Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight co-founded Women in Red, which focuses on improving the representation gender gap across 33 languages Wikipedias. She was honored as Wikipedian of the Year (2016, Women in Red was shortlisted for the ITU/UN Women GEMTECH award (2016), and she was knighted partly because of her Wikipedia achievements and activism (2018). Wikipedia has a shortage of women readers, women editors, and content related to women. Curious? Learn how you can get involved and how your actions can advance the sum of all notable knowledge.

You can attend this event either in-person in the Research Alliance (MSU Library room 324), or virtually via Webex. 

Please REGISTER for this event. This event is a part of the Second Annual MSU Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Women in Montana. Your registration will give you virtual access to all of the edit-a-thon events that day. For more information about the Edit-a-thon, check out the event page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/MSU/Women_in_Montana 

This event is hosted by the MSU Library and planning has been assisted by Student Commons and the Women’s Center. We have financial sponsorships from the Gianforte School of Computing, Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, and the Dean of Students. 

Contact Melissa Pomeroy (melissa.pomeroy@montana.edu) if you have questions about this event