Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group/WikiCari Festival 2021
Join us for the Wiki Caribbean Festival: September 26, 2021, Livestreaming from 2:30-5 PM EDT/AST, 18:30-20:00 UTC
#WikiCariFest is a first-of-its-kind, online Wikimedia community celebration of Caribbean cultures, colours, creeds & ideas. Hosted by the Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group and Wikipedia Weekly Network, the annual event first started during the COVID-19 Pandemic in September 2020 when most Caribbean carnivals and festivals could not hold their celebrations and parades. This year, we are keeping the vibe going, with the Wiki community as we celebrate and highlight the vibrant culture, history, and peoples of the Caribbean with special guests and more.
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The event aims:
- Increasing awareness of various parts of our regional culture and news.
- Sparking greater awareness of the heterogeneity of Caribbean culture and its 30 million inhabitants.
- Galvanizing community members to improve contributions on Wikipedia Categories, Commons & most importantly, WikiData - in all the region's representative languages.
- This event is part of the Wiki Loves the Caribbean Campaign to identify and help close information gaps on the Caribbean in Wikipedia.
Special Guests
- NYU Professor Wynnie Lamour, founder and managing director of the Haitian Creole Institute of New York
- Haitian vocalist / percussionist Okai Music
- Haitian American actor/director Bechir Sylvain
- Amilcar Priestley, co-director of the Afro-Latino Festival and director of the Afro-Latino Project
- START: 2:30 PM
- END 5:00 PM
The schedule is in Eastern Daylight Time / Atlantic Standard Time
START: 2:30 PM
TIME CHECK -- 5:00 PM Closing remarks and Celebration Wiki Cari Panel is back, join us as we close out an exciting day. Join News on Wiki Seminar immediately after the festival at 5:15 PM
5:00 PM Wiki Caribbean Festival 2021 END-->
Focus Areas / Ideas for editing
Let's add some more Caribbean flavor to Wikipedia! Please add to some topic areas for editing that could use some love.
If you are a part of the # WPWP Campaign 2021 to add images to Wikipedia pages wanting photos, please add #WPWP in your edit summary when you publish! Click here for tips on adding images to articles.
Have recommendations for other missing or under-covered parts of the Caribbean Experience?! * Add it here on our Wiki CariFest 2021 page on English Wikipedia
- This call-to-action centers around various themes as part of our #WikiLovesCaribbean campaign to identify and help close content gaps on the Caribbean. Feel free to add to the mandate!
Livestream
The Wiki Cari Festival live-stream will be September 26, 2:30 -5 PM EDT on Wikipedia Weekly Network, and will be available for viewing on Youtube.
Partnerships
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WikiConference North America 2021
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