Group: Empowermentors

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=== About us ===
 
=== About us ===
  
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The LibrePlanet Empowermentors is a skillshare network for people of color, people with disabilities, people self-identified as queer or LGBT, and people who are self-identified women. We are a group of volunteers and activists with a strong commitment to creating a welcoming and non-oppressive community out of the free software and free culture movements, and therefore work against ableism, racism, cissexism, heterosexism, sexism, and classism.  
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The Empowermentors Collective is a skillshare, activism, and discussion network by and for women of color and queer people of color. We are a group of community members with a strong commitment to furthering free software and free culture through an intersectional anti-oppression lens and making a more welcoming space out of these communities. We therefore necessarily also work against and do not tolerate ableism, racism, cissexism, heterosexism, sexism, and classism.
  
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We are called Empowermentors because we focus on education and encourage participants to host workshops and skillshares targeted towards one or more of the identity groups listed above. This group is a safer space for marginalized identity groups.
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The Empowermentors Collective strives to be an affirming and safer space for people with disabilities, people of color, women, and people self-identified as queer or LGBT.
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While software freedom is an important element of a free society, there are additional power dynamics within the free software movement that must be addressed for all users to be free. We help one another protect our autonomy in relation to the tools and devices that we use for experiencing and interacting with the world, communicating with one another, and even surviving.
 
  
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We are called Empowermentors because we focus on education and encourage participants to host workshops and skillshares targeted towards one or more of the identity groups listed above.
  
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* We maintain a safer space for marginalized identity groups.
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* We address issues of oppression within the free software and free culture communities.
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* We equip each other with skills and knowledge of free software and free culture.
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* We file, catalog, and help solve bugs related to race, gender, and accessibility in free software projects.
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* We take on mentorship positions and run targeted workshops, classes, and skillshares.
  
 
We operate in accordance with the LibrePlanet [[LibrePlanet:Mission_Statement|Mission Statement]] and [[LibrePlanet:Code_of_Conduct|Code of Conduct]].
 
We operate in accordance with the LibrePlanet [[LibrePlanet:Mission_Statement|Mission Statement]] and [[LibrePlanet:Code_of_Conduct|Code of Conduct]].
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= Join us =
 
= Join us =
  
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To become a member of the LibrePlanet Empowermentors, please
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If you are a woman of color or queer person of color, please join the LibrePlanet Collective:
  
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* Join our discussion list: http://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/empowermentors
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* Join our IRC channel: #empowermentors on FreeNode
 
* Join our [https://p2pu.org/en/groups/empowermentors/ group on P2PU].  
 
* Join our [https://p2pu.org/en/groups/empowermentors/ group on P2PU].  
 
* Join our [[/Team List|team list]] by adding <nowiki>{{user Empowermentors}}</nowiki> anywhere on your profile
 
* Join our [[/Team List|team list]] by adding <nowiki>{{user Empowermentors}}</nowiki> anywhere on your profile
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* Join our discussion list: http://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/empowermentors
 
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* Participate!
 
* Participate!
  

Revision as of 03:13, 27 January 2013



About us

The Empowermentors Collective is a skillshare, activism, and discussion network by and for women of color and queer people of color. We are a group of community members with a strong commitment to furthering free software and free culture through an intersectional anti-oppression lens and making a more welcoming space out of these communities. We therefore necessarily also work against and do not tolerate ableism, racism, cissexism, heterosexism, sexism, and classism.

The Empowermentors Collective strives to be an affirming and safer space for people with disabilities, people of color, women, and people self-identified as queer or LGBT.

We are called Empowermentors because we focus on education and encourage participants to host workshops and skillshares targeted towards one or more of the identity groups listed above.

  • We maintain a safer space for marginalized identity groups.
  • We address issues of oppression within the free software and free culture communities.
  • We equip each other with skills and knowledge of free software and free culture.
  • We file, catalog, and help solve bugs related to race, gender, and accessibility in free software projects.
  • We take on mentorship positions and run targeted workshops, classes, and skillshares.

We operate in accordance with the LibrePlanet Mission Statement and Code of Conduct.

Join us

If you are a woman of color or queer person of color, please join the LibrePlanet Collective:

Become or find a mentor

If you would like to share your skills, please put yourself on the mentor list.

If you would like to learn new skills, please put yourself on the mentee list.

You may absolutely be on both lists for different things!

Goals

  • Educate
    • Teach and mentor learners about free software, programming, and other areas of contributing to free software
  • Advocate
    • Promote free software tools through projects, campaigns, and events
  • Supply
    • Provide materials and increase the availability of free software
  • Support
    • Offer help getting and using free software
  • Unite
    • Bridge connections between free software activists and marginalized voices

Meetings

  • No current schedule for meetings.

Activities

  • Join a local LibrePlanet team. The LibrePlanet Empowermentors group is a safe space, but we also encourage folks to participate in other communities and try to make sure they are also welcoming and non-oppressive.
  • Join other radical groups and safe spaces. The LibrePlanet Empowermentors is a free software skillshare, and the knowledge you gain here is meant to be spread far and wide.

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Contact

You may reach the team via IRC (see above) or by emailing the discussion list:

  • empowermentors@libreplanet.org

You may also contact the team leaders via email:

  • empowermentors-owner@libreplanet.org

Members

Empowermentors
Note A group for free software activists
Region Global
Area Global
Mailing list http://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/empowermentors
Website http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Empowermentors
Available language(s) English
Contact Kẏra
Members 1
Current status Active
Members
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