Helaine Blumenthal

Brooklyn-born and raised, blind, Jewish, historian, mom, disability and open-knowledge activist, and always ready to make a joke out of it all.

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

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Join Wiki Education and the @AARWeb for a webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 7! We'll hear how students and faculty across the country are contributing to public knowledge about religion with the Wikipedia assignment. Register now: https://t.co/WmRL2Uw40y

[Helaine Blumenthal @hdblumenthal]

@BlondeHistorian I’m so sorry this happened. They either don’t want to talk to you or they feel a welcomed invitation to have a deep conversation with you that you don’t want. I’m at a wedding this weekend and I cannot tell you how many people came up to me to talk about my blindness.

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"I got sick of reading the same kind of essays," said @BYU professor Dr. DJ Gonzales. "With the Wikipedia assignment, students can be producers of knowledge, rather than just consumers of information." @AHAhistorians Hear insights from 4 historians: https://t.co/FC7BK5FpXN

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Wiki Education is delighted to share that @AHAhistorians has welcomed us into their Affiliated Societies Community! Learn more about our partnership in the latest news from AHA: https://t.co/t1Hn9ChxZC

[Helaine Blumenthal @hdblumenthal]

@BlondeHistorian As a blind mom, all I can say is thank you for sharing these incredibly important realities

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Wiki Education and the @AHAhistorians are teaming up for a special 1-hour virtual round table! Join us Thursday, May 23 at 11 am PDT / 2 pm EDT to explore the role Wikipedia can play in tackling challenges facing Humanities education. Register now: https://t.co/PcUEn3r1Kq

[Helaine Blumenthal @hdblumenthal]

@barry Shopping at Walgreens

[Helaine Blumenthal @hdblumenthal]

@lionel_trolling Chicken Caesar salad

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On April 23, we're teaming up with H-Teach, @HNet_Humanities's network for teaching history, for a roundtable all about teaching with Wikipedia in the humanities. See you Tuesday at 4 pm PDT! Register today: https://t.co/kERxkxECrj

[Helaine Blumenthal @hdblumenthal]

@snarkmawchuk This is why we teach our kids that it’s never OK to talk about other peoples bodies

[Helaine Blumenthal @hdblumenthal]

@snarkmawchuk Absolutely horrific

[Helaine Blumenthal @hdblumenthal]

@GYamey It really is incomprehensible how the people who critique big Pharma for just wanting to make profits willingly handover their money to these charlatans

[Helaine Blumenthal @hdblumenthal]

@seacamgirl You’re not kidding!

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Ever wanted to hear directly from students who've edited Wikipedia? Now's your chance! The February edition of Wiki Education's Speaker Series offers a panel of student editors, Friday Feb 16 at 1 pm Pacific. Register today:
https://t.co/o0VpMNhEBD

[Helaine Blumenthal @hdblumenthal]

@samwineburg @holden And no better way to teach students how to use it by having them contribute to it. https://t.co/q4qhVQkcIC @WikiEducation

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Information on Wikipedia should represent the full human experience. Thanks to funding from the @MellonFdn, we're kicking off a 3-year humanities and social justice campaign to help address Wikipedia's knowledge equity gaps. https://t.co/xRj129j21C

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Harold B. Evans was one of the few African American scientists to work on the Manhattan Project. Thanks to a student from @DenmarkTechSC and an initiative promoting diversity in STEM sponsored by the Broadcom Foundation, he's now on @Wikipedia:
https://t.co/DCmuiaZJZi

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Register today: https://t.co/36PWJYoe1F

[Msia Kibona Clark @kibona]

Students in the Black Women & Popular Culture class at @HowardU recognized for their work. @WikiEducation is really supportive of faculty and students doing Wikipedia projects. “Howard students improve representation of Black women in STEM on Wikipedia” https://t.co/iCGXaUNMQB