Dear all,

Apologies for cross-posting! Thanks to a generous grant from the Wikimedia Foundation (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Applications/Art%2BFeminism/2016-2017), Art+Feminism (http://www.artandfeminism.org/) is looking for a Program Coordinator to join the project. The part-time Program Coordinator will play a key role in the development and success of the Art+Feminism project. The Program Coordinator will manage communication and project pipelines alongside the core organizing committee. The ideal candidate has strong project management skills, a demonstrated history of work in social justice and an interest in feminist work, a working knowledge of the Wikipedia community or other online technology community, and a flexible schedule. Fluency in a language other than English is preferred. This one-year position is a 24hrs/week. Learn more: http://www.artandfeminism.org/program-coordinator/.

We also want to invite you to organize Art+Feminism events for March 2017. As the lead co-organizers of Art+Feminism, we’ve been deeply disturbed by the sheer amount of fake news (https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/viral-fake-election-news-outperformed-real-news-on-facebook) on social media, and its influence on the recent US election. We believe this makes our work as Wikipedians even more pressing. Now more than ever we must gather together to improve Wikipedia and affirm the importance of the arts and the work of women, people of color, immigrants, the LGBTQIA+ community and other marginalized peoples. This year, we strongly encourage folks to focus on the work of historically marginalized groups, both in the subjects you edit and the folks that make up your organizing committee. In the immortal words of Florynce Kennedy: “Don’t agonize. Organize.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florynce_Kennedy).

The 2017 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at The Museum of Modern Art, New York will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2017. You are welcome to join us on this day or any other date in March, 2017 that makes sense for your community. Please contact us at [log in to unmask] with any questions!

Best,

Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + Michael Mandiberg

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