Wikipedia:Meetup/Women In Religion/Kenyan Circle Editathon

Women in Religion Edit-a-thon - Hosted by the Kenyan Chapter of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

Sign up for one beginner day either July 26 or July 27. We will go more in-depth on July 28 for those who are interested. The time for all classes is 6 pm to 8 pm EAT. We look forward to meeting everyone!

Welcome!

Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, Kenyan Chapter Edit-a-thon, July 26, 27, 28 2022
Event information
What	Kenyan Circle Edit-a-thon
Date	July 26-28, 2022 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EAT (8-10 am PT, 9-11MT, 10-12CT, 11-1ET)
Location	Zoom Meeting
Host	Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, Kenyan Chapter
Facilitators	Telesia Musili; RosPost; Polly

Event Description

Did you know that only 18% of the biographical subjects and 9% of the editors on Wikipedia are women? Women in Religion Wiki Project aims to address the under-recognized work of cisgender and transgender women in the world's religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions by adding women in religion onto Wikipedia.

At this edit-a-thon/workshop, participants will sign up as wiki-editors, create their personal user page, learn the basics of editing and make their first wiki-edits. We will also learn to create stubs and start a new article on the third day, which will be more advanced.

Our work list will focus on Kenyan religious scholars, activists, and leaders. We will learn to edit existing pages and, learn our way around Wikipedia and create a short entry or stub. The group will set the pace. Participants are also welcome to work on women from any religious, spiritual or wisdom tradition who are not on the work list. No need to be a technological expert!

Join us in our effort to address gender bias on Wikipedia by improving the coverage of women in religion on Wikipedia

Event Details

• Date: July 26-28th (Beginners will choose the 26 or 27 and then come for more advanced training on the 28th. )
• Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 EAT
• Location: ZOOM Video Conference
• Who should attend: Anyone who wishes to learn how to edit on Wikipedia and is interested in Women in Religion in Africa. You do not need experience. Any advanced Wikipedians interested in African women. Beginners and experienced Wikipedians are welcome.
• Goals: Create user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page, and, on, day three, start a Wikipedia biographical stub, Or, bring your own materials and edit away.
• Questions? For more information, contact Rosalind Hinton at rhinton1@tulane.edu. Confirm attendance and I will send the zoom link.

Before you arrive

If you can, signup for a Wikipedia account:  Here

Consider concerns about anonymity when choosing a "user name" unless you want to be identified

Look at our work list on the 1000 Women in Religion Project Page Here

Accessibility

This event welcomes attendees of all abilities.

** No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary as training will be provided. No background in religion, diversity, or women's history is required as we will have resources on hand to cite.

About the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians was launched at Trinity College in Accra, Ghana in 1989. In the keynote address, Dr. Mercy Amba Oduyoye described the state of African theology as a one-winged bird, emphasizing the need for a second wing “in the form of women’s voices and analysis.” The Circle is a pan-African association of women who study the role and impact of religion and culture on African women's lives. The Circle Matriarchs reflect on dynamic issues affecting the entire society and confront retrogressive religious and cultural traditions. These women have addressed religious, socio-economic, political, health, and other related issues that affect the African continent, yet their work is not widely known or collected by libraries because of traditional gender bias, and colonial practices and priorities that exclude orality as well as other forms of African women’s knowledge production. Circle thinking critiques universalizing Western practices and theories that exclude African women’s knowledge production and oppress African women. African Circle Matriarchs were the first on the African continent to prioritize women’s experiences as a key starting point in decolonial theory. In addition, storytelling and orality are amplified as methodologies and as a framework for engaging biblical, theological, historical, pastoral, and missiological perspectives of theology.

About the Kenyan Chapter of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

The Circle of concerned African Women theologians Kenya Chapter draws her members from various universities in Kenya that have trained in theology and religious studies. Clergy from all denominations and women from other faith communities are also members, giving the Chapter a multi-faith and multi-denominational colour. Just like the Mother Circle, the Kenyan Chapter immerses itself in writing and publishing, mentoring of young theologians, dubbed “The Rising Stars”, to challenge dehumanizing texts through re-reading and re-writing them using a liberative lens. Circle Kenya chapter is housed at St. Paul’s University Limuru, where the Continental circle members planted trees during the annual sixteen days of activism against rape and all forms of violence. It is in the same garden where Prof. Wangari Mathaai, a laureate Nobel Prize Winner planted a Mugumo tree. The women of the Circle visit the garden occasionally for remembrance and charge themselves in line with The Circle’s Vision, Mission, and philosophy.

About the Women in Religion WikiProject

The Women in Religion Project (formerly 1000 Women in Religion), seeks to add names and contributions of religious, spiritual, and wisdom women to Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia in the world. The contributions of cis, trans, and LGBTQI women in all fields of work, scholarship, and life, including religion and spirituality, have gone under-recognized, across time and in our present-day context. This under-recognition is a form of gender bias reflected and reproduced in our commonly used sources of knowledge – in our history books, in our news media, and even in our sacred texts. The more we can document and highlight the contributions of women leaders in their religious and spiritual traditions, the more we can change the perception that women have not been leaders.

Resources

Inspiration for possible new articles and editing

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/1000 Women in Religion
• Our work list and tasks for the Women in Religion Project (formerly the 1000 Women in Religion Project)

Helpful sources and links. When creating an account do not use your own name! Think of a user name you will like.:

How to create a Wikipedia account

How to create a Wikipedia account on a mobile phone