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Black History Month Editathon in London
Black WikiHistory Month is 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 was being celebrated for the first time in the USA in association with the United States'
Black History Month .
February 2022
February 2021
Where: Online! But registration is required.
Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/CAA_editathon_2021 : BLT @ CAA, NY, NY (online) Feb 13th, 2021
African Americans in STEM edit-a-thon : Washington DC, Sun Feb 21, 2021 and during the ensuing week
Wikipedia:Meetup/Connecticut/BIPOC-In-The Built - February 22-28, 2021
Wikipedia:Meetup/UKY/BlackLivesMatter2021 : Lexington, KY (virtually/online) on Thursday, February 25, 2021
Black Wiki History Month 2021 at New York's Schomburg Center Online with
NYU Los Angeles,
ImageNation Cinema and
AfroCROWD . Guest speaker:
ImageNation Cinema Founder Moikgantsi Kgama 10:30 AM - 2 PM PST / 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM EST on Thursday, February 25, 2021.
Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia Editathon 2021 with
Oregon State University , Education Opportunities Program and
AfroCROWD . Guest speaker:
Spelman College 's
Alexandria Lockett 1:00-5:00 PM PST / 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST on Friday, February 26, 2021.
Black History Month Nigeria 2021 - Celebrating Women Leaders of Africa's Diaspora with
Wikimedia Nigeria and
African Women On Board. and
AfroCROWD . Guest speaker: Author
Lola Akinmade Åkerström 17:30 - 20:00 PM UTC / 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST on Saturday, February 27, 2021.
Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/RutgersFeb2021 :BLT Black History Everyday edit-a-thon, New Brunswick, NJ(online)Feb 28th, 2021
Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto/Black History Edit-A-Thon (February 2021) : Toronto, ON, Canada (online) through February 2021. See event page for facilitated drop-in schedule.
Online
February 2020
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United States
Wikipedia:Meetup/KC_African_American_Artists_2020 , Kansas City, MO (Saturday, February 22, 2020)
Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/InVisibility , New York, NY (Friday, February 21, 2020)
Phenomenal Black Women Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at NYPL Schomburg Center, New York, NY (Saturday, February 22, 2020) with AfroCROWD
Wikipedia:Meetup/Black History Month Edit-a-thon at Diablo Valley College , Pleasant Hill, CA (Thursday, February 20, 2020)
Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Black History Month Wiki-a-thon at Prelinger Library San Francisco, CA (February 9, 2020)
February 2019
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United States
Oregon State University Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon with AfroCROWD at Oregon State University, Oregon February 7 and 8, 2019
Black Lunch Table @ Staten Island Museum Black History Everyday! February 9, 2019
Baltimore Museum of Industry: Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon February 10, 2019
Black New York Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture , New York, NY (Saturday, February 16, 2019)
Smithsonian American Art Museum African American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-thon February 17, 2019
[Carroll University 1]
Evans-Tibbs Archive of African American Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon February 23, 2019
Black Lunch Table + WikiNYC @ BMCC Black History Everyday! February 26, 2019
Nigeria
Online
February 2018
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United States:
Georgetown Slavery Archive Editing Workshop , Washington, D.C. (Friday, February 2, 2018)
Kansas City’s African American Artists , Kansas City, MO (Saturday, February 3, 2018)
Black History Everyday @ MCA Chicago , Chicago, IL (Thursday, February 8, 2018)
Black Lunch Table @ The Triangle Arts Association , New York, NY (Thursday, February 8, 2018)
Black Liberation Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon , Chico, CA (Friday, February 16, 2018)
AfroCROWD Africa and the Diaspora Edit-a-thon @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture , New York, NY (Saturday, February 24, 2018)
Wikipedia:Meetup/Nashville/Vanderbilt Libraries/African American History Month 2018 , Nashville, TN (Wednesday, February 28, 2018)
Worldwide
February 2017
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United States:
African American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) , Minneapolis, MN (Saturday, January 28, 2017)
Wiki≡quality February 2017 , Tampa, FL (Friday, February 10, 2017)
Our Story Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon , Nashville, TN (Saturday, February 11, 2017) – Check out the talk page for a question from Nashville's event!
AfroCROWD African Americans in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Accenture , New York, NY (Friday, February 17, 2017) – part of Accenture NY Metro African American Employee Resource Group (AAERG)
Black-History-Month-edit-a-thon @
Indiana University Bloomington , Bloomington, IN (Saturday, February 18, 2017)
Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/DCPL Black History Month 2017 (February 18, 2017)
Black Lunch Table @ Eastern Washington U , Cheney, WA (Tuesday, February 21, 2017)
Black Lunch Table @ Terrain Gallery , Spokane, WA (Tuesday, February 21, 2017)
Editing as Activism: Black WikiHistory Month Workshop and Edit-a-thon @ University of Washington-Bothell , Bothell, WA (Wednesday-Thursday, February 22-23, 2017)
Black History Month Edit-a-thon @ Tennessee State University 2017 , Nashville, TN (Friday, February 24, 2017)
New York City: Black WikiHistory Month Weekend NYC
AfroCROWD Black Power! 2017 Edition @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture , New York, NY (Saturday, February 25, 2017)
Action=History WikiSalon (February) with AfroCROWD @ Ace Hotel New York , New York, NY (Sunday, February 26, 2017)
Black Lunch Table Black WikiHistory Month @ Creative Capital, NYC , New York, NY (Monday, February 27, 2017)
Worldwide
February 2016
2016 events
Please add your upcoming events to the February 2016 events section and images and outcomes from those events!
United States:
Baltimore, MD -
African American Artists at the Baltimore Museum of Art (Saturday, February 13, 2016)
Cambridge, MA -
Writing Black History @ MIT Libraries (Friday, January 29, 2016)
Charlotte, NC:
Los Angeles, CA -
Black History Matters @ Oviatt Library, CSU Northridge (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)
New York City, NY -
Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon AfroCROWD @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Saturday, February 6, 2016)
Nashville, TN -
Our Story Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Nashville Public Library (Saturday, February 13, 2016)
Omaha, NE -
Black History Month @ Do Space (Saturday, February 20, 2016)
South Bend, IN -
Notre Dame Black Lives Matter Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)
Washington, DC:
United Kingdom
Worldwide
February 2015
2015 events
United States:
United States
Since February 2015,
AfroCROWD has pursued a monthly series of editathons.
Other events in past years:
Europe
Account creation
Wikipedia has a limit on the number of accounts that can be created in a day at one IP address. Encourage attendees of your event to register on Wikipedia prior to coming. Reach out to an administrator via the artandfeminism-organize googlegroups.com email list to get Account Creator permissions prior to your event.
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Gebreyes, Rahel.
"Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Reinforces The Value Of Digitizing Black History," Huffington Post Blackvoices. February 2, 2015.
Lewis, Taylor.
"Wikipedia Is Getting a Lesson in Black History." Essence.com
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Black Digital Empowerment Through AfroCROWD workshops," Black Star News.
AfroCrowd: The Black Wikipedia For People of African Descent