22, 2015
@ Barnard College
Mother Tongues United Panel 2.jpg|Mother Tongues United Workshop
Organized by [http://www.haitiancreoleinstitute.com/ Haitian Creole Language Institute]
- Quechua, Haitian Creole, Garifuna
March 25, 2015
AfrolatinoCROWD at BPL.jpg|AfroLatinoCROWD
April 12, 2015
@ Brooklyn Public Library
Richard at BPL Africrowd 2015-05-31 jeh.jpg|AfricaCROWD
User:Pharos (right) helps a new editor (left)
May 15, 2015
@ Brooklyn Public Library
Black Lunch Table Editathon MoMA July 2015 101.jpg|Black Lunch Table
Event flyer
July 13, 2015
@ MoMA
Black Lunch Table Editathon MoMA July 2015 102.jpg|Black Lunch Table
Wikipedia editing
July 13, 2015
@ MoMA
Black Lunch Table Editathon MoMA July 2015 103.jpg|Black Lunch Table
Training
July 13, 2015
@ MoMA
Black Lunch Table Editathon MoMA July 2015 104.jpg|Black Lunch Table
Group shot
July 13, 2015
@ MoMA
Black Lunch Table Editathon MoMA July 2015 105.jpg|Black Lunch Table
Editors hard at work
July 13, 2015
@ MoMA
Black Lunch Table Editathon MoMA July 2015 106.jpg|Black Lunch Table
Editing Wikipedia
July 13, 2015
@ MoMA
Black Lunch Table Editathon MoMA July 2015 11.jpg|Black Lunch Table
Wine & cheese on balcony
July 13, 2015
@ MoMA
Black Lunch Table Editathon MoMA July 2015 12.jpg|Black Lunch Table
Wine & cheese on balcony
July 13, 2015
@ MoMA
Black Lunch Table Editathon MoMA July 2015 13.jpg|Black Lunch Table
Balcony view 1
July 13, 2015
@ MoMA
Black Lunch Table Editathon MoMA July 2015 14.jpg|Black Lunch Table
Balcony view 2
July 13, 2015
@ MoMA
QPL Jamaica edit-a-thon AfroCROWD 2015-09-20 01 jeh.JPG|AfroCROWD
Help learning how to edit Wikipedia
September 21, 2015
@ Queens Public Library
QPL Jamaica edit-a-thon AfroCROWD 2015-09-21 02 jeh.JPG|AfroCROWD
Wikipedia editors
September 21, 2015
@ Queens Public Library
QPL Jamaica edit-a-thon AfroCROWD 2015-09-22 03 jeh.JPG|AfroCROWD
Help learning how to edit Wikipedia
September 21, 2015
@ Queens Public Library
QPL Jamaica edit-a-thon AfroCROWD 2015-09-23 04 jeh.JPG|AfroCROWD
Help learning how to edit Wikipedia
September 21, 2015
@ Queens Public Library
QPL Jamaica edit-a-thon AfroCROWD 2015-09-24 05 jeh.JPG|AfroCROWD
Group shot 1
September 21, 2015
@ Queens Public Library
QPL Jamaica edit-a-thon AfroCROWD 2015-09-25 06 jeh.JPG|AfroCROWD
Group shot 2
September 21, 2015
@ Queens Public Library
QPL Jamaica edit-a-thon AfroCROWD 2015-09-26 07 jeh.JPG|AfroCROWD
Group shot 3
September 21, 2015
@ Queens Public Library
WikiConference USA 2015 390.JPG|Alice Backer (left) and Sherry Antoine (right)
@ [http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/2015/Main_Page WikiConference USA 2015]
AfroCROWD Film BPL.jpg|Black Film Editathon: AfroCROWD
December 13, 2015
@ Brooklyn Public Library
12-2015-AfroCROWD-BlackFilm-BPL 01.jpg|Black Film Editathon:
AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
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AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
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AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
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AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
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AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
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AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
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AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
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AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
12-2015-AfroCROWD-BlackFilm-BPL 09.jpg|Black Film Editathon:
AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
2016 02 AfroCROWD Black Life Matters Schomburg Center Editathon.png|Attendees at AfroCROWD Black Life Matters Schomburg Center Editathon
Logos
Afrocrowd logo.jpg|AfroCROWD
AfricaCROWD.jpg|AfricaCROWD
AfrolatinoCROWD, an AfroCROWD event.PNG|AfroLatinoCROWD
AfroCROWD HaitiCROWD logo.JPG|HaitiCROWD
Wikimedia New York City (NYC version) logo.svg|Wikimedia NYC
Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|Wikimedia New York City
Partner logos
[MORE COMPLETE LIST TO COME]
Black Lunch Table logo.JPG|BLT
File:Brooklyn Public Library logo.svg|Brooklyn Public Library
Joan Mitchell Foundation logo black.png|[http://joanmitchellfoundation.org/ Joan Mitchell Foundation]
StudioMuseumHarlem.png|Studio Museum in Harlem
Moma-1-logo.jpg|MoMA
Presentations
- April 12, 2015: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19UQRXAr6CLx2xWgREibo55gfRCA5BKusbfpZhGFbQ-k/edit?usp=sharing Ennegrecer la Wikipedia] @ Brooklyn Public Library by [http://negracubanateniaqueser.com/ Msc. Sandra Abd´Allah-Alvarez Ramírez]
- [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoría:Afrocubanos Categoría:Afrocubanos]
- [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoría:Cubanos_de_ascendencia_española Categoría:Cubanos de ascendencia española]
- [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Escritores_de_Cuba#A Anexo:Escritores de Cuba]
- May 17, 2015: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Le_tnFU4LF74I0d65twtp8K1pUj3S8jjup3m-6O_ai0/edit#slide=id.p AfroCROWD Black Lunch Table editathon] @ Studio Museum in Harlem
- May 31, 2015: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LGgnA9JxeTsVkyzUITegsWOLkRguZxs5HENpQtOMAJA/edit?usp=sharing AfroCROWD: A Call to Action] @ Afrobeat Radio Left Forum Panel by Alice Backer
- June 20, 2015: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zcFK8v5o83ovehovtgHUhimi2AmWG1A3uRZwui-SIkQ/edit?usp=sharing AfroCROWD: Training the Trainers] by Alice Backer @ Brooklyn Public Library
- July 13, 2015: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_dFnloZVaiHnzPSjzXJuN45O8FNHnT8DMSYYUGTtf_Y/edit#slide=id.p AfroCROWD MOMA/Black LunchTable] by Alice Backer @ Black Lunch Table
- November 17, 2015: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sdLflYluwEger9p7XDNc67s1pQY4JWhqdXhBMgtUm2M/edit AfroCROWD New Orleans/Black Lunch Table] by Alice Backer @ Black Lunch Table New Orleans @ Joan Mitchell Center
Videos
= Presentations =
- [http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/2015/Schedule 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: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkHbg9V5wnI&t=0h11m50s "AfroCROWD — Bridging the Multicultural Gap"]
= Google Hangouts =
- February 7 and February 8, 2015: AfroCROWD Kickoff
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6T--F1KhJ4 AfroCROWD - Intro to Wikimedia & How to Edit Wikipedia 101 @ Brooklyn Public Library, 1/2]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld7eD7mYt9k AfroCROWD - Intro to Wikimedia & How to Edit Wikipedia 101 @ Brooklyn Public Library, 2/2]
- April 12, 2015: AfroLatinoCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
- [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AfrocrowdOrgWiki/posts Google+]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kj1VlYoZNw YouTube of Google Hangout]
- Note: Program starts at minute 20
= Livestream =
- March 22, 2015: Wikipedia Day NYC 2015
- [http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc15/videos/81273224 Panel Session B: Editathons and Cultural Engagement]
- [http://isoc-ny.org/ 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: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5zYI0w1cF0 Schomburg Center Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon] from [http://innovationtrail.org/post/wikipedia-editing-workshops-aim-increase-black-history-content Innovation Trail]
:::* Jacqueline Mabey (talk) - Independent Curator & Art Worker; one of founders of [http://art.plusfeminism.org/ Art+Feminism] , see Art+Feminism Meetup page
::::Recent event: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism/MoMA 2015
::::Video: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Art_%2B_Feminism_Edit-a-thon_at_the_Museum_of_Modern_Art_March_7,_2015.webm Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon at the Museum of Modern Art March 7, 2015]
::::Training videos: [http://www.artandfeminism.org/editing-kit/ Art+Feminism] training videos that includes "Introduction to Editing Wikipedia Lesson Plan," "Intermediate Level Lesson Plan"
:::::See also [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfJqLh2xfJMIwwf2NiT6eJg/videos Art+Feminism's YouTube channel], which has more training videos
External links
{{commons category|AfroCROWD}}
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Kickoff AfroCROWD] (main page)
- [https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paj_Prensipal Wikipedia] - Haitian Creole
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd AfroCROWD Meetup - NYC] (main events page)
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/HaitiCROWD HaitiCROWD Meetup - NYC]
- [http://www.afrocrowd.org/ AfroCROWD] (official website)
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC Wikipedia Meetup - NYC] (main events page)
- [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City Wikimedia New York City]