Wikipedia:Meetup/San Diego/1000 Women in Religion 2019

 1000 Women in Religion Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the 2019 AAR/SBL Annual Meeting   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 at the 2019 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 three categories: women scholars of religion; Latina scholars, religious leaders and faith-based activists; and notable women from California from any religious tradition. 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.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. DON’T FORGET YOUR COMPUTER!

Event Details

 * Date: Friday, November 22, 2019
 * Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 * Location: San Diego Convention Center, 14-A (Mezzanine Level)
 * 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.
 * Training: Find more information, tutorials and training modules at 1000 Women in Religion Project website.
 * Questions? For more information, contact Colleen  or Polly.

Agenda

 * Introductions
 * What is the “1000 Women in Religion Project” including a conversation about bias on Wikipedia
 * Is everybody signed up as a Wiki-editor?
 * Some basic training
 * Basic editing
 * Do you want to submit a new article?
 * Questions

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 for a Wikipedia account and the 1000 Women in Religion Dashboard: 'here'. Consider concerns about anonymity when choosing a "user name" unless you want to be identifiable.
 * You can also signup for a Wikipedia account: here.
 * Register to attend: AAR/SBL Annual Meeting Registration
 * Due to the constraints of the room, space and security, all attendees need to be registered for the AAR/SBL meeting.


 * What to bring
 * Remember to bring your Laptop
 * Any research resources you would like to refer to.

Photographs and recordings taken at the event may be used in future marketing, publicity, promotions, advertising, and training activities for the WikiProject 1000 Women in Religion. If you would prefer not to have your photo taken, please notify one of the edit-a-thon facilitators.
 * Photography Policy

This event welcomes visitors of all abilities.
 * Accessibility


 * What else?
 * No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary as training will be provided.
 * No background in religion, diversity, or women's history is required as we will have resources on hand to cite.
 * Snacks, and beverages will be provided.
 * If you can't attend the event in person, feel free to help us from home with the worklist below. Add the name of the entry you edited to the "Outcomes" section below.

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

Women scholars of religion and/or biblical studies

 * Katie Cannon - Christian theologian and ethicist, womanist theologian
 * Rebecca Chopp - former Chancellor of University of Denver, past president of AAR
 * M. Shawn Copeland - Womanist Theologian
 * Virginia Corwin - pioneer in comparative religious studies, past president of AAR -Obituary AAR Past Presidents
 * Diana Eck - Professor of Comparative Religion, founder of the Pluralism Project, Past AAR President
 * Mary Baker Eddy - founded Christian Science
 * Jacquelyn Grant - Womanist 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
 * Violet Spiller Hay - Christian Science teacher and hymnist
 * 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
 * Marcia Y. Riggs - womanist scholar
 * Letty Russell - feminist theologian
 * Annemarie Schimmel - German scholar of Islam - obituary
 * Ann Taves - former president AAR - 7 Women Scholars on the gender divide
 * Emilie Townes - womanist theologian, past president of AAR
 * Sallie McFague - feminist Christian Theologian
 * Traci C. West - Womanist Theologian
 * Delores Williams - womanist 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
 * Beverly Wildung Harrison - Christian Social Ethicist
 * 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

Latina Scholars, Leaders, Activists

 * Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa - scholar of chicana cultural theory, with spiritual themes in her writing
 * Dolores Huerta - activist (needs info on her Catholic identity) - https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/nearly-80-s-dolores-huerta-can
 * Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz- mujerista theologian
 * Daisy L. Machado - Professor of Church History, first Latina ordained in Christian Church/Disciples of Christ
 * Rigoberta Menchú - Guatemalan Activist, Nobel Prize Winner Nobel Prize bio
 * Maria Pilar Aquino - Professor of Theology at University of San Diego spanish wiki
 * Arlene Sanchez Walsh - Professor of Religious Studies, scholar of Latino Pentecostalism
 * Elsa Tamez - biblical scholar spanish wiki
 * Ivone Gebara -- mujerista theologian

Women with ties to California

 * Rita Nakashima Brock - author, activist
 * Anita Caspary - Catholic nun, head of religious order, co-founder of the Immaculate Heart Community
 * Rabbi Laurie Coskey - Executive Director San Diego Continuing Education Foundation, former President & CEO of United Way San Diego - San Diego Magazine, Times of San Diego
 * Rabbi Denise Eger - first openly LGBTQ rabbi to be named head of Board of Rabbis of Southern California -Jewish Journal
 * Lucy F. Farrow - Pentecostal pastor, key figure in the Azusa Street Revival.
 * Sande Hart - Past Chair for URI North America, co-founder of Spiritual and Religious Alliance for Hope (SARAH) - https://www.sarah4hope.org/about-us
 * Aimee Semple McPherson - Four Square Church founder - Christianity Today bio
 * Rosa Newmark - founder of Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society in LA -Jewish Journal article
 * Karma Lekshe Tsomo - Buddhist nun, president of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist women - HuffPost
 * Monica Coleman - contemporary theologian associated with process theology and womanist theology
 * Rosemary Radford Ruether - feminist theologian
 * Sandra Marie Schneiders - feminist theologian
 * Barbi Weinberg - first Jewish woman to head a major council, head of Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, and co-founder, Washington Institute for Near East Policy Jewish Journal

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
You can find a summary of our edits on our dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/American_Academy_of_Religion_and_Society_of_Biblical_Literature_Annual_Meet/1000_Women_in_Religion_Edit-a-thon_Workshop_--_San_Diego

Monica Coleman--Octopushearts (talk) 20:29, 22 November 2019 (UTC) ''Working on grammar correction today--Karendikang (talk) 20:33, 22 November 2019 (UTC)