<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Al Billings <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:albill@openbuddha.com" target="_blank">albill@openbuddha.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Has the Ada Initiative addressed its previous behavior towards sex positive speakers like Violet Blue? <br></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Until they do, I know lots of people that aren’t going to give them any money…<span class=""><div><br></div></span></div></blockquote></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">​Hi Al!  Yes, in fact the organization did post about that situation and the ensuing fallout. I think the post is very clear!<br><br><a href="http://adainitiative.org/2013/03/clarification-on-the-ada-initiatives-role-in-the-cancellation-of-violet-blues-bsides-sf-talk/using">http://adainitiative.org/2013/03/clarification-on-the-ada-initiatives-role-in-the-cancellation-of-violet-blues-bsides-sf-talk/using</a> post ​</div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Ada Initiative's work includes running several unconferences for women in open tech & culture over the last three years including AdaCamps in SF, DC, Portland, Berlin, and Bangalore. Hundreds of conferences and events have adopted anti-harassment policies based on their template. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Here is a list of more of their work: <a href="http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/">http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Glad to see you're a champion of sex positivity! Me too!  I have a long history of radical sex positive activism. AND am an advisor for AI. <br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">​Cheers,<br><br>Liz<br>​</div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Liz Henry<br></div><a href="mailto:lizhenry@gmail.com" target="_blank">lizhenry@gmail.com</a><br><br></div>"Electric ladies will you sleep or will you preach?" -- Janelle Monae<br><br>"Without models, it's hard to work; without a context, difficult to<br>evaluate; without peers, nearly impossible to speak." -- Joanna Russ<br></div>
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