User:Livingserendipity/sandbox

Notes For Improving
I have made major edits on the article already. Feel free to check the edit history on the article to see the changes that I have made.

I am working on corresponding with a figure in the movement via their contact email on their website. www.blackfeministfuture.org. We are discussing providing a timeline of events for the movement. As well as more information on the founders of the movement.

I would like help on information that you would like to know about the movement. Any questions that may not be answered by the entry. What is working for me is really asking myself Who, what, where, when, why, I greatly appreciate your input.

Livingserendipity (talk) 19:12, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

~

History
The feminism symbol

Black Feminist Future is a community initiative formed by members of the African American feminist community, with the aim of amplifying the power of black women and girls in community organizing and online engagement. The group was formed in reaction to the aftermath of a police shooting at Ferguson, Missouri in 2014.

In the aftermath of the shooting of Korryn Gaines, Black Feminist Future urged people across the country to build altars to honor black women.

Initiatives
In wake of the 2016 United States Presidential election, the group launched an initiative named "Freedom Dreams: Black Feminist Visioning Our Political Future". The initiative includes making "visioning salons" to build vision and movement that centers the African-American feminist lives. The aim is affecting politics and revising the laws which are believed to incorporate racial discrimination.

Black Feminist Future is launching an organizing school in 2018 where they will provides resources for new Black feminists to analyze, train, and organize their own events and movements.

People
Jessica Byrd, founder of Three Point Strategies, a firm dedicated to recruiting more people of color to run for public office, is a board member of Black Feminist Future.

 Black Feminist Future 

*They want to build altars to honor black women.

Initiatives
Take this information, sum it up and add the references back to the black feminist future website

The goals of the Black Feminist Organizing School are: (Does it automatically add to the bottom of the page?)


 * To deepen and strengthen the consciousness, analysis, and organizing capacity of Black feminist leaders engaged in movement/social change work
 * To provide a space for study, training, and engagement around key concepts such as black feminist thought, intersectionality, what is power, what is organizing and organizing with a Black feminist lens, gender and sexuality, and beyond
 * To develop and/or sharpen practical organizing skills that will strengthen participants own ability organizing and base building work that centers Black feminisms

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? There is no clear link between Ferguson and the beginning of the movement, need to show that connection.

Is there anything that distracted you? Very bare bones, the sections need to connect more

Is the article neutral? '''Article is neutral, but does explain why feminist felt that they should be involved after Ferguson. Which events after Ferguson made them want to create this movement?'''

Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No bias is shown

Are there viewpoints that are over represented, or underrepresented? '''Completely underrepresented information, I am still unclear on what this organization is according to the wiki page. Their website is more clear.'''

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? Find information in connection to "Freedom Dreams 2016", and provide a credible link.

The links work. I am just not sure how credible the 2 sources are,especially since they are over 5 years old.

Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?

Where does the information come from?

Are these neutral sources?

If biased, is that bias noted? '''There are great references in the talk page that I will begin my research with. The article itself seems like an afterthought, the Talk page is where a lot of useful information can be found to expand this article.'''

'''This article is very bare bones. There is a brief definition, without any real examples.'''

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? The sources are over 2 years old, so there may be more relevant sources to expand upon this stub article.

Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? '''One user asked what happened to the page. I am wondering if prior information was removed (look into the edits).'''

How is the article rated? '''Still finding out how to find the rating? It is a stub article if that is what they mean?'''

Is it a part of any Wiki Projects? Part of 4 wiki projects (African diaspora, sociology, politics, united states)

How does the way Wikipedia discuss this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? '''It is written pretty close to our class discussions. It is attempting to inform, it is just missing a lot of linking information to what it really is).'''

We have talked about the issues of intersectionality in class, it would be more helpful to use more relevant examples to show the class that these issues exist today, and not just in the past when the movement began.

Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Livingserendipity (talk) 05:44, 21 February 2018 (UTC).

~