Moderators
Liaison Librarian for Online Programs and Women, Gender & Sexuality, Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University
Speakers
Instruction and Outreach Librarian, New York City College of Technology (CUNY)
Nora Almeida is an urban swimmer, writer, performance artist, librarian, and environmental activist. She’s an Associate Professor at the New York City College of Technology and a long-time volunteer at Interference Archive. She has organized media-making workshops, public events...
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Founder, AfroCROWD
Alice Backer is a social media professional, lawyer and free culture curator. In 2015, she launched AfroCROWD, a multilingual initiative to increase Afro descendant participation in crowdsourcing initiatives such as Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Zine Librarian, Barnard College
Talk to me about zines, Radical Reference, you cat(s), my cats, and open positions at my library.
Director of Learning Services at UC San Diego / Radical Reference Volunteer/Staff Librarian Make/Shift Magazine, UC San Diego / Radical Reference
Co-founder/visual artist, Black Lunch Table
I'm interested in questioning dominant narratives and proposing alternatives to them. I am a public artist and co-run Black Lunch Table, an oral history archiving project with a metadata tagged dynamic searchable database and a Wikipedia editing initiative.
Jen Hoyer helps make things go at Interference Archive and teaches about local history at the Brooklyn Public Library. S, Interference Archive / Brooklyn Public Library
Jen Hoyer from the Interference Archive will discuss archive-based activism, organizing volunteer archive programming, and building ephemeral collections. The Interference Archive is an all volunteer, open stacks archive that “... [uses] cultural ephemera to animate histories of...
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Executive Director, AfroCROWD.org
Executive director of
AfroCROWD.org, a Wikipedia initiative focused on the African diaspora, Sherry is a New York area - based outreach strategist and speaker committed to addressing gender and diversity gaps. Sherry is the co-organizer of News on Wiki, an initiative to improve Wikipedia coverage of local, Black-owne...
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