Name: Anonymous 2013-02-08 14:46
Announcing the Empowermentors Collective: a group for women of color and queer people of color
The Empowermentors Collective is a new space by and for women of color and queer people of color within free software and free culture.
We recognize the need to address deep-seated cultural norms within the free software and free culture communities which, under the guise of openness, have excused and perpetuated alienating behavior. It is imperative that we acknowledge that there are systemic structures of control embedded in our society which permeate our movement. Refusing to do so in an effort to compartmentalize and focus on our own goals is detrimental to our success. We cannot afford to be an inward-facing movement.
To expose and undo this culture of exclusion, we would like to support the recently established Empowermentors Collective, a community for intersectionally marginalized identities. This type of intentional space also opens up the potential for much needed coalition building and advances our own understanding of how technology and media are inseparable from our experiences and ourselves, our bodies.
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/announcing-the-empowermentors-collective-a-group-for-women-of-color-and-queer-people-of-color
The Empowermentors Collective is a new space by and for women of color and queer people of color within free software and free culture.
We recognize the need to address deep-seated cultural norms within the free software and free culture communities which, under the guise of openness, have excused and perpetuated alienating behavior. It is imperative that we acknowledge that there are systemic structures of control embedded in our society which permeate our movement. Refusing to do so in an effort to compartmentalize and focus on our own goals is detrimental to our success. We cannot afford to be an inward-facing movement.
To expose and undo this culture of exclusion, we would like to support the recently established Empowermentors Collective, a community for intersectionally marginalized identities. This type of intentional space also opens up the potential for much needed coalition building and advances our own understanding of how technology and media are inseparable from our experiences and ourselves, our bodies.
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/announcing-the-empowermentors-collective-a-group-for-women-of-color-and-queer-people-of-color