Hello Britta and all, I am amazed (although I shouldn't be) at the responses I've received to my inquiry. The SF Wikimedia community is strong!!
I thought I would offer some context about our collections and content for we are planning. Maybe this will help us find the right fit. The African American Museum and Library at Oakland houses a unique archival collection on the history of African Americans in Northern California and the Bay Area. The archives includes over 160 collections documenting prominent families, pioneers, churches, social and political organizations. Finding aids are available in the Online Archive of California <http://www.oac.cdlib.org/institutions/Oakland+Public+Library::African+American+Museum+and+Library+at+Oakland> and digitized items in Calisphere<https://calisphere.org/institution/147/collections/>. My goal with the edit-a-thon is to link items from the AAMLO archive that available online to existing Wikipedia articles. Of course, it doesn't need to be restricted to that alone and people would be welcome to expand on stubs, etc. It would be great to have a wikimedian do a general intro to Wikipedia, and walk participants through the process of adding images and/or links to bibliographies, editing information, etc. Staff from AAMLO would work beforehand in identifying resources people could work on during the event and we can also do a short presentation about our institution and collections. If this sounds interesting to you, let's work together! And, of course, we do not need to limit ourselves to one month... More information about our archives: Archives AAMLO's archival collection is a unique resource on the history of African Americans in Northern California and the Bay Area. The archives includes over 160 collections documenting prominent families, pioneers, churches, social and political organizations. Finding aids are available in the Online Archive of California <http://www.oac.cdlib.org/institutions/Oakland+Public+Library::African+American+Museum+and+Library+at+Oakland> and digitized items in Calisphere<https://calisphere.org/institution/147/collections/>. Freedom's Journal, the Liberator, California Voice, Sun Reporter, Muhammed Speakers, and the Black Panther newspapers are available on microfilm. Using AAMLO's oral history collection, researchers can listen to interviews with local civil rights activists, educators, writers, and musicians. AAMLO is home to the Eternal Voices video library containing more than 80 years of African American East Bay history and Susheel Bibb's Meet Mary Pleasant DVD (scholarly interviews, key issues and documents). The microfilm collection includes primary research information on African American enslavement, military service, California census records 1910-1930, Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association, W.E.B. Dubois, Benjamin Banneker, Mary Church Terrell, Paul Robeson and others. The archives department is open from 12-4. To make an appointment call (510) 637-0198. Talía Guzmán-González, Ph.D. Branch Manager African American Museum and Library at Oakland<https://oaklandlibrary.org/locations/african-american-museum-library-oakland> 659 14th St., Oakland, CA 94612 [email protected] Pronouns: she/her Subscribe to the AAMLO newsletter<https://mailchi.mp/oaklandlibrary/aamlo>! ________________________________ From: Britta Gustafson <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2020 9:05 PM To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <[email protected]> Cc: Guzman-Gonzalez, Talia <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Hosting Black History Month Edit-a-Thon at the African American Museum and Library at Oakland [EXTERNAL] This email originated outside of the City of Oakland. Please do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and expect the message. ________________________________ Wonderful! I also live in Oakland and would be excited to help. I've supported a bunch of local in-person editing workshops in a range of ways, and I'm up for seeing how I can help with virtual events as well. In case it's interesting to look at, this was a local Black History Month event last year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Black_History_Month_Wiki-a-thon_at_Prelinger_Library<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Wikipedia-3AMeetup_San-5FFrancisco_Black-5FHistory-5FMonth-5FWiki-2Da-2Dthon-5Fat-5FPrelinger-5FLibrary&d=DwMFaQ&c=6ZboKdJzR8nZOqwBjhPnCw&r=-snhWBgxZ6sAtfA5mm34wBe5skVKEGWe-vkBD8whOFsI9plPb4_gRQ3Gg1QNJWdS&m=UmM5QfszWA-wxn7jG_CGWBAKtxxm5JqvggnEHbdZZXg&s=0LZpuf3hRuo9qo6h-iviCWqBQOqSYbr8kM22vQAn6_U&e=> Thank you, Britta On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 12:28 PM David Edelson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I'd love to help any way I can! :) On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 10:42 AM Guzman-Gonzalez, Talia <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello, I am the Branch Manager at the African American Museum and Library at Oakland and I am interested in hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon as part of our Black History Month series of events. In the past I have hosted similar events at the Library of Congress and worked with Ariel Cetrone (Institutional Partnerships Manager at Wikimedia District of Columbia). I am new to the Bay Area Wikimedia community and would appreciate any assistance from local wikimedians to make this event (the first one for the Oakland Public Library system!) happen. Your time and guidance is greatly appreciated! 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