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Hello,

I'm writing to ask you to donate to the Ada Initiative, a non-profit working to increase women in open technology and culture:

http://supportada.org/donate

http://adainitiative.org

Today, only 2% of open source developers are women, as well as only 9% of Wikipedia editors. And no wonder: women are groped, threatened, and insulted in these communities. As a result, open technology and culture do not serve women's needs. Women also miss out on the rewards: everything from making billions founding companies like Google to having biographies on Wikipedia.

This is just wrong. But the problem isn't going away - in fact, the percentage of women in these fields is dropping!

The Ada Initiative is raising money to fund their upcoming projects, including:

* Ada's Advice, a guide to quick, easy-to-use ways to help women in open tech/culture
* Ada's Careers, a career development community for women in open tech/culture
* First Patch Week, mentoring women through writing and submitting their first open source patch

You can make a difference, starting now. If you've always wanted to help women in open technology and culture, or make open source or Wikipedia a better place, please consider donating to the Ada Initiative too:

http://supportada.org/donate

You can find out more about the Ada Initiative on their web site:

http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/

Thanks for reading!

  • The Ada Initiative

    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.

    Find out more about us and what we do.

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