<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We are happy to have had Sherry Antoine of AFROCROWD elected to the current ISOC-NY Board. The lengthy newsletter below is an indication of all the good work she is involved in. She can be contacted directly at <a href="mailto:Sherry@afrocrowd.org">Sherry@afrocrowd.org</a>><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><br><br>
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<em>Catch up & connect with AfroCROWD:
<br>the initiative to increase
<em> awareness of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture, and software movements among potential editors of African descent!</em></em></span></div></td></tr></tbody>
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<p><span><strong>Do you speak more than one language? AfroCROWD is pleased to invite you to the
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B59BD8&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" target="_blank">LaGuardia Community College</a></strong> two day Wikipedia </span><span>Translate-a-thon <wbr>event</span><span>!
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<em>LAGCC TRANSLATE-A-THON<strong>
<br>When:</strong> Thurs 26 April, 26th (5-7pm); </em>
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<em>Fri April, 27th (11am-5pm). </em></address><address>
<em><strong>Where:</strong> LaGuardia Community College </em>
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<em>Room E-111, <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=31-10+Thomson+Avenue+Queens,+NY&entry=gmail&source=g">31-10 Thomson Avenue Queens, NY</a></em> </address>
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<br>At this event, anyone from the public is invited to LaGuardia to join students, professors, and CUNY faculty in translating Wikipedia articles among any languages which attendees understand. Themes for this event include nursing and the history of New York City. </span></p>
<address> </address>
<p><span>New York City has a large immigrant population and great diversity of speakers of various languages. Among all schools in New York City, LaGuardia has the highest percentage of immigrant students, the highest percentage of students who speak a language other than English as their first language, and the greatest representation of language diversity. It is a strength of LaGuardia that it can present "Wikipedia translate-a-thons", which are Wikipedia translation events.</span></p>
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<br>Event participants will leave with the following:</span></p>
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<li><span>Perspective and the ability to discuss Wikipedia's place in the media</span></li>
<li><span>Live publication of information in Wikipedia and instructions for seeing how many people read it</span></li>
<li><span>Experience of having edited Wikipedia a few times in the usual way</span></li>
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<p><span><span><span>For more information on the event,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B59BDB&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" target="_blank">click here.</a>
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<p><span><strong>Don't forget your laptop.</strong> All languages and levels of Wikipedia exposure are welcomed. If you are coming, log in to Wikipedia or </span>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B59BD9&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Special:CreateAccount" target="_blank">create a Wikipedia account</a><span> then </span>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7BA5525&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline">p</span><span style="text-decoration:underline">lease sign in!</span></a></p>
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<br>AfroCROWD</a><span> is pleased to join</span><span> the other organizers and projects supporting this event which include:
<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B59BD8&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=2" title="LaGuardia Community College" target="_blank">LaGuardia Community College</a>,
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<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7E0&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" target="_blank">Wikimedia New York City</a><span>, </span>
<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B5AB52&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" target="_blank">Wikitongues</a><span>,</span><span><span> </span></span>
<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B5AB53&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="meta:Wiki Project Med" target="_blank">Wiki Project Med</a><span><span>,</span></span><span> </span>
<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B5AB54&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wiki Education Foundation" target="_blank">Wiki Education Foundation</a><span><span>, and </span></span>
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<em>NEW YORK AFRICAN(A) STUDIES ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
<br>THEME: GLOBAL AFRICA: HUMAN MIGRATION, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND THE FUTURE. </em>
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<em><strong>When</strong>: April 13 – 14, 2018</em>
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<em><strong>Where:</strong> Seton Hall University, <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=NJ.+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+400+S+Orange+Ave,+South+Orange,+NJ&entry=gmail&source=g">NJ.</a></em>
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<em><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=NJ.+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+400+S+Orange+Ave,+South+Orange,+NJ&entry=gmail&source=g">400 S Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ</a> </em>
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<br>The 43rd Annual Conference of the New York African(a) Studies Association (NYASA), being held at Seton Hall University, will gather academics interested in the African Diaspora to disicuss some of the most pressing issues surrounding human migration and Africa. AfroCROWD will present on the benefits of Wikipedia in helping to tell the story of the African Diaspora from the perspective of people of African descent, and the importance of information access.
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<br>Among other topics discussed will be human migration in Africa, its diaspora, and what the future holds for Africa and Africans. The conference will also feature presentations, panels, and </span><span>roundtable discussions by individuals working with African immigrants. This included those specializing in economic, educational, health, and legal issues.</span>
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<br><span>The New York African Studies Association (NYASA), founded in 1967 as the SUNY African Studies Faculty Association, is a non profit membership association, incorporated as NYASA in 1975, dedicated to advancing the discipline of Africana Studies.
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<br><span>As a regional organization, the New York African Studies Association promotes the visibility and advancement of the discipline in New York State and surrounding areas, and offers opportunities for the scholarly and professional development of educators, and enhanced education for community members, leaders and activists.</span>
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<br><span>Head here for further info: </span>
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<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7BA3FD4&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Wikimedia Conference 2018</a></strong><span> takes place in Berlin, Germany, from </span><strong>April 20th to 22nd, 2018</strong><span>. It is the annual meeting of all Wikimedia organizations (</span>
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<br>AfroCROWD's founder, Alice Backer and our program manager, Sherry Antoine, will join Wikimedia New York City Chapter president, Megan Wacha, to represent the Chapter at the conference.
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<br>This conference is hosted and organized by Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE) in cooperation with the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF).
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<p dir="ltr"><span><strong><span style="font-size:20px">Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Events</span> </strong></span>
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<br>Join our friends at Black Lunch table at these upcoming events aimed at mobilizing a collective authoring of a specific set of articles<strong> pertaining to the lives and works of black artists: </strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong>Wikimania 2018, C<strong>ape Town, South Africa is only a few months away</strong></strong></span>
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<br>Get ready! This year's Wikimania will be held in
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<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7BF&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikimania" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikimania</a> is the annual conference celebrating all the free knowledge projects hosted by the
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7C0&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikimedia Foundation" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikimedia Foundation</a> -
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7C1&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Commons" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:15px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/15px-Commons-logo.svg.png" alt="Commons" border="0" width="15"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7C2&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikimedia Commons" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Commons</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7C3&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="MediaWiki" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:20px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Mediawiki-logo.png/20px-Mediawiki-logo.png" alt="MediaWiki" border="0" width="20"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7C4&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" class="m_-4123830643828448214external m_-4123830643828448214text" target="_blank">MediaWiki</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7C5&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Meta-Wiki" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:15px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg/15px-Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg.png" alt="Meta-Wiki" border="0" width="15"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7C6&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" class="m_-4123830643828448214external m_-4123830643828448214text" target="_blank">Meta-Wiki</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7C7&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikibooks" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:15px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/15px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png" alt="Wikibooks" border="0" width="15"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7C8&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikibooks" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikibooks</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7C9&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikidata" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:22px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/22px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" alt="Wikidata" border="0" width="22"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7CA&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikidata" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikidata</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7CB&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikinews" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:22px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/22px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" alt="Wikinews" border="0" width="22"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7CC&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikinews" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikinews</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7F8&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikipedia" class="m_-4123830643828448214image" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:15px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/15px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" alt="Wikipedia" border="0" width="15"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7CD&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikipedia" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7CE&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikiquote" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:13px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/13px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" alt="Wikiquote" border="0" width="13"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7CF&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikiquote" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikiquote</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7D0&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikisource" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:15px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/15px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" alt="Wikisource" border="0" width="15"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7D1&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikisource" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikisource</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7D2&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikispecies" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:16px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikispecies-logo.svg/16px-Wikispecies-logo.svg.png" alt="Wikispecies" border="0" width="16"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7D3&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikispecies" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikispecies</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7D4&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikiversity" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:18px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Wikiversity-logo.svg/18px-Wikiversity-logo.svg.png" alt="Wikiversity" border="0" width="18"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7D5&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikiversity" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikiversity</a>,
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7D6&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikivoyage" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:16px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/16px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png" alt="Wikivoyage" border="0" width="16"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7D7&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wikivoyage" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikivoyage</a>, and
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7D8&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wiktionary" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:14px" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Wiktionary-logo.svg/14px-Wiktionary-logo.svg.png" alt="Wiktionary" border="0" width="14"></a>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7D9&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="w:Wiktionary" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wiktionary</a> - with three days of conferences, discussions, meetups, training, and workshops. Hundreds of volunteers and Free Knowledge leaders from around the world gather to discuss issues, report on new projects and approaches, and exchange ideas.
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<p>Themes of the conference include the advancement of Free Knowledge, the role of academic and cultural institutions within the movement, privacy and rights, and the role of technology to further those objectives. Wikimania 2018 will specifically focus on the gaps - gender, cultural, demographic and knowledge - and strategies for reducing them.
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<p>There are other related events: the pre-conference
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7DA&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Hackathon" target="_blank">Hackathon</a> where members of the technical community connected with Wikimedia projects gather to work and contribute to code.</p>
<p>
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<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7DB&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a></p>
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<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B8BB45&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Members Meeting (Spring 2018)" target="_blank">Members Meeting, Spring 2018</a></strong></em> Wednesday, April 11, 2018</li>
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<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B8BB46&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/April-2018" target="_blank">WikiWednesday Salon & Skillshare @ Babycastles</a></strong></em> Wednesday, April 25, 2018</li>
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<p dir="ltr">The <strong>April, 2018 NYC WikiWednesday</strong>
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7DC&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" target="_blank">salon</a> with the
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7DD&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="meta:Wikimedia New York City" class="m_-4123830643828448214extiw" target="_blank">Wikimedia NYC</a> community will be held
<em><strong>Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm</strong></em> at
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<a rel="nofollow" href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7DE&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" class="m_-4123830643828448214external m_-4123830643828448214text" target="_blank">Babycastles</a>,</em> a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street /
<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7DF&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" target="_blank">Union Square</a> in Manhattan.</p>
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<br>Join us for Wikimedia NYC's Wiki Wednesday Salon. A relaxed, town-hall style gathering of area Wikipedia editors to talk about upcoming events and opportunities and a chance to ask questions about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, usually over some pizza and beverages
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<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B3E7E0&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=2" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a></div>
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<em><strong>When: </strong><span>Thursday, April 12, 2018, 5-8pm</span></em>
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<em><strong>Where:</strong> The Social Hall, Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway at 121st Street</em>
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Last fall we first partnered with the world reknown Columbia University Masters Program for an oral history project we designed on marginalized linguistic and ethnic communities which lead to graduate student and <strong>
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<br>A big thank you to AfroCROWDer Linda Fletcher, an avid historian herself, for first introducing us to this fantastic program.
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<em><span style="font-size:14px">We look forward to seeing you soon at a coming Wikipedia event! Here are some highlights from recent AfroCROWD gatherings and other events.</span></em></div></td></tr></tbody>
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<br>It was fantastic seeing Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales wear one of our AfroCROWD t-shirts at a recent Knight Foundation conference. At the conference Mr. Wales discussed the <strong>WikiTribune.</strong> A new open-source news site. You can
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<br></strong></span>AfroCROWD joined forces with the Swedish Mission to the United Nations, Wikimedia New York City and others throughout the UN system for WikiGap 2018.
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<br>Led by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this event was part of the <strong>#WikiGap</strong> <strong>initiative</strong>, a partnership between Swedish embassies and local Wikimedia affiliates and volunteers around the world <strong>to close the gender and diversity gap</strong> on Wikipedia. Guests from throughout the United Nations system gathered on International Women's Day at the UN headquarters to edit and write articles on women leaders from around the world.
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<br>Our Sherry Antoine and Wikimedia NYC's Megan Wacha were among the moderators of the event. Wikipedia coaches from Wikimedia New York City and AfroCROWD helped train guests who hailed from all over the world and together added thousands of words on the work of women leaders to the Wikipedia lexicon and the greater WikiGap campaign. Great going everyone!
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<br>AfroCROWD was pleased to link up with fellow Wikipedia project, Art and Feminism, at recent events for Women's History Month in New York City. This year, the project, which focuses on improving coverage of cis and transgender women, feminism and the arts on Wikipedia, held an editathon
<em> every week</em> during the month of March. Quite at feat.
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<br>We joined the annual Art and Feminism editathon at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Alice Backer, AfroCROWD's founder and Sherry Antoine, our program and outreach manager, also participated in a panel moderated by Art and Feminism co-founder Sian Evans with other female organizers at the
<em>Out of Bounds</em><span>, the 46th Annual Conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) in New York City.
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<br>What an amazing month!
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<em>Photos: (Below, left) AfroCROWD's Alice Backer (L) and Sherry Antoine take a selfie at the Art and Feminism MoMA Editathon and (below, right) sit on a panel lead by A+F's Sian Evans at the recent ARLIS/NA Out of Bounds conference.</em></div></td></tr></tbody>
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<br>Held at the Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, Wikipedia Day LA celebrated the 17th birthday of Wikipedia with Wikipedians from the Los Angeles area and beyond.
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<a href="http://kiskeacity.benchurl.com/c/l?u=7B8BB3C&e=C90E3A&c=77108&t=0&l=10DCC4AE&email=Ud%2Bxc7KbOYLvoouBnIlWpwif8GG0Zxj9&seq=1" title="California State University, Fullerton" target="_blank">CSU Fulleron</a>, and Sarah Mojarad, Lecturer in the
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<br>Kai Smith (above) joins United Kingdom Wikipedian of the Year, 2017, Kelly foster (right), who you may remember from last month's newsletter, as part of the AfroCROWD team as organizers in their areas.
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<br>Kelly organizes in London as the founding organizer of AfroCROWD UK, while Kai will lead AfroCROWD Los Angeles.
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<br>Stay tuned for more from both of these amazing ladies!</div></td></tr></tbody>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>AfroCROWD i.e. </strong><span><strong> Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD)</strong> is an outreach initiative which seeks to increase awareness of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements among potential editors of African descent. Since its launch during Black Wiki History Month in 2015, AfroCROWD has sensitized thousands in its target audience about free culture crowdsourcing and the need to close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia. AfroCROWD has also held monthly multilingual edit-a-thons in partnership with cultural institutions, galleries, libraries, archives, museums (GLAM) and many others. AfroCROWD has also worked with professors at educational institutions like New York University, The New School, Icahn Medical School and Columbia University among others. AfroCROWD also organizes events to train future trainers in its target community.</span></p>
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