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We are a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing participation of women in open technology and culture.
By now, most people in open technology and culture have noticed the scarcity of women in their communities, and want to change that. They just don’t know how. That’s where we come in. Our strategy for change is simple: Give concrete, straight-forward advice to willing and eager audiences.
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AdaCamp DC, July 2012
AdaCamp is a Ada Initiative event focused on increasing women’s participation in open technology and culture. The next AdaCamp will be AdaCamp DC, a 150 person unconference in Washington, D.C. on July 10-11, 2012.Support the Ada Initiative
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Ada Initiative news, October 2011
AdaCamp launch We announced the first of a series of events bringing together women in open tech/culture: AdaCamp Australia (fill out the call for expressions of interest on that page if you are interested in attending). If you want to participate but can’t travel to Melbourne in January, we are tentatively planning to hold similar [...]
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New versions of Colin Adams’s Ada Lovelace portrait available
In June, the Ada Initiative released a new portrait of Ada Lovelace by Colin Adams under Creative Commons Zero/public domain. In addition to its use in a Wikipedia award, the portrait was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in August, and we’re thrilled to see the first new versions of it. Fred the Oyster has uploaded an [...]
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New Wikipedia awards: Ada Lovelace and Mind the Gap
One of the ways Wikipedia encourages contributions is by creating and giving various Wikipedia Awards. Museum and art consultant and influential Wikipedian Sarah Stierch spearheaded two new awards in the last week. The first for the
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Adafruit selling Ada Lovelace stickers