[hs-equality] Queer Feminist Geeks village at Chaos Communication Camp this summer

[Theresa Enghardt]

_Call for Proposals to Organise and Support Activities during the Queer,
Trans* and Feminist Village at the CCCamp_

- From August 13 to 17, 2015, the Chaos Communication Camp (CCC), an
international, five-day open-air event for hackers, makers and geeks of
all genders will take place in Ziegeleipark Mildenberg# near Berlin,
Germany. As the CCCamp## provides a space for sharing technical, social,
and political ideas every 4 year, this is an opportunity not to miss.
This year, a self-organised group of dedicated people will organise in a
Do It Yourself (DIY) and Do it With Others(DIWO) fashion a queer, trans*
and feminist village to bring visibility to feminist, queer and trans*
hacking approaches, create a safe space### within the larger CCCamp,
continue to build a global community around those issues and inspire
each other.

The queer, trans* and feminist village will be pluralistic, which means
it will include intersectional, feminist, trans*, genderqueer and
race-sensitive viewpoints, among others, that are committed to the
central principles of agency, fulfillment, empowerment, diversity, and
social justice. Moreover, the tradition of free software and free
culture allow us, today, to amplify hardware and software to hack:
bodies, gender, academia, maternity and child-rearing, operating
systems, distributed networks, autonomous servers and other devices.  We
refer to the terms hacking, making and geeking with a full understanding
of their histories and limitations.

Over the years a global community of feminist, queer and trans* hackers,
makers and geeks has grown in the global south and global north and we
hope to build on this momentum to invite submissions that aim at
bringing visibility to new and old feminist, queer and trans*
hacker/maker/geek practices, to the groups and collectives that are
doing the work, to examples of resistance to and support of people
subjected to online/offline sexism, violence and/or harassment and to
any other issues that are of concern to the community. We seek
contributions from feminist, queer, trans* and people of color in
addition to allies#### in any formats, be it hands-on workshops,
discussions, presentations, artistic installations,  performance,
projections, concerts or whatever activity you think could add to the
discussion.

To register your activity, you can either add it in a DIY way by using
our wiki at
https://events.ccc.de/camp/2015/wiki/Village:Queer_Feminist_Geeks and/or
send your short submission to: queerfeministgeeks at lists.riseup.net. Note
that there are no deadlines for submitting your proposal(s), and
spontaneous activities will be welcomed, but we do encourage you to
share your plans in advance with us! This will help create enthusiasm
around our village and its scheduled content.

We are also looking for people who want to help set up, support
(financially for instance), and simply be part of the village or take
part in the activities. If you want to be involved we suggest you
register to the list at:
https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/queerfeministgeeks

It will be the first time at a CCCamp that a queer, trans* and feminist
village will be set up, so don't miss it!

# Visit the CCCamp wiki: https://events.ccc.de/camp/2015/wiki/Main_Page
## The CCCamp is not a free event.  However, they are mindfull that it
is not everyone who has the financial means to purchase a ticket (around
150 euro). If this is your case, please let us know. 
### Safe spaces can be understood as spaces of non-oppression,
non-hierarchy, and non-discrimination, whether explicit, through a
community agreement, or implicit through the sharing of values. They
enable members of a group to flourish, empower themselves and create
community. They are also about pushing boundaries to confront all forms
of sexism, racism and ablesim, among others, as these are values we
internalize in our societies growing up. Safe spaces are an opportunity
to learn more about ourself and others to confront this internalised
oppression.
####  An ally is someone who wants to support a "disadvantaged" group,
but is not part of that group (e.g. men are allies when it comes to
women's rights issues, white people are allies when it comes to people
of color and indigenous issues, etc.)