Whose Knowledge?/VisibleWikiWomen/WomenOfColors
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#WomenOfColors: Celebrating the colors of #VisibleWikiWomen! |
Let’s center the faces and achievements of women of colors, especially black, brown and indigenous women!
What?
This is a mini-campaign to celebrate and increase the images of influential black, brown and indigenous women that are being uploaded to Wikipedia as part of the #VisibleWikiWomen campaign.
Activities
Join us! You are invited to:
- Participate by adding images of important women of colors from across the world within the broader VisibleWikiWomen category on Wikimedia Commons.
- Share your contributions using the hashtags #VisibleWikiWomen #WomenofColors and any others that make sense in your language and local contexts (#Latinxs #DalitWomen #BlackWomen #BrownWomen #Wikiseescolor etc.).
- Get counted! Add your username to our participant Dashboard to Let us know that you have joined the campaign!
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If you're a super amigx partner, we invite to also:
- Campaign online, host events (if possible), ask for image donations and promote this effort in whatever ways make sense to you.
- Celebrate the women of colors you have already uploaded to the #VisibleWikiWomen campaign by sharing their image, a little of their story, and adding the hashtags #VisibleWikiWomen #WomenofColors and any others that make sense in your language and local contexts (#Latinxs #DalitWomen #BlackWomen #BrownWomen #Wikiseescolor etc.).
Resources kit
Finding or creating images
Uploading images
- How to upload images to Wikimedia Commons
- AfroCROWD video tutorial on how to upload images to Wikimedia Commons
- Don't forget to categorize your images under the category VisibleWikiWomen_2019 so we can find them later!
Licensing
- Adding images to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia: do's and don'ts
- Giving consent for images on Wikipedia
Images to use on social media
Remember to use the hashtags: #WomenofColors and #VisibleWikiWomen (adding others you wish).
When?
This is a 10 day mini-campaign from April 22 to May 02.
Who?
- Whose Knowledge?
- AfroCROWD
- Black Lunch Table
- Wikimedia Nigeria
- African Women on Board
To join our super amigxs and partners for this mini-campaign. Just contact us at visiblewikiwomen@whoseknowldge.org to let us know!
Participants
To participate as an individual you can signup here adding # and clicking 