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May 2017 Opportunities

Learn to edit Wikipedia at this exciting event
What: AfroCROWD Wikipedia Seminar at the
Brooklyn Library Skillshare

When:Saturday, May 13, 2017, 2:15 PM – 5:00 PM
Where: The Brooklyn Central Library Balcony Conference Room
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238

You are invited to this month's AfroCROWD Wikipedia Seminar at the Brooklyn 
Library Skillshare. We will join this festive, all day event that will attract 
makers and innovators in the New York City area for a day of learning. The 
event runs from 10am-6pm. Join us in the Balcony Conference Room to learn about 
the world of Wikimedia and how to edit Wikipedia. You can also join us to 
improve your Wikipedia editing skills and meet other Wikipedians.
As always, each of our events are free. All levels of Wikipedia exposure and 
languages are welcome. Wikipedia coaches will be on hand to help.

*While a limited amount of laptops are available, please bring a laptop if you 
can and [5] register for a Wikipedia account ahead of the event.
[6] Learn more about the BPL Skillshare
Other Happenings

[The Black Lunch Table (BLT)project will host an edit-a-thon in conjunction 
with [7] Telling Untold Historiesunconference at [8] Rutgers University- Newark 
from 2:10pm - 3:25pm on Thursday, May 11, 2017. Join BLT for a workshop of 
social Wikipedia editing! A training session will be held, but help is 
available throughout the event. Register for the conference, BRING YOUR LAPTOP 
and feel free to bring a friend!
[9] Click here to Sign up]
AfroCROWD is a proud supporter of the Haiti Film Festtaking place all this 
weekend May 11-14th.Head to [10] haiticulturalx.org/haitifilmfest2017for more 
information.
Wikimania 2017
Join us! August 9-13, 2017 in Montréal, Canada.

Wikimania 2017, the 13th annual international conference of the Wikimedia 
movement, is being held August 9-13, 2017 in Montréal, Canada. This is an 
action packed, fun, global conference of all things Wikipedia that is open to 
the public. Each year the conference is held in a new country. This year, we 
are happy to have it in our back yard.

Whether you actively edit Wikipedia, mostly enjoy reading the content, have 
thought of doing more with Wikipedia, or are just curious about the free 
knowledge movement, Wikimania is for you. Learn more about [11] [12] Wikimania 
2017 here.More registration information coming soon.

WikiConference North America 2017

We are pleased to announce that [13] WikiConference North America 2017will be 
held in Montrealon Wednesdayand Thursday, August 9-10thas a pre-conference to 
Wikimania(Friday-Sunday August 11-13th).August 9-10 in Montreal, Canada

Wednesday, August 9th:Culture Crawl at various cultural institutions in 
Montreal. Focus: galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and monuments.
Thursday, August 10th:This day will be full of programming, with a keynote, 
tracks, and lightning talks followed by the official Wikimania kick-off 
receptionthat evening at the conference venue, Le Centre Sheraton Montreal.

Interested in providing feedback and helping make WikiConference great? We've 
set up a [14] quick feedback formfor you to send us your ideas; also feel free 
to e-mail us at [15] [email protected].

For more info head to: [16] Website- [17] Twitter- [18] Facebook

Don't miss the Wiki-Train!

On August 8, Wikimedia New York Cityis planning a [19] Adirondack Wiki-Train 
Ride, a special pre-conference train ride from New York City to Montreal. This 
is a day-long train trip mostly through the beautiful Upstate New York 
countryside (8:15 am - 7:11pm). If you are interested in attending, [20] check 
out the event page and sign up!

We are also working on getting low cost [21] [22] accomodationfor the 
conference. Right now they are as low as $40/night. Stay tuned.

Sign up for
Wiki Wednesdays

Have Wikipedia questions? Want to meet other Wikipedia editors in a relaxed 
town hall type of setting? Join us for Wiki Wednesdays, the [23] Wikimedia New 
York City Chaptermonthly meetings. All are welcome. Food is provided. [24] 
Click here to Sign up.

Recent Events

Wikimedia Conference, Berlin

Congrats to our Alice Backer, who attended the annual Wikimedia Conference in 
Berlin, Germany last month as a delegate representative of Wikimedia New York 
CIty where she is a vice president. The event is a coming together of Wikimedia 
community leaders from around the world to, among other topics, strategize the 
future of Wikipedia. [Images: Top left: Alice Backer (center) stands with 
African Wikipedians at Wikimedia Con. Top right: Group photo by Wikipedian 
Jason Krüger of Wikimedia Con 2017 attendees taken in Berlin Germany.]

Wikipedia Med is everywhere!

AfroCROWD was pleased to join the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and 
Columbia University's School of International Public Administration (SIPA)for 
two events focused on Wikipedia in the medical community. At Icahn Mount Sinai 
we delved into the contributions of women and people of African descent in 
medical history and at Columbia, we witnessed the launch of a device that will 
bring offline medical information to doctors and medical professionals working 
in rural areas around the developing world using Kiwix, Wikimedia technology. 
Exciting suff that may save lives.

Images:Top: The group at our Blacks In Medicine Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the 
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Great event. Right:The Internet in a 
Box Kiwix Offline device as presented at Columbia SIPA.

Join the Global Wikipedia Community today with AfroCROWD!

[25] Click here to get a Wikipedia Account!
For more up to the minute info on AfroCROWD and other Wiki events, click here 
to follow us on [26] Twitter[27] @AfroCROWDItand on [28] Facebookand [29] 
Instagram [30] @AfroCROWD and click below to share!
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If you have editing ideas, or are looking to
partner with AfroCROWD for a coming event,
please contact us today:

Founder, Executive Director - Alice Backer- [35] [email protected]

Program Manager, Public Outreach - Sherry Antoine, MPA: [36] 
[email protected]

Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD)is an initiative which 
seeks to increase the number of people of African Descents who actively partake 
in the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements. Since its 
launch during Black Wiki History Month in 2015, AfroCROWD has sensitized 
thousands in its target audience about free culture crowdsourcing and the need 
to close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia. AfroCROWD has also 
held monthly multilingual edit-a-thons in partnership with renowned cultural 
institutions, museums, galleries, educators, libraries, and archives in the New 
York Metro area and beyond. AfroCROWD has also trained future trainers in the 
target community.
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