Fembot Edit-a-Thon + Hack-a-Thon!
When: Edit-a-Thon: Friday, March 6, 2015, 10-5pm
Hack-a-Thon: Saturday, March 7, 2015, 10-5pm
Where: Los Angeles, CA (check out the full posting here for full details on individual event locations.)
Why should I attend?: Writers, researchers, coders, students: have you ever gone to Wikipedia looking for information about women, trans, and/or gender non-conforming scientists, writers, scholars, filmmakers, artists, activists, politicians, and others, only to find the same gender marginalizations that occur in traditional Encyclopedias? Have you ever wondered what a feminist app or program might do or look like? Then join Ms. Magazine and the Fembot Collective for our first ever Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon + Hack-a-Thon!
On Friday, March 6th, Fembot and Ms. Magazine will be writing historical figures marginalized because of their gender into Wikipedia. Not only will they be contributing to the world of free knowledge and ensuring the existence of a gender inclusive history of everything, participants will be training people how to make effective and engaging entries that will outlive the participation of their creators – ensuring the digital legacy of women, trans, and/or gender non-conforming people in multiple discipline, fields, and periods of history.
Registration Details:
- RSVP to Kitty Lindsay by email at klindsay@feminist.org or call 866-471-3652 [toll free].
- Won’t be able to attend the event this year? You can still contribute ideas here!
At the first Fembot Hack-a-thon, they created the Fembot Bot: an auto-tweeting bot designed to auto-reply to sexist and racist hashtags. Sadly, Twitter shut down the Fembot Bot too quickly. Join Fembot in their memory on Saturday, March 7th, when they will collaborate with coders, software designers, and others at the Annenberg School to build some awe-inspiring feminist tools and interventions.
Registration Details:
*For more information, the full event posting is available here.