Wikipedia:Meetup/1000 Women in Religion December 2020

 '''1000 Women in Religion Wikipedia Edit-a-thon December 2020   Hello and welcome!

Event Description
Did you know that only 18% of the biographical subjects and 9% of the editors on Wikipedia are women? WikiProject 1000 Women in Religion is a major initiative of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL) Women's Caucus. The project aims to address the under-recognized work of cis and transgender women in the world's religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions by adding 1,000+ women in religion onto Wikipedia.

At this workshop, which is being held just following the 2020 AAR/SBL annual meeting, participants will sign up as wiki-editors, create their personal user page, learn the basics of editing and make their first wiki-edits. We can also help you to start a new article about a woman who is not on Wikipedia but should be included. Our worklist will focus on: women scholars of religion, especially BIPOC scholars. Participants are also welcome to work on women from any religious, spiritual or wisdom tradition who are not on the worklist. There will be plenty of time for questions and time for hands on assistance. No need to be a technological expert!

Join us in our effort to address gender bias on Wikipedia by improving the coverage of women in religion on Wikipedia.

Event Details

 * Date: Monday, December 14, 2020
 * Time: 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CST (Please note this is Central Time US)
 * Location: ZOOM
 * Who should attend: AAR & SBL Members, religious scholars, conference attendees, area librarians, and area Wikipedians who would like to help us in our effort to improve existing articles and create new articles about women in religion on Wikipedia.
 * Sign up: Sign up on our Dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/AAR_and_SBL_Women's_Caucus/1000_Women_in_Religion_Edit-a-thon?enroll=iqgtsebj
 * Training: Find more information, tutorials and training modules at 1000 Women in Religion Project website.
 * Questions? For more information, and to receive the zoom link, contact Colleen  or Polly.

Agenda

 * Introductions
 * What is the “1000 Women in Religion Project”?
 * Systemic bias on Wikipedia
 * Is everybody signed up as a Wiki-editor?
 * Training on basic editing
 * Questions
 * Develop an editing plan
 * Open editing, as time allows

Goals: Create user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, sign up for edit-a-thon on the 1000 Women in Religion Wikipedia Meetup page, make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page.

Before you arrive

 * Let us know you are coming
 * Signup on the 1000 Women in Religion Dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/AAR_and_SBL_Women's_Caucus/1000_Women_in_Religion_Edit-a-thon?enroll=iqgtsebj


 * if you do not yet have a Wikipedia account, you can create one on the dashboard. Consider choosing a user name that is gender neutral, and not your full name, when choosing a "user name" unless you want to be publicly identifiable.
 * You can also signup for a Wikipedia account directly: here.

About the 1000 Women in Religion Project
The "1000 Women in Religion Project", a major initiative of the Women's Caucus of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, seeks to add over 1,000 names and contributions of religious, spiritual and wisdom women to Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia in the world. The contributions of women in all fields of work, scholarship and life, including religion and spirituality, have gone under-recognized, across time and in our present-day context. This under-recognition, which is a form of gender bias, is reflected and reproduced in our commonly used sources of knowledge – in our history books, in our news media, even in our sacred texts. The more we can document and highlight the contributions of women leaders in their religious and spiritual traditions, the more we can change the perception that women have not been leaders. The Women’s Caucus is supported in this effort to raise up notable women onto Wikipedia by Atla and the Women’s Task Force of the Parliament of the World's Religions.

Workbench

 * Women in blue -- articles need improvement
 * Women in red -- need Wikipedia articles

Scholars of religion and/or biblical studies

 * Maria Pilar Aquino - Professor of Theology at University of San Diego spanish wiki
 * Rebecca Chopp - former Chancellor of University of Denver, past president of AAR
 * Virginia Corwin - pioneer in comparative religious studies, past president of AAR -Obituary AAR Past Presidents
 * Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz- mujerista theologian
 * Diana Eck - Professor of Comparative Religion, founder of the Pluralism Project, Past AAR President
 * Ivone Gebara -- mujerista theologian
 * Riffat Hassan - Pakistani-American scholar of the Qur'an, Professor Emerita, University of Louisville - UL page, Courier Journal article
 * Alice Hunt- AAR Executive Director
 * Eliza H. Kendrick - biblical scholar, past president of AAR -Obituary AAR Past Presidents
 * Grace Ji-Sun Kim - Korean-American theologian and scholar, member of the Board for AAR - article
 * Grace Yia Hei Kao - Professor of Ethics at Claremont, steering committee of Animals and Religion group and WOCSTAG at AAR - article
 * Dr. Ellen Margaret Leonard,CSJ - Professor Emerita, Sister of St. Joseph, feminist theologian and visionary, Canada
 * Mary Ely Lyman - Professor of Religion, past president of AAR
 * Daisy L. Machado - Professor of Church History, first Latina ordained in Christian Church/Disciples of Christ
 * Ingrid Mattson - Islamic scholar
 * Vasudha Narayanan- Professor, scholar of Hinduism -bio
 * Jamie T. Phelps - African American Catholic Theologian
 * Judith Plaskow- biblical scholar, past president of AAR
 * Leela Prasad - scholar of Hinduism, AAR Board member
 * Letty Russell - feminist theologian
 * Arlene Sanchez Walsh - Professor of Religious Studies, scholar of Latino Pentecostalism
 * Annemarie Schimmel - German scholar of Islam - obituary
 * Ann Taves - former president AAR - 7 Women Scholars on the gender divide
 * Sallie McFague - feminist Christian Theologian
 * Gale A. Yee - current president, Society of Biblical Literature - SBL site
 * Rebecca Todd Peters - Christian Social Ethicist
 * Laura Lathrop - Christian Science Teacher and Healer
 * Theresa Ann Yugar - Feminist Latina Religion Scholar
 * Naomi Goldenberg - Gender, Politics, Psychoanalysis, and Religion
 * Lisa Sharon Harper - Freedom Road, USA; Evangelical Author
 * Mary C. Boys - theologian, professor, Dean of Union Theological Seminary
 * Heather Eaton - theologian, professor, eco-feminist

Womanist Scholars

 * Katie Cannon
 * M. Shawn Copeland
 * Kelly Brown Douglas
 * Jacquelyn Grant
 * Diana L. Hayes
 * Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
 * Melanie C. Jones
 * Nyasha Junior
 * Cheryl Kirk-Douglas
 * Stephanie Y. Mitchem
 * Marcia Y. Riggs
 * Linda E. Thomas
 * Emilie Townes - past president of AAR
 * Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
 * Chanequa Walker-Barnes
 * Renita J. Weems
 * Traci C. West
 * Delores S. Williams

Lists to edit
These lists could use editing to increase the representation of women, or to expand the names of notable women listed in each category.


 * Lists of Buddhists
 * List of female Muslim scholars
 * List of religious studies scholars
 * List of scholars on the relationship between religion and science
 * List of writers on Buddhism

Resources

 * Inspiration for possible new articles
 * WikiProject Women in Red/1000 Women in Religion


 * Helpful sources and links
 * Leaders in the 75 Year Journey of the American academy of Religion

Outcomes
Add any pages you worked on here:

You can also find a summary of our edits on our dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/AAR_and_SBL_Women's_Caucus/1000_Women_in_Religion_Edit-a-thon?enroll=iqgtsebj