Last year, the National Archives hosted the annual Wikimedia USA conference at our facility in DC. One of the main themes coming out of the conference was how to increase contributor diversity within the Wikipedia editor community. To help further this discussion within Wikimedia and to learn how we can improve diversity in our own citizen engagement and crowdsourcing efforts, we are co-hosting a conference next Friday and Saturday (June 17-18) in DC that will focus on this issue.
The conference is open to all. About: https://wikidiversity.org/wiki/Main_Page Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimedia-diversity-conference-registration-25659667757 Follow #DivCon16 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/divcon16?src=hash Also note that the National Archives is hosting a LGBTQ Editathon the day before (Thursday, June 16). Join us (in person or remotely) to help improve Wikipedia entries related to LGBT history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride_2016/DC For more information on diversity and inclusion at the National Archives, see: https://aotus.blogs.archives.gov/2016/06/08/celebrating-diversity-at-the-national-archives/
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