Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing/Events/June23

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Citation equity & justice
In the CCCC Position Statement on Citation Justice in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies, writing scholars are called to recognize that “citation is not only a way we build ethos and credibility for making arguments, but perhaps more importantly, a decision to amplify some voices over others, and an argument about whose voices and perspectives are valid, credible, and worth drawing from as we build knowledge in the discipline.” As a highly viewed, global, open-access, digital encyclopedia, Wikipedia stands out as one of the most vital platforms scholars can edit to support citation justice, especially for academics committed to knowledge equity as a fundamental groundwork for social justice.

When writing in citations and content that represent the diversity of fields and subfields in writing studies, we encourage scholars to practice the following heuristic put forth by the CCCC Position Statement on Citation Justice in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies:


 * Citation justice is intersectional.
 * Citation justice reflects the full scope of multiply marginalized people’s intellectual contributions.
 * Citation justice resists and rejects intellectual empire building.
 * Citation justice is accountable.

Get started
After logging in or creating an account and signing in to our event dashboard, complete these steps to begin:

Step One: Head to our article worklist to find an article you'd like to work on.

Step Two: Create achievable goals for the month by reviewing our writing recommendations section.

Step Three: Use our editing resources section to help create a draft, assess notability, find sources, and/or request feedback.

Writing recommendations
Find an article you are interested in working on from our article worklist below.

Create achievable goals for the month. Here are a few writing recommendations based on weekly time segments:

''If you have fifteen minutes each week. . .''
 * Add a few citations to an article
 * Add a few selected publications or notable awards to a biography of an academic
 * Suggest revisions and point to sources on the talk page

''If you have thirty minutes each week. . .''
 * Expand a stub article with a new section or a few paragraphs

''If you have an hour or more each week. . .''
 * Draft an article in need of creation (redlinks)

Article worklist
For this event, we are working on editing articles related to relevant scholars and areas of study related to queer activism in rhetoric and writing studies.

Additional resources

 * http://www.lesbianavengers.com/
 * https://abolitionistteachingnetwork.org/

Major concepts/movements

 * Basic writing
 * Composition studies
 * Writing studies
 * Literacy
 * Technical Writing

Historical events and programs

 * Chicago World Fair in 1893 (was an integrated conference that featured a rare panel with Black Women Rhetors)
 * Open admissions
 * SEEK Program
 * African-American Vernacular English and education

Professional organizations

 * Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
 * Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (AATW)
 * Modern Language Association (MLA)

Historical figures

 * Fannie Jackson Coppin
 * Fannie Barrier Williams
 * Victoria Earle Matthews
 * Hallie Q. Brown
 * Jane Addams
 * Ida B. Wells
 * Zora Neale Hurston
 * Mary Patterson
 * Maria Stewart
 * Irvine Garland Penn
 * Alain Locke

Notable scholars

 * Kenneth Burke
 * Jacqueline Jones Royster
 * Geneva Smitherman
 * Beverly Guy-Sheftall
 * Keith Gilyard
 * Eric Darnell Pritchard
 * Karma Chávez

Institutions

 * Oberlin College
 * City University of New York (CUNY)
 * State University of New York (SUNY)
 * Minority-serving institution (especially HBCUs)
 * Spelman College
 * Howard University
 * Hampton University

Additional resources

 * Pamphlet entitled "The Reason Why the Colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition – The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature"

Past spotlights

 * April 2023-May 2023: Anti-Racism and Racial Justice in Writing Studies
 * March 2023: '''Latin American Writing Studies in Higher Education
 * February 2023: '''Genres of Memory and Asian/American Activism
 * December 2022-January 2023: '''Winter Holiday Editing Adventure
 * November 2022: Multilingual Writers in Digital Space
 * October 2022: Disability in the Rhetoric and Writing Classroom
 * September 2022: Spotlight on University Writing Programs
 * Summer 2022: Summer-long Edit-a-thon on Literacy
 * May 2022: Asian/American and Pacific Islander Heritage
 * April 2022: Spotlight on Global & Non-Western Rhetorics
 * March 2022: Learning Transfer in Writing Studies
 * February 2022: Digital Composition
 * January 2022: Global Scholars - Latin America
 * December 2021: Global Scholars - Europe
 * November 2021: Asian/Asian American Scholars/Scholarship
 * October 2021: Defining Disability
 * September 2021: Five Major Fields and Figures
 * Summer 2021: WikiProject Writing Summer-long Edit-a-thon
 * April 2021: Spotlight on Rhetorics of Climate Change & Environmental Activism
 * March 2021: Centering BIPOC Women in Writing Studies

Get help
Feeling stuck or need help getting started? Follow these steps:
 * Check our resources page for general advice, editing resources, and other useful information
 * Ask a question on our discussion page
 * Contact Breadyornot or sign up for their office hours

Juneteenth + Pride Month Programming and Events
This Juneteenth and Pride Month, the CCCC Wikipedia Initiative is hosting two speaker series events to support knowledge equity on Wikipedia. In addition, the CCCC Wikipedian-in-Residence will continue to hold office hours.

CCCCWI Speaker Series: Wikipedia Editing for Knowledge Liberation
This month, join Dr. Alexandria Lockett for a two-day exploration of how Wikipedia editing affects knowledge production about the arts of rhetoric, composition, and literacy. She will provide plenty of hands-on support and resources throughout the event.

On Day 1, Dr. Lockett will deliver a presentation that addresses three main topics: the emergence of new technologies and data, inclusive citation practices, and strategies for integrating knowledge communities across space and time. After the talk, participants will be trained on how to edit Wikipedia by Savannah Cragin, the CCCC Wikipedian-in-Residence. There will be opportunities to improve and create Wikipedia articles related to pivotal scholars and scholarship on rhetoric, composition, and literacy. On Day 2, all participants will be able to begin or continue editing an article(s) of their choice, as well as identify specific projects and practices that they plan to integrate into their teaching, research, and/or community engagement.

Dates and Times: Day 1: Friday, June 9, 2023 at 3:00 PM ET Day 2: Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 3:00 PM ET

CCCCWI Speaker Series: Queer Activism in Rhetoric and Writing Studies
This month, Erin Green, a graduate student at the University of Maryland studying abolition in literacy and composition studies, and Dr. Elise Dixon, an assistant professor of English and the writing center director at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke will have a conversation about contextualizing their research with activists, the ever-growing anti-LGBTQ legislation, and the general state of queer activist research.

After the talk, participants will be trained on how to edit Wikipedia. There will be opportunities to improve and create Wikipedia articles related to pivotal scholars and scholarship on queer activism in rhetoric and writing studies.

Date and Time: Friday, June 30, 2023 at 1:00 PM ET

CCCCWI Office Hours
If you would like to discuss something Wikipedia-related one-on-one or get help with a Wikipedia article you’re working on, please feel free to sign up for my office hours or email me to suggest another time (savannahcragin@berkeley.edu).