Hi everyone,
March 8th is International Women's History Day, however, in the US and
UK we celebrate Women's History Month for the entire month! I'd like to
know if anyone here, or anyone you know, will be hosting a Women's
History editing event or event related to Wikimedia projects or women's
outreach to celebrate.
I'll be doing something in DC (date TBA) about women in science. I'm
also hoping something can take place in Chile during GLAM-WIKI Santiago
related to Chilean women's history.[2] There are also talks about doing
something in NYC and Philadelphia.
I'd love to see a number of events take place around the world - it can
be as simple as an edit a thon with your friends at your house, or
something more complex - working with a GLAM or related organizations.
Please let me know if you have something planned, as I'll be developing
a page on Wiki (not sure where yet) about it. And if you do not have
something planned, please let me know how I can support you or help you
plan something, even if I'm from afar! (Including swag, etc.). If you're
concerned about funding something, there is always the option of
applying for a WMF grant (i.e. if you want to buy a cake or something
special!). I'd like to help anyway I can.
Looking forward to hearing from my fellow gender gap-ers :)
Sarah
[1]http://nwhp.org/resourcecenter/whistoryday.php
[2]http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Encuentro_GLAM-WIKI_Santiago_2012/en
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