Hi there,
I'm messaging from Philadelphia, where I've been the director of a small
hackerspace named The Hacktory for a number of years. We've developed a
devoted if small following that has a good gender balance, and we continue
to attract people of different genders who value gender equality and
diversity. I attended Adacamp DC two summers ago and thought it was
awesome, and I've really enjoyed the posts Sumana Harihareswara on the
Adacamp list has been sharing about her own reflections on the Gender Gap
issue.
At The Hacktory we also developed a workshop we call "Hacking the Gender
Gap" to help people talk and understand the Gender Gap, which is been well
received in a number of
technical and community groups. This also lead to me being invited to write
about the topic for Make:Zine (Make Magazine's online blog) and r
recently in their print magazine:
http://makezine.com/magazine/make-40/where-are-the-women/
I've found an overwhelming interest in this topic in our local community
and visitors to The Hacktory, and I try to point them towards other
resources
and sources as much as possible. I'm very interested to be part of the
discussion here for that reason but also to keep tabs on the conversation
in general.
Look forward to hearing more,
Best,
Georgia
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Executive Director, The Hacktory <http://www.thehacktory.org/>
(215) 650-7295
@The_Hacktory