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Black Lunch Table's Wikipedia initiative is one part of our larger project and non profit. Please note that this event archive only reflects Wikipedia-related activities organized by Black Lunch Table. For further information about the full activities of Black Lunch Table, please go here.

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Past events

2024 events

1. January 28th, 2024: BLT Office Hours, online
2. February 25th, 2024: BLT Office Hours, online
3. March 24th, 2024: BLT Office Hours, online
4. March 27th, 2024: BLT @ University of Pennsylvania Fisher Fine Arts Library, Philadelphia, PA
5. April 5th, 2024: Botho Wiki Club - Botho University, Botswana
6. April 28th, 2024: BLT Office Hours, online
7. May 3rd, 2024: Palapye BLT Editathon - Botswana International University Of Science And Technology (BIUST), Botswana
8. May 11th, 2024: BLT "Beyond the Canvas Highlighting Black Artists on Wikipedia", Owerri, Nigeria
9. May 14th, 2024: Visibility of Black Artists, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
10. May 21st, 2024: Igbo Wikimedians User Group x BLT - Online Launch x Editing Contest, online
11. May 26th, 2024: BLT Office Hours, online
12. June 23rd, 2024: BLT Office Hours, online
13. June 2024: Crowdsourcing the Canon, Partnership w/ Sixty Inches From Center
14. August 31st, 2024: BLT x BUTTER Fine Art Fair 2024, Indianapolis, IN
15. September 22nd, 2024: BLT Office Hours, online

2023 events

1. January 29th, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online
2. January-February, 2023: BLT Bingo, BLT x Pace Gallery
3. February 24th, 2023: BLT @ Pratt Institute Anti-Racism Symposium, New York, NY
4. February 25th, 2023: BLT x Black Shell Studio Photo Booth, Orlando, FL
5. February 26th, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online
6. March 26th, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online
7. March-April, 2023: BLT Bingo, Caribbean artists
8. April 15th, 2023: Art + Feminism x BLT Photo Booth, Houston, TX
9. April 30th, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online
10. May 19th, 2023: BLT Editathon @ Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
11. May 20th, 2023: BLT Photo Booth @ Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
12. May 31st, 2023: Wiki Artist Workshop, Online
13. May-June, 2023: BLT Bingo, artists who have passed on
14. May 28th, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online
15. June 25th, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online
16. July 30th, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online
17. August 27th, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online
18. September-October, 2023: BLT Bingo, artists making work with or about sound
19. September 24th, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online
20. October 21st, 2023: BLT Edit-a-Thon at IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute, Indianapolis, IN
21. October 22nd, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online
22. November 19th, 2023: BLT Office Hours, online

2022 events

1. January 23rd, 2022: BLT January Office Hours
2. February 5, 2022: "Before Yesterday We Could Fly", Met Museum X BLT X WikiNYC X AfroCrowd, New York, NY
3. February 20, 2022: BLT Office Hours
4. February 27, 2022: BLT: LIVE w/ Anisa Olufemi on IG @blacklunchtable
5. February 27, 2022: "Before Yesterday We Could Fly", Closing event, New York, NY
6. January-February, 2022: BLT Bingo, Futurism
7. March 6, 2022: BLT: Live w/ Daonne Huff on IG @blacklunchtable
8. March 27, 2022: BLT Office Hours
9. April 2+3, 2022: BLT @ Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
10. April 6, 2022: ARLISS Conference, Chicago, IL
11. April 24, 2022: BLT Office Hours, online
12. March-April, 2022: BLT Bingo, red links
13. May 22, 2022: BLT Office Hours, online
14. May-June, 2022: BLT Bingo, painters
15. May 24 to June 30, 2022: BLT Wiki edit-a-thon (IRL & online) + contest in Nigeria
16. June 25, 2022: BLT @ Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
17. June 25, 2022: BLT Juneteenth Photobooths in Lawrence, KS & Seattle, WA
18. June 26, 2022: BLT Office Hours, online
19. July 23, 2022: BLT Wiki edit-a-thon #1 in Botswana
20. August 19, 2022: Black Lunch Table Photo Booth w/ BLIXEL: The (Re)Stock Image Project and UF College of the Arts, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Center, Gainesville, FL
21. August 24, 2022: BLT Photo Booth at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
22. August 27, 2022: BLT Wiki edit-a-thon #2 in Botswana
23. August 28, 2022: BLT Office Hours, online
24. July-August, 2022: BLT Bingo, performance
25. August 28, 2022: BLT Office Hours, online
26. September 25, 2022: BLT Office Hours, online
27. September-October, 2022: BLT Bingo, public art and installation
28. September 25th, 2022: BLT Office Hours, online
29. October 6th, 2022: BLT Workshop at Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Canada
30. October 22, 2022: Wiki panel discussion in Botswana
31. December 8, 2022: BLT Photo Booth at ELA-Espaço Luanda Arte, Luanda, Angola
32. November-December, 2022: BLT Bingo, technologists

2021 events

1. January 16th, 2021: BLT @ Oxbow II
2. January 17th, 2021: BLT monthly online edit-a-thon
3. February, 2020: February BLT Bingo
4. February 6th, 2021: Online edit-a-thon @ Twin Cities arts, Minneapolis, MN
5. February 13, 2021: Online edit-a-thon @ College Art Association, Annual Conference, New York, NY
6. February 28, 2021: Black History Everyday edit-a-thon, online
7. March 14, 2021: BLT: Live w/ Pamela Council on IG @blacklunchtable
8. March 21, 2021: BLT: Topic Focus w/ Alexandria Lockett
9. March 28, 2021: Monthly online edit-a-thon
10. March, 2021: March BLT Bingo
11. April 4, 2021: BLT Virtual Photo Booth w/ Andrea Cauthen
12. April 11, 2021: BLT: Live w/ Anna Martine Whitehead on IG @blacklunchtable
13. April 25, 2021: Monthly online edit-a-thon w/ Noircir Wikipédia
14. April, 2021: April BLT Bingo
15. May 16, 2021: BLT Live w/ Norman Teague on IG @blacklunchtable
16. May 22, 2021: Reconstructions: BLT + MoMA edit-a-thon
17. May 23, 2021: Monthly online edit-a-thon
18. May, 2021: May BLT Bingo w/ 21c
19. June 27, 2021: Online edit-a-thon w/ Tern Gallery
20. June, 2021: June BLT Bingo
21. Juneteenth Photobooths Coast to Coast: Houston, Chicago, New York, Online
22. July 11, 2021: BLT Live w/ Ally Caple on IG @blacklunchtable
23. July 25, 2021:BLT monthly online edit-a-thon
24. July 31, 2021: Online edit-a-thon w/ Wa Na Wari and The Grocery, Seattle, WA
25. August 1, 2021: BLT Live w/ Marvin Touré on IG @blacklunchtable
26. August 22, 2021: Monthly online edit-a-thon
27. August, 2021: August BLT Bingo
28. August, 2021: August International Writing Contest
29. September 19, 2021: BLT: Live w/ Dana Robinson on IG @blacklunchtable
30. September 26, 2021: Monthly online edit-a-thon
31. September, 2021: September BLT Bingo
32. October 3, 2021: BLT: Live w/ WORK/PLAY on IG @blacklunchtable
33. October 9, 2021: BLT Photobooth@ Skowhegan's 75th Anniversary Block Party, New York, NY
34. October 17, 2021: BLT: Live w/ Shawné Michaelain Holloway on IG @blacklunchtable
35. October 24, 2021: Monthly online edit-a-thon
36. October, 2021: October BLT Bingo
37. November 7, 2021: BLT: Live w/ Mark Fleuridor on IG @blacklunchtable
38. November BLT Bingo
39. November 6-12th, 2021: Wikimedia Commons Photo Drive Los Angeles, CA and online
40. November 28, 2021: Monthly online edit-a-thon
41. December 5, 2021: BLT: Live w/ Ava Hassinger on IG @blacklunchtable
42. December 19, 2021: Monthly online edit-a-thon

2020 events

1. Thursday, February 13, 2020 CAA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
2. Friday, February 14, 2020 CAA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
3. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Black History Everyday, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
4. Tuesday, February 25, 2020 SAIC and Flaxman Library, Chicago, IL
5. Tuesday, March 3, 2020 BLT at MITH @ UMD, College Park, MD
6. March 14, 2020 A + F, MoMA, BLT, New York, NY cancelled
7. April 5, 2020, BLT @ Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL *online edit-a-thon*
8. April 12, 2020, Wiki for Art educators online
9. April 17, 2020 Black is Tech Conference, New York, NY cancelled
10. April 18, 2020, BLT: Bacon + Lettuce + Tomato
11. April 19, 2020 Online Edit-a-thon at
12. April 26, 2020 BLT:Live André D. Singleton on IG @blacklunchtable
13. April 27, 2020 BLT @ Davidson College, Davidson, NC *online edit-a-thon*
14. April, 2020 Black History and Women's History Month Bingo
15. May, 2020 May BLT Bingo
16. May 3, 2020 Topic focus: Wiki Commons for photographers
17. May 10, 2020 BLT: Live Aay Preston-Myint on IG @blacklunchtable
18. May 16, 2020 BLT: Bacon + Lettuce + Tomato
19. May 17, 2020 Online Edit-a-thon
20. May 24, 2020 BLT: Live Ariel Jackson w/ Michael J. Love on IG @blacklunchtable
21. May 31, 2020 Online Edit-a-thon
22. June, 2020, ALA Conference, Chicago, IL, cancelled
23. June, 2020 June BLT Bingo
24. June 7, 2020 BLT: Live Xenobia Bailey on IG @blacklunchtable
25. June 14, 2020 BLT: Topic Focus w/ Ireashia Bennett
26. June 21, 2020 BLT: Live Kenya (Robinson) w/ Rob Robinson on IG @blacklunchtable
27. June 28, 2020 BLT: Topic Focus w/ Mohammed Sadat Abdulai
28. July, 2020 July BLT Bingo
29. July 5, 2020 BLT: Live Sarah Workneh on IG @blacklunchtable
30. July 12, 2020 Online Edit-a-thon
31. July 19, 2020 BLT: Live Nikita Gale on IG @blacklunchtable
32. July 26, 2020 BLT: Topic Focus w/ Alexandria Lockett
33. August, 2020 August BLT Bingo
34. August 2, 2020 BLT: Live Jeffrey Sims w/Andrea Chung on IG @blacklunchtable
35. August 9, 2020 Online Edit-a-thon
36. August 16, 2020 BLT: Live Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi on IG @blacklunchtable
37. August 20, 2020 BLT: Topic Focus w/ Tamika Galanis
38. August 20, 2020 BLT @ Rutgers U Alumni Association
39. August 23, 2020 BLT: Topic Focus w/ Catherine Feliz
40. August 30, 2020 BLT: Live Damon Locks on IG @blacklunchtable
41. September, 2020 September Red Rush Contest
42. September, 2020 September BLT Bingo
43. September 8, 2020 Scholar Strike with Rutgers and SAIC online
44. September 27, 2020 Online Edit-a-thon
45. October, 2020 October BLT Bingo
46. October 9, 2020 BLT@University of Maryland CIRCA, Maryland, online edit-a-thon
47. October 17, 2020 BLT @ Vancouver Art Book Fair, online edit-a-thon
48. October 18, 2020 BLT: Live Ilana Harris-Babou,on IG @blacklunchtable 1PM EST
49. October 25, 2020 Online Edit-a-thon w/ U of Wisconsin-Madison
50. October 27, 2020 BLT @ PCAD, online edit-a-thon
51. November, 2020 November BLT Bingo
52. November 3, 2020 BLT@Wa Na Wari, online edit-a-thon
53. November 12, 2020 Penn Fisher Fine Arts Library, online edit-a-thon
54. November 22, 2020 Online edit-a-thon
55. December, 2020 December BLT Bingo
56. December 20, 2020 BLT: Live Shani Peters on IG @blacklunchtable
57. December 27, 2020 Online edit-a-thon and Zoom Photobooth

Missed any of our BLT Live or Topic Focus sessions? Watch all of them HERE!

2019 events

1. Last Sunday of each month at noon EST, BLT Monthly online meetup
2. Friday, January 25, 2019: A+F & BLT @ Glass Curtain, Chicago, IL
3. Saturday, February 9, 2019: Black History Everyday @ Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY
4. Tuesday, February 26, 2019: WikiNYC+Black Lunch Table @ BMCC, New York, NY
5. Saturday, March 2, 2019: Photobooth @ Art+Feminism x MoMA, New York, NY
6. Sunday, March 3, 2019: Art+Feminism with Kickstarter & Black Lunch Table, Brooklyn, NY
7. Sunday, March 10, 2019: Black Lunch Table @ Alice Yard in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
8. Wednesday, March 13, 2019: Black Lunch Table @ RISD Fleet Library, Providence, RI
9. Saturday, March 16, 2019: Black Lunch Table @ Alice Yard, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
10. Saturday, March 23, 2019: Black Lunch Table @ 2019 REAL Symposium @ Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
11. Saturday, March 23, 2019: Black Lunch Table at East Yard, Arima, Trinidad & Tobago
12. Friday, April 5, 2019: UPenn Fisher Fine Arts Library, Philadelphia, PA
13. Tuesday, April 30, 2019: Black Lunch Table at Arte Público Press, Houston, TX
14. Saturday, May 11, 2019: Black Lunch Table at Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
15. Friday, May 17, 2019: Black Lunch Table at University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
16. Saturday, May 18, 2019: Black Lunch Table at Red Bull Arts, Detroit, MI
17. Spring 2019: Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Art, Jamaica
18. Friday, May 24, 2019: Black Lunch Table at University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
19. Friday, May 31, 2019: Black Lunch Table at University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
20. Sunday, June 9, 2019: Black Lunch Table at OxBow School of Art, Saugatuck, Michigan
21. Saturday, June 29, 2019: The Af-Am Library at The Gregory School, Houston, TX
22. Tuesday, August 13, 2019: WMF Strategy Salon @ Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
23. Tuesday, October 1, 2019: Black Lunch Table @ The New School's Centennial Festival, New York, NY
24. Wednesday, October 2, 2019: Black Lunch Table @ The New School's Centennial Festival, New York, NY
25. Friday-Monday, November 8-11, 2019: WikiConference North America, Boston, MA
26. Saturday, November 16, 2019: Chicago Art Book Fair, Chicago, IL

2018 events

1. Thursday, January 11, 2018: Black Lunch Table @ Triangle, New York, NY
2. Sunday, January 14, 2018: BLT @ Wikipedia Day 2018 NYC, New York, NY – panel at 10:30 am at the Ace Hotel
3. Saturday, February 3, 2018: Black Lunch Table @ The Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY – 12:00 pm-6:00 pm
4. Thursday, February 8, 2018: Black History EVERYDAY with Black Lunch Table: The CHI + NYC – Two Editathons IN TANDEM: Black History EVERYDAY with Black Lunch Table @ NYU Poly Digital Futures Lab with Triangle, New York City AND Black History EVERYDAY with Black Lunch Table @ Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL
5. Tuesday, February 27, 2018: BLT @ ARLIS/NA 2018 Conference, New York, NY – "Thinking Outside the (Library) Box: Using Your Librarian Skills for the Public Good," ARLIS/NA panel at 1:30 pm at the Hilton: Gramercy West
6. Sunday, March 4, 2018: BLT co-hosts Art+Feminism at Kickstarter, New York, NY
7. Saturday, March 10, 2018: BLT x Art+Feminism @Triangle, Triangle Arts Association, New York, NY
8. Sunday, April 1, 2018: VW Sunday Sessions with Art+Feminism at MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
9. Wednesday April 11, 2018: Black Lunch Table @ METRO Library Council for "Dismantling the Dominant Narrative: Reframing History at the Black Lunch Table" , New York, NY
10. Saturday, April 21, 2018: Black Lunch Table @ Queens Central Library as part of Southeast Queens Biennial: A Locus of Moving Points with No Longer Empty, Queens, NY -- details to come.
11. Tuesday, June 19, 2018: Junteenth at the MCA!,
12. now until Tuesday, June 19, 2018: Black Lunch Table JUNETEENTH Photo Challenge, online
13. Monday, July 9, 2018: Black Lunch Table @ The High Line, New York, NY
14. Tuesday, July 17, 2018: Black Lunch Table @ A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, SA
15. Friday, July 20, 2018: Black Lunch Table meetup @ Wikimania 2018, Cape Town
16. Friday July 27, 2018: Black Lunch Table @ Bridge Books on Commissioner St, Johannesburg
17. Sunday July 29, 2018: Black Lunch Table @ Bridge Books in Maboneng, Johannesburg
18. Monday, August 20, 2018: Surfacing Black Life in Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA
19. Saturday, September 15, 2018: BLT @ SI Black Heritage Family Day, Staten Island, NY
20. Wednesday, September 19, 2018: BLT @ Schomburg with SMH, Harlem, NY
21. Saturday, September 22, 2018: BLT @ Fences Show, Staten Island, NY
22. Tuesday, October 2, 2018: BLT @ Raised_on_the_Internet, Chicago, IL
23. Saturday, October 27, 2018: BLT @ Magnum Foundation, New York, NY
24. Saturday, November 10, 2018: BLT @ Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY
25. October - November, 2018: Months of Africa Cinema Contest, with AfroCine online
26. Saturday, December 8, 2018: Kingston, Jamaica 1, Kingston, Jamaica
27. Saturday, December 15, 2018: Kingston, Jamaica 2, Kingston, Jamaica
28. Saturday, December 22, 2018: Kingston, Jamaica 3, Kingston, Jamaica

2017 events

1. Sunday, January 15, 2017: Wikipedia Day 2017 @ Ace Hotel New York, New York, NY – Art Panel
2. Saturday, January 28, 2017: Her Girl Friday + Lenny Letter Women Journos Unconference & Editathon @ ThoughtWorks, New York, NY – Black Lunch Table presentation
3. Tuesday, February 21, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
4. Tuesday, February 21, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ Terrain Gallery, WA, Spokane, WA
5. Monday, February 27, 2017: Black Lunch Table Black WikiHistory Month @ Creative Capital, NYC, New York, NY
6. Saturday, March 11, 2017: Art+Feminism @ MoMA, New York, NY
    – AfroCROWD + Black Lunch Table projects at 2:00 pm
    – Notability & Structural Racism/Sexism Workshop at 4:00 pm
7. Sunday, March 12, 2017: Black Lunch Table co-hosts Art+Feminism @ Kickstarter HQ, Brooklyn, NY
8. Friday, March 17, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ University of Toronto, Scarborough, Scarborough, Toronto CANADA
9. Saturday, March 18, 2017: Black Lunch Table hosts Art+Feminism @ McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology, Toronto, CANADA
10. Saturday, March 25, 2017: AllRise @ UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
11. Saturday, April 1, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
12. Friday April 21, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ Boston, Day 1, Boston, MA
13. Saturday, April 22, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ Boston, Day 2, Boston, MA
14. Thursday, May 11, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ Telling Untold Histories, Newark, NJ
15. Sunday, May 21, 2017: Black Lunch Table joins Wikimedia New York for Met Open Access Initiative @ Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
16. Thursday, June 22, 2017: Black Lunch Table + Wiki Loves Pride 2017 @ Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
17. Saturday, July 1, 2017: Black Lunch Table: Black Radical Women, 1965-1985 @ Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
18. Sunday, August 20, 2017: Black Lunch Table Hypes Hip Hop, Brooklyn, NY
19. Monday, September 11, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ Mt Mary University, Milwaukee, WI
20. Thursday, September 21, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ John Michael Kohler Arts Center with Peck School of Arts, Sheboygan, WI
    – Sunday, September 24, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI – Cancelled
    – Tuesday, September 26, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ John Michael Kohler Art Center, during "The Road Less Traveled" conference, Sheboygan WI – Cancelled
21. Saturday, December 9, 2017: Black Lunch Table @ The 8th Floor, New York, NY

2016 events

1. Thursday, February 4, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ McColl Center, Charlotte #1, Charlotte, NC
2. Thursday, February 11, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ McColl Center, Charlotte #2, Charlotte, NC
3. Thursday, February 18, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ McColl Center, Charlotte #3, Charlotte, NC
4. Thursday, February 25, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ McColl Center, Charlotte #4, Charlotte, NC
5. Monday, March 14, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ Project Row Houses, #1, Houston, TX
6. Wednesday, March 16, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ Project Row Houses, #2, Houston, TX
7. Wednesday, April 6, 2016: Black Lunch Table Xavier University @ New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
8. Monday, April 11, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ CPCC, Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
9. Monday, May 16, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta CANADA
10. Monday, September 12, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ EIU Booth Library hosted by Tarble Art Center #1, Charleston, IL
11. Monday, September 13, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ EIU Booth Library hosted by Tarble Art Center #2, Charleston, IL
12. Wednesday, November 16, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
13. Saturday, December 10, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ BRIC House Stoop, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
14. Saturday, December 17, 2016: Black Lunch Table @ Forward Union Fair, New York, NY
15. Friday, December 23, 2016: Black Lunch Table 2016 Living Room Salon, Brooklyn, NY

2015 events

1. Sunday, May 17, 2015: Black Lunch Table @ Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY – first BLT editathon
2. Monday, July 13, 2015: Black Lunch Table @ MoMA, New York, NY – with AfroCROWD
3. Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Black Lunch Table Basquiat Still Fly @ 55 @ MoMA, New York, NY – with AfroCROWD
4. Tuesday, November 17, 2015: Black Lunch Table @ Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA

2014 events

1. Fri-Sat August 22-23, 2014: Black Artists Retreat, Chicago, IL.

Outcomes

Metrics and outcome details can be found by year on Outreach Dashboard.

Metrics and outcomes before 2018 can be found HERE.

Archived announcements

• Regional Proxy filled 1/2019
• Project Manager filled 1/2019

External links

• The Black Lunch Table
• Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page