Ms. Fembot 2016: A Digital Initiative for Civic Engagement

March 11, 2016toMarch 12, 2016

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Registration is now open for our Fembot event in March, #msfembot2016: A Digital Initiative for Civic Engagement.

FembotWebBanner1Come join the Fembot Collective, Ms. Magazine and the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism for Ms. Fembot 2016: A Digital Initiative for Civic Engagement, two days of feminist innovation, education, and collaboration!

Event Homepage: http://fembotcollective.org/msfembot2016/

This event is free and open to the public – though space is limited.

Friday, March 11th, Ms. Magazine, Beverly Hills: Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to contribute figures, movements, organizations, and ideas historically
marginalized because of gender, race, and sexuality into Wikipedia. Help us make sure that the virtual world of free and accessible knowledge offers a
gender inclusive history. This year¹s edit-a-thon will feature a special collaborative group focusing on writing the history of women¹s athletics
into Wikipedia!

Event Details: http://fembotcollective.org/msfembot2016/edit-a-thon/
RSVP: http://msfembot2016-editathon.eventbrite.com

Saturday, March 12th, USC, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism: Un-Conference on Digital Tools for Civic Engagement to introduce
digital tools and create ways to harness, hack, and expand them for feminist scholarship and civic engagement. Sessions will lay the groundwork for the
Fembot Collective¹s textbook on Digital Tools for Civic Engagement, which will be collaboratively authored by the workshop¹s participants.

Event Details: http://fembotcollective.org/msfembot2016/un-conference/
RSVP: http://msfembot2016-unconference.eventbrite.com
Questions/queries can be sent to the Fembot Webmistress <shamid@uoregon.edu>.

Event Sponsors: The Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the Fembot Collective, Ms. Magazine, and the University of Oregon¹s Center for the Study of Women in Society.