Submissions:2024/How Wiki Education pursues knowledge equity

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Title:

How Wiki Education pursues knowledge equity

Type of session:

Panel

Session theme(s):

Diversity & Inclusion, Education

Abstract:

Knowledge equity is one of the pillars of the Wikimedia strategic direction — and it's also one of the strategic priorities for Wiki Education, the organization that runs the education program in the U.S. and Canada. In this session, Wiki Education staff will explain how we've tackled equity in our programmatic works including:

• Supporting new contributors who add diverse content to Wikipedia.
• Bringing more diverse contributors to Wikipedia.
• Guiding contributors to use diverse authors in their citations in our support materials.
• Creating new training materials about contributing content related to knowledge equity.
• Empowering an effective academic advisory board to help us meet our goals.
• And more!

In this session, we'll describe our programmatic work and showcase our impact in knowledge equity.

Author name(s):

LiAnna Davis, Brianda Felix, Ian Ramjohn, Will Kent, Colleen McCoy

Wikimedia username(s):

User:LiAnna (Wiki Ed), User:Brianda (Wiki Ed), User:Ian (Wiki Ed), User:Will (Wiki Ed), User:Colleen (Wiki Ed)

E-mail address:

liannawikiedu.org, briandawikiedu.org, ianwikiedu.org, willwikiedu.org, colleenwikiedu.org

Affiliated organization(s):

Wiki Education

Able to attend without scholarship?

Yes

Estimated length of session

45-60 min

Will you be presenting remotely?

Okay to livestream?

Livestreaming is okay

Previously presented?

No

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