Liberating Ourselves Locally

Liberating Ourselves Locally
Abbreviation
  • LOL!
  • LOLSpace
Formation 2011
Purpose
Location
Origin
 Oakland, California
Website Official website

Liberating Ourselves Locally is a makerspace/hackerspace in the Fruitvale district of Oakland, California.[1] It is part of the Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces (BACH).[2]

Founded and led by people of color, Liberating Ourselves Locally (LOL!)‍—‌is an Oakland makerspace/hackerspace that works for a future where members of the local community can be involved in all aspects of creating things that sustain people, such as food, clothing, energy, technology, shelter, and art.

LOL! is a place where people can learn new skills, even how to solder or create a video game.[3][4]

History

LOL! was founded in 2011 by a group of people including Jen-Mei Wu and software engineer Praveen Sinha.[5][6]

Mentors from many professional fields volunteer their time to share their professional knowledge.[6] LOL! has close ties with other San Francisco Bay Area hackerspaces including Sudo Room, Noisebridge, and Mothership HackerMoms. [7]

Project areas

See also

References

  1. ↑ Booth, Kwan. "East Oakland Makerspace Liberates Tech for All". Emerging Arts Networks. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ Baichtal, John. "Hackerspace Happenings". MakeZine. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ Steven Kurutz (May 1, 2013). ""One Big Workbench"". The New York Times. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Liberating Ourselves Locally encourages diversity in tech force through Hack Night". SFGate. November 6, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Alison Vayne (November 6, 2015). "Liberating Ourselves Locally encourages diversity in tech force through Hack Night". East Bay Express. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Squiggy Rubio: Web Developer". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ Ryan, Jenny (November 10, 2012). "Hacking the Commons: How to Start a Hackerspace". Shareable. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

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