DC Statehood and Home Rule Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

The lack of resources about DC’s fight for representation means that every day, Wikipedia users are missing the chance to learn about the key people, organizations, and moments in the history of Home Rule and the fight for DC Statehood.

This is your chance to help educate others about this history. Join the DC History Center and Wikimedia for an edit-a-thon focusing on this central story of Washington, DC. Create and edit pages for activists including: Julius Wilson Hobson, Sr., Josephine Dorothy Butler, Hilda Howland M. Mason, Hector Rodriguez, and Anise Jenkins, as well as organizations including DC Statehood Party, Stand Up for Democracy / Free DC, DC Statehood Coalition, Veterans United for DC Statehood, and Students for D.C. Statehood.

Anyone and everyone interested in learning how to edit Wikipedia is welcome to attend, regardless of experience or background. Wikimedia DC will provide training for new editors, while experienced editors can start editing right away.

The DC History Center will not only help identify citable secondary resources but will share materials from the collection for you to explore. This program is a great fit for experienced editors, DC history enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a new, useful hobby. Attendees will get to meet other editors and take an exclusive look at the DC History Center collections.

Laptops are required. Please being your own.

When

November 5, 2022 10:30am - 1:00pm (Note new date)

Registration

Register.

This is for use on the day of the event.

1) Select 'Sign in'

2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes' or 'Save changes'.

Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

See Article Quality Assessment Scale for more about article ratings PLEASE USE THIS GOOGLE SHEET TO RESERVE ARTICLES before beginning to edit

Helpful sources:

• DC History Lib guide/Resource guide

For creation

• 1982 Constitutional Convention [1] [2] [3] [4]
• Héctor Rodríguez (activist) [5] [6]
• Lou Aronica (activist) [7] [8] [9]
• Greater Washington Urban League [10]
• 51 for 51 [11] [12] [13]
• DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice [14] [15] [16][DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice] [17]
• DC Statehood Coalition
• Draft:Iowans for DC Statehood
• Arturo Griffiths
• League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia
• Planned Parenthood-Metropolitan Washington
• Draft:Students for D.C. Statehood
• Veterans for D.C Statehood
• Americans for Self-Rule
• D.C Statehood - Yes We Can!
• Neighbors United for DC Statehood
• DC Vote
• Mayors of District of Columbia

Stub

• Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition

Start

• Sam Smith (journalist)
• Woman's National Democratic Club
• D.C. Statehood Green Party
• Carlos Manuel Rosario

C

• J. Edward Guinan
• Josephine Butler (activist)
• Anise Jenkins
• Hilda Mason
• Mario Van Peebles
• Barbara Lett-Simmons
• Eric Cervini
• Walter Fauntroy
• Walter Washington
• Clifford K. Berryman

B

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• District of Columbia voting rights
• District of Columbia statehood movement
• District of Columbia voting rights

GA

• Julius Hobson
• Frank Kameny

FA

• Marion Barry

Additional DC-related topics

• Loretta Carter Hanes [18]

• DC History Lib guide/Resource guide

• Search all WikiProjects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red

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