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Accenture
Blacks in STEM
Black History Month
Wikipedia Editathon with AfroCROWD

When and Where
Date	Friday, February 17, 2017
Time	4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Address	Accenture New York Office 1345 Avenue of the Americas 6th Floor Room 6058
City, State	New York City, New York 10105

Event information

• Date: Friday, February 17, 2017
• Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Location: Accenture New York
• Address: Accenture New York Office, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, Room 6058, New York, NY 10105
• Subway: B, D, E, M, 7th Ave
• Hashtag: #AfroCROWD, #BlacksInSTEMWiki
• Twitter: #AfroCROWD
• Details:
  • Help write her digital history!
  • Join AfroCROWD and Accenture New York City and its New York Metro African American Employee Resource Group (AAERG) to make history and celebrate the "Hidden Figures" of Black history. Learn how to create and edit Wikipedia entries as we improve the bios and histories for African Americans in S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. You will learn the markup and research skills needed to make creditable Wikipedia entries while making a difference to Black history. Come join us this Black History Month, bring your enthusiasm and your laptop, and literally #MakeHistory! Refreshments will be served.
  • The event will encourage editing entries about notable African descended scientists, technology innovators, engineers, and mathematicians.
  • Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) is an initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent actively editing Wikipedia. Become a part of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements and help close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia.
  • We have held monthly editathons with an array of organizations and institutions in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens since February 2015.
  • Beginners welcome.
  • All languages welcome including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Yoruba, Twi, Woloff and other languages spoken in the African Diaspora. Wikipedia comes in 285 languages and you are welcome to edit it in any of them or translate from one language to another.
  • Light refreshments will be offered.
• Who should attend: Everyone with an interest in Black history and expanding the diversity of knowledge on Wikipedia, and regardless of experience. We are happy to teach you the basics of editing Wikipedia. The public is welcome to this event.
• RSVP: Eventbrite

If you have a laptop, please bring it with you!

Task lists

✓ Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages – recommend beginners start by editing existing pages vs. starting new pages

General task list

Alphabetical by first letter Pages to improve Catherine Allen Latimer (c. 1895-1948), first Black professional librarian at NYPL - SCRBC Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1883–1966), Harlem YWCA leader Charles A. Smythwick, novelist[1][2] Charles Banks (25 Mar. 1873-1923) Banker and businessman from Mound Bayou Dumile Feni (b. 1942), South African sculptor[3] Edward Augustine Savoy Worked for 21 secretaries of state through 14 presidencies from Grant to FDR - See more at: [4] Frances Mary Albrier (21 Sept. 1898-21 Aug. 1987) Civil rights activist and community leader, was born in Mount Vernon, NY George Washington Ellis, [5] George William Cook (7 Jan. 1855-20 Aug. 1931) Educator and civil rights leader Glory Van Scott (b. 1947), dancer and educator[6] James Madison Bell (3 Apr. 1826-1902) Poet Jamila Woods Poet and vocalist [7] John Edward Bush (15 Nov. 1856-11 Decv. 1916) Publisher, insuranceman, politician, founder of Mosaic Templars of America John Jasper (4 July 1812-30 Mar. 1901) Baptist preacher and orator John Jones (3 Nov 1816-21 May 1879) Civil rights activist and Chicago county commissioner John Patterson Green (2 Apr 1845-30 Aug 1940) Lawyer and politician John Wesley Cromwell (5 Sept. 1846-14 Apr. 1927) Lawyer and historian Marco Ramirez Playwright and TV writer; wrote Lincoln Center Theater’s upcoming play, The Royale. Marcus Jackson poet and not the athlete for whom there is a wikipedia page [8] Martha Minerva Franklin, (29 Oct. 1870-26 Sept. 1968) Nurse - Founded National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN).Schomburg has the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses records Miriam Duchess Harris Molefe Pheto, South African political prisoner[9][10] Ruth Logan Roberts (1891–1968), Harlem salon host, suffragist, activist -- created! Thomas Bayne (1824-1889) Dentist and politician born into slavery Warren Clay Coleman (25 Mar. 1849-31 Mar. 1904) Founder of Coleman Manufacturing Company (textiles) William Alexander Brown (fl. 1817-1823) Manager of African Grove Theater, playwright Biographies Aaron Douglas Annie B. Martin Claudia Lennear, singer Donovan Drayton dream hampton Jean Blackwell Hutson, Schomburg curator, 1948–1980 John Henrik Clarke Lawrence D. Reddick, curator of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature, 1939–1948 Lloyd Sealy, NYPD officer/commander and CUNY professor Mae Virginia Cowdery Miriam Tlali Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí Ronny Drayton Sarah J. Garnet , created this article 5 years ago during Women's History month. Need picture!!, and expansion. Xenobia Bailey Red links in Harlem Renaissance - Notable figures (especially poets) Organizations Harlem bookstores Schomburg Honor Roll, 1939-1947 Studio Museum in Harlem West Harlem Art Fund Pages to create Ademola Olugebefola Artist [11] Albert Alexander Smith Artist and musician Andrew Marshall Cox (c. 1756-11 Dec 1856) Pastor and businessman Benjamin B. Pelham (1862-7 Oct. 1948) Newspaper publisher, municipal official, political leader Berry O'Kelly (c. 1860-14 Mar. 1931) Businessman Cesar (c. 1682-?) Slave and medical practitioner Charles Cyrus Thomas (1909–1988) (died in California) Charles William Anderson (28 Apr. 1866-28 Jan. 1938) NYC politician and public official Cornelius Nathaniel Dorsette (1852-7 Dec. 1897) Doctor, Alabama's first licensed Black physician Duma Ndlova South African composer and writer Edwin Henry Hackley (1859-1940) Attorney and activist Emma L. Bowen Community Activist [12] Eva Bowles Secretary for colored work for the YWCA Frances Elliott Davis Nurse and community advocate Francesca Harper, Dancer and choreographer Greater Calvary Baptist Church, Harlem - possible reference H. Ford Douglas (1831-11 Nov. 1865) Abolitionist and military officer Harlem bookstores (Young's Book Exchange, Liberation Bookstore, Frederick Douglass Book Center, National Memorial African Bookstore owned by Lewis H. Michaux) Henry Alexander Hunt, Jr. (10 Oct. 1866-1 Oct. 1938) Educator and government official Henry Vinton Plummer (31 July 1844-8 Feb. 1906) Baptist clergyman and U.S. Army chaplin Isom Dart (1848-3 Oct. 1900) cowboy and rustler James Carrol Napier (9 June 1845-21 Apr. 1940) Politician, lawyer, businessman James Julius McClendon (16 Mar. 1898-20 Apr. 1982) Physician and civil rights activist Kathleen Stanford Grant A Pilates Elder & Master Teacher; certified by Joseph Pilates, the creator of the method. Middleton A. “Spike” Harris Founder of the Negro History Associates [13] Mogorosi Motshumi (b. 1955), South African cartoonist[14] Rex Goreleigh (1902-1986) African American painter Sonny Jim Gaines a.k.a. G.E. Gaines Playwright and actor Thomas Jeremiah (?-18 Aug.1775) Free Black pilot, fisherman, executed for allegedly forementing a slave uprising Vy Higgensen Radio personality, producer, writer See also pages relating to the Harlem Renaissance Other lists with articles that need to be created African-American artists Missing entries from the Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance Caribbean poets Missing entries from Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia Missing entries from Writing African-American Women Missing entries from Black Women Scientists in the United States Missing entries from the Dictionary of African Biography Timeline of New York City (existing article to be expanded) African American city/state/regional histories, e.g. more examples like in {{African Americans by location}} Seneca Village was a GA 10+ years ago, now C-class Stubs! "Stubs" - very short articles in need of expansion: Category:African diaspora stubs Category:African American stubs Category:Africa stubs Category:Caribbean stubs Other stub types

Quick + easy! Infoboxes, stubs, obits with tons of biographical info, Wikidata, etc.

Add an infobox! It's fun, not super hard, and improves Google search results! Plus you don't need citations for infoboxes! Biography articles without infoboxes Journalism articles needing infoboxes Politics and government articles needing infoboxes Musicians articles needing infoboxes Sports articles needing infoboxes Improve an existing stub article! Clean up existing citations, add a new citation, add a selected works and publications section for published authors Journalist stubs American editor stubs Writer stubs Activist stubs Political people stubs Add citations to articles that have none! Biographies of Living People (BLP) without sources – January 2017 Other easy ideas Obituaries are a great starting point, have tons of biographical info! Chicago Tribune obituaries Los Angeles Times obituaries The Guardian obituaries The New York Times obituaries The Washington Post obituaries Are you into more tech-based data? Are you a librarian? Add Authority Control info to Wikidata! Wikidata + AuthorityControl Update Wikidata using Virtual International Authority File (VIAF.org) Go to VIAF.org Search for person (last name, first name) At bottom of page, where it says History of VIAF, expand section. See Werner Herzog example Add each listed Authority to Wikidata if its info is not already populated in Wikidata Add {{Authority control}} after External links section above Categories Refresh Wikipedia page

Accenture Blacks in STEM task list

Accenture AAERG Blacks in STEM List Lilia Ann Abron – Entrepreneur Chemical engineer First African American woman to be awarded a PhD in chemical engineering Alexa Canady – Pediatric neurosurgeon Educator First American woman and first black person to become a neurosurgeon Dawn Jeannine Wright – Geographer Oceanographer Ocean GIS, data modeling Carolyn Brooks – American microbiologist Research in immunology, nutrition, and crop productivity. Wanda Austin – Former President and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation Rosalind Brewer – President and CEO of Sam's Club Janet Bashen – Inventor, entrepreneur, professional, consultant. First African-American woman to receive a patent for a web-based software invention, LinkLine, an Equal Employment Opportunity case management and tracking software Mark Dean – Computer scientist Lonnie Johnson – Engineer, inventor of the Super Soaker Sylvester James Gates – American theoretical physicist known for Work on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory.

Editing resources

Wikipedia editing resources
The five pillars of Wikipedia Self guided introduction Manual of Style - Typical Section Order and Names Editing Wikipedia brochure Wikimedia Commons - getting images onto Wikipedia Infobox template Online resources N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help: Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help #wikipedia-en-help connect

Outcomes

Alphabetical by first letter

Pages improved

1. Bayano -- Advise2017 (talk)
2. Lilia Ann Abron -- Wikireflection (talk)
3. Lonnie Johnson (inventor) -- Wikigal001 (talk)
4. Rosalind Brewer -- Wikireflection (talk)
5. Sylvester James Gates -- Aok16 (talk)

Wolof Wikipedia

1. Ndakaaru -- Ddione (talk)

Wikidata items improved

1. Edmond Keller (Q5338886) -- Aliceba (talk)
2. Fontella Bass (Q458936) -- Shanluan (talk)
3. Willie Parker (Q18001552) -- Shanluan (talk)

External links

• AfroCROWD
• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• Wikimedia New York City

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Attendees

1. Pharos (talk) 21:47, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
2. Aok16 (talk) 21:50, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
3. Wikireflection (talk) 21:51, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
4. Momoblue (talk) 21:52, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
5. Wikigal001 (talk) 21:52, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
6. Advise2017 (talk) 21:53, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
7. Ddione (talk) 22:18, 17 February 2017 (UTC) (some edits in Wolof)
8. Aliceba (talk) 23:10, 17 February 2017 (UTC)