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Caption: Calling all queer/trans/female/disabled P.O.C. who create and remix digital media; hack/code/program or want to start; love, hate, or love to hate technology; and oppose private tech & media ownership. We need you! The Empowermentors Collective is a skillshare, discussion, and support network for intersectionally
On intersectional marginalization:
We say “intersectionally marginalized” to refer to people of color who experience intersectionality, that is, the interactions of multiple systems of oppression. This means we are open to all people of color who are also one or more of the following: people with disabilities, LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) people, women, class oppressed people, etc. marginalized people of color
On liberalism, assimilation, and multiculturalism:
We are not just another diversifySTEM™ organization aiming to integrate “minority” groups into the so-called “open source” community. We are creating our own space. We combine a critical passion for technology and digital media arts with our work towards POC empowerment, decolonization, prison abolition, disability justice, queer liberation, patriarchy’s total destruction, and other struggles we share. with a critical interest in technology and media hacking
On hacking:
Hacking is any act of constructing, deconstructing, examining, remixing, or studying something, with the attitude of playfully exploring a difficult challenge. Hackers are everywhere, and almost all hacking is not malicious or exploitative. The Empowermentors Collective is a space for hackers and aspiring hackers of all sorts: media and culture hackers, lingual hackers, software hackers, academic hackers, and more..
We are called Empowermentors because we focus on sharing knowledge and technical skills, producing free software and free media, and supporting one another however we can. In this way we are both teaching and learning from each other to collectively empower ourselves.
- This is not a space for white allies. If you are not an intersectionally marginalized POC, you may follow us instead, and we appreciate any help spreading the word.
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