[hs-equality] Busy busy

[Liz Henry]

That sounds fantastic, Sophie!  It sounds very similar to what we are
doing at Noisebridge (and other Bay Area spaces) with the feminist
hacker hive.
(https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Anarchafeminist_Hackerhive)

I love the idea of having a women-centric event at 28c3.

At the last hacker equality chat I mentioned accessibility which I also
try to work towards, and here is a good link about making spaces and
events accessible, developed mostly from the committee that puts on
WisCon the feminist science fiction convention:

http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Accessibility

At WisCon some of the best bits of physical accessibility for me as a
wheelchair user are the signs that are high up (so they can be seen from
far away and low to the ground) and the aisles and seating areas marked
with blue tape, which make it much easier to be in crowds.


- Liz


On 11/20/12 10:57 AM, stoupin at riseup.net wrote:
> Hi all,
> This is Sophie from Montreal.
> 
> I am happy to report that we just launched "FouFem" on Saturday an
> initiative that aims at encouraging (self-identify) women and
> intersectional feminists to hack in a spirit of mutual aid and do it
> together (DIT). There was a lot of energy and interest surrounding these
> issues last Saturday and though we are still unsure of the ways in which
> it will all materialise, one thing is for sure, "safe" or what some
> describe as"power" spaces are needed. In a nutt shell, safe (or power)
> spaces are based on the assumption that if we share some common values
> whether explicit – through a “community agreement” or implicit through
> shared values, the members of the group  will be able to flourish and
> empower themselves.
> 
> Basically, what we are trying to answer is the question: how can a
> hackspace be radically inclusive? We are trying to do this by addressing
> questions of race, gender, sexual orientation, affect, among other in
> hackspaces. It's an experiment where we are trying to make women an
> intersectional feminists feel "safe" enough to participate fully in a
> hackspace. Will see how it all goes.
> 
> If you can organise a panel/hackathon on intersectional feminism (or what
> some also call a commitment to radical inclusivity) or intersectional
> equality at 29c3 that would lead to an "equality agreement" or something
> of the sort that would be amazing! I think bringing these issues to the
> fore would be important.
> 
> All this to say that I really like the idea of organising a hackathon to
> discuss these issues and come up with a gender (or why not a radical
> inclusivity) agreement.
> 
> Though I doubt I will be coming to Berlin in between Christmas and New
> Years Eve, I'd be happy to help out!
> 
> All the best,
> Sophie
> 
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>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 01:56:31PM -0800, Rubin Abdi wrote:
>>> Sorry I haven't posted any updates or poked people about having a
> meeting this month. I've been too busy with some projects that
> hopefully
>>> I can consider done after yesterday, and finding a new job. I'll see
> about setting up another meeting at the beginning of December unless
> anyone else wants to take up lead on such things.
>> Maybe we should just plan a hackathon at 29c3 :)
>> I've been crazy busy as well and haven't gotten around to any of my
> action-items
>> re hacker equality :((
>> We've given our notice at the hackerspace, so past months have been
> especially crazy.
>> - - gmc
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