Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Press

Press
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 * "Podcast: Can ‘Black Wikipedia’ Take Off Like ‘Black Twitter’?" AfrobeatRadio on WBAI 99.5 FM. April 7, 2015.
 * Delices, Patrick. "Black Digital Empowerment Through AfroCROWD Workshops." Black Star News. February 5, 2015.
 * Allen, Jessica. "Best eating and drinking events this weekend." CBS News. February 6, 2015.
 * Murphy, Carla. "Can 'Black Wikipedia' Take Off Like 'Black Twitter'?" ColorLines. February 4, 2015.
 * "Afrocrowd Brings a Diversity of Voices to Wikipedia." Crowd Consortium. November 9, 2015.
 * "Video: Afrocrowd Works With Libraries and Museums to Improve Representation on Wikipedia." Crowd Consortium. November 23, 2015.
 * Solis, Gustavo. "Schomburg Center Hosts Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon for Articles on Black Culture." DNAInfo. January 30, 2015.
 * Lewis, Taylor. "Wikipedia Is Getting a Lesson in Black History." Essence. February 3, 2015.
 * Cassano, Jay. "Black History Matters so why is Wikipedia Missing so Much of it." FastCompany. January 29, 2015.
 * Jean, Fabiola. "AfroCrowd: Owning Haitian History Through Digital Empowerment." Haitian Times. February 19, 2015.
 * Bien-Aime, Daniella. "10 Haitian Social Media Influencers You Should Follow." Haitian Times. June 15, 2015.
 * Gebreyes, Rahel. ""Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Reinforces The Value Of Digitizing Black History." Huffington Post Blackvoices. February 2, 2015.
 * Kat. "AfroCROWD: The Black Wikipedia For People of African Descent." Kreyolicious.
 * Gedeon, Kimberly. "Where are the Black Pioneers on Wikipedia? A Black History Edit-a-thon will fill in the gaps." MadameNoire. January 30, 2015
 * McCalister, Jared. "BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2015 : New York celebrates African-American culture and heritage with an abundance of events." New York Daily News. February 5, 2015.
 * McCallister, Jared. "CARIBBEAT: Panel discussion, 'Peace' march — and novels — targeting gun violence in New York City: Free Wikipedia Training." New York Daily News. September 13, 2015.
 * Wortham, Jenna. "How an Archive of the Internet Could Change History." The New York Times. June 21, 2016. Accessed May 04, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/magazine/how-an-archive-of-the-internet-could-change-history.html.
 * "For African Americans, New Crowdsourcing Initiative Offers Digital Opportunity to Tell Stories Accurately, Reveal Stories Untold." Our Time Press. February 3, 2015.
 * Allum, Cynthia. "Women leading movements to champion equality on Wikipedia: Frustrated by Wikipedia’s male-dominated culture, women are spearheading efforts to record history fairly, and take control of their own stories." The New York Times. February 29, 2016.
 * Noisette, Thierry. "Un éditathon pour rédiger des pages Wikipédia sur la culture noire." Rue89. February 4, 2015.
 * Prince, Richard. "White Editors, Black Journalists Share Black History Month." The Root. February 2, 2015.
 * Scott, Roxanne L. "Black Life Matters: Editing in Wiki." Voices of New York. February 8, 2016.
 * Audio: Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
 * Cembalest, Robin. "Museums Open Up to Power of Wiki." The Wall Street Journal. October 11, 2015.
 * "Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: Basquiat Still Fly @55." This Week In New York. November 6, 2015.
 * Howard, Dorothy. "Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps." Wikimedia Blog. February 24, 2015.
 * Grigas, Victor and Ed Erhart. "#BlackLifeMatters edit-a-thon bolsters Wikipedia’s coverage of black history." Wikimedia Blog. February 21, 2016.
 * Gamaliel. "WikiConference Report: US gathering sees speeches from Andrew Lih, AfroCrowd, and the Archivist of the United States." The Signpost. October, 14, 2015.

Storify

 * AfroCROWD Kickoff on February 7–8, 2015.
 * AfroCROWD @ Wikimania 2015 on July 15–19, 2015.

Video

 * AfroCROWD at the Brooklyn Public Library on October 25, 2015. Video by Crowd Consortium.
 * AfroCROWD at Black Life Matters / Black WikiHistory Month at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on February 6, 2016
 * AfroCROWD, Crowdsourcing on Wikimedia on BK Live, March 8, 2016. Video by BRIC TV.

AfroCROWD outreach events

 * Friday, October 30, 2015: Symposium on Haitian Creole Language and Culture / “Kreyòl: Lang Transfòmasyon, Lang Liberasyon Ayiti”
 * Panel presentation at Brooklyn College

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Presentations

 * April 12, 2015: Ennegrecer la Wikipedia @ Brooklyn Public Library by Msc. Sandra Abd´Allah-Alvarez Ramírez
 * Categoría:Afrocubanos
 * Categoría:Cubanos de ascendencia española
 * Anexo:Escritores de Cuba
 * May 17, 2015: AfroCROWD Black Lunch Table editathon @ Studio Museum in Harlem
 * May 31, 2015: AfroCROWD: A Call to Action @ Afrobeat Radio Left Forum Panel by Alice Backer
 * June 20, 2015: AfroCROWD: Training the Trainers by Alice Backer @ Brooklyn Public Library
 * July 13, 2015: AfroCROWD MOMA/Black LunchTable by Alice Backer @ Black Lunch Table
 * November 17, 2015: AfroCROWD New Orleans/Black Lunch Table by Alice Backer @ Black Lunch Table New Orleans @ Joan Mitchell Center

Presentations

 * WikiConference USA: Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 10:30 am at the National Archives' McGowan Theatre in Washington, DC
 * Alice Backer of AfroCROWD keynote presentation: "AfroCROWD — Bridging the Multicultural Gap" 

Google Hangouts

 * February 7 and February 8, 2015: AfroCROWD Kickoff
 * AfroCROWD - Intro to Wikimedia & How to Edit Wikipedia 101 @ Brooklyn Public Library, 1/2
 * AfroCROWD - Intro to Wikimedia & How to Edit Wikipedia 101 @ Brooklyn Public Library, 2/2
 * April 12, 2015: AfroLatinoCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
 * Google+
 * YouTube of Google Hangout
 * Note: Program starts at minute 20

Livestream

 * March 22, 2015: Wikipedia Day NYC 2015
 * Panel Session B: Editathons and Cultural Engagement
 * Livestream is courtesy of Internet Society (ISOC-NY) – Thank you!
 * Panel Session B: Editathons and Cultural Engagement, moderated by User:Kosboot
 * Alice Backer (talk) - founder of AfroCROWD
 * Recent event: Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd
 * Maira Liriano (talk) - Associate Chief Librarian, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
 * Recent event: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Black Life Matters Editathon
 * Video: Schomburg Center Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon from Innovation Trail
 * Jacqueline Mabey (talk) - Independent Curator & Art Worker; one of founders of Art+Feminism, see Art+Feminism Meetup page
 * Recent event: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism/MoMA 2015
 * Video: Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon at the Museum of Modern Art March 7, 2015
 * Training videos: Art+Feminism training videos that includes "Introduction to Editing Wikipedia Lesson Plan," "Intermediate Level Lesson Plan"
 * See also Art+Feminism's YouTube channel, which has more training videos