Double Union
 DU's logo is a Unicode symbol with two nested sets | |
| Abbreviation | DU |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2013 |
| Purpose | Hacking, Feminism, DIY culture |
| Location | |
Origin | San Francisco, California |
Founders | Liz Henry, Valerie Aurora, Amelia Greenhall, and others on founding committee |
| Website | Official website |
Double Union is a San Francisco hacker/maker space for women.[1] Double Union was founded in 2013 with the explicit goal of fostering a creative safe space for women; according to the organization’s mission statement, its purpose is to create a community workshop where women can work on projects in a comfortable, welcoming environment.[1][2]
Members hold public and members-only events for activities and workshops like zine making, paper circuits and electronics, coding, sewing, 3d printing, lightning talks, print making and many others.[3]
History
DU was founded in 2013 by a group of women including Amelia Greenhall, Valerie Aurora, and Liz Henry from their connections at other hackerspaces; at The Ada Initiative's feminist unconference, AdaCamp; and through Geekfeminism.org, collecting initial funding through an Indiegogo campaign.[4] There is a board of directors and a structure in place for voting in new members; as of 2015, there are around 150–200 members.
DU's logo is a bright pink Unicode character (U+22D3), from the Mathematical Operators block.
Originally located in the Mission district, Double Union relocated to the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco in Fall 2015 after their building was sold by the landlord. To fund the move and several equipment purchases, Double Union undertook an Indiegogo campaign, which finished at 106 percent of its goal.[5]
Physical space
For its first two years, the space was in a 700 square foot room in the Mission neighborhood, at 14th and Mission in the Fog Building.[3] As of 2015, the new space is in the Potrero neighborhood in San Francisco. It has a kitchen and outdoor patio, and is wheelchair accessible, with an elevator and a bathroom that meets ADA standards. There is a collection of hand tools, workbenches, electronics equipment, two 3d printers, a CNC mill, vinyl cutter, and many printmaking supplies.
Projects
App
Several Double Union members have created an app for managing hackerspace membership applications, Arooo. Arooo is free to use and is licensed under the GNU GPL.[6]
ODD
Double Union created the Open Diversity Data project.[7] The project aggregates diversity data for a wide array of tech companies.[8]
See also
References
- 1 2 "About". Double Union. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ↑ Cassandra, Rachel. "Meet San Francisco's All Women Hacker Space, Double Union". Bitch. Bitch Media. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- 1 2 Greenfield, Rebecca. ”Why Silicon Valley Needs The Coder Grrrls Of Double Union, The Feminist Hacker Space.“
- ↑ Fleishman, Glenn. BoingBoing. New Disruptors 56: Doubling Down with Amelia Greenhall.
- ↑ Doctorow, Cory. "Double Union Woman Hackerspace Needs Help with Funding Finding a New Space". BoingBoing. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ↑ Arooo git repository
- ↑ Brownstone, Sydney. "Publicly Shame Companies that Won't Tell us How Un-Diverse They Are". Fast Company. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ↑ "Open Diversity Data". Open Diversity Data. Retrieved 12 March 2016.