#CauseAScene is the strategic disruption of the status quo in tech organizations, communities, & events organized by Kim Crayton.
The latest #causeascene conference was held in Berlin at Co.up and I got to know about it a day before, on Sunday, while browsing through my friend’s Twitter account. Immediately I wanted to go, but as the conference is a safe space for members of underrepresented and marginalized communities in tech to tell their stories, I also wanted to tell mine. Specifically I wanted to focus on the workshops we have organized since 2010 at the Lesbian-Feminist University in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
.@_22nds will also be speaking at @causeasceneconf Berlin.
Talk Title:
Tech Workshops at the Lesbian-Feminist UniversityEvent Details:https://t.co/0BFNd2nanU
CFP:https://t.co/yvmeEBomNM#causeascene pic.twitter.com/8WFkp9Slrz
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 3, 2018
Below you can see a short recap of the thought provoking and radical talks.
Btw make sure you join the future conference in your city – especially if you are a cis white straight man!
#causeascene Conference Berlin
Bout to #causeascene @causeasceneconf Berlin pic.twitter.com/bPvumttOpS
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018
"Get comfortable with being uncomfortable." – attendee expectations at #causeasceneconf by @KimCrayton1 @causeasceneconf pic.twitter.com/CDlskcmlEv
— Rin #TeamStayAtHome (@rinrae) June 4, 2018
Talks
Maja Kraljic (@_22nds) Tech Workshops at the Lesbian-Feminist University
Feel free to review the presentation from the conference.
First up is @_22nds @causeasceneconf #causeascene pic.twitter.com/tgQYIGayDe
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018
. @_22nds @causeasceneconf #causeascene pic.twitter.com/YQWWFYN9ly
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018
. @_22nds @causeasceneconf #causeascene pic.twitter.com/USmh0NGDle
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018
Karen Reilly (@akareilly) Gender-based Violence in Civic Tech
.@causeasceneconf #causeascene “he didn’t know that he was reading from the BINGO card” @akareilly pic.twitter.com/HjjbL2D8qr
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018
.@akareilly @causeasceneconf #causeascene pic.twitter.com/MqfgAFXSql
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018
“I was born into the command line” @akareilly @causeasceneconf #causeascene pic.twitter.com/aBfsNM40tJ
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018
Kat Chilton (@eightarmcode)Challenging the Binary
Kat Chilton “Challenging the Binary” @causeasceneconf Berlin #causeascene pic.twitter.com/d13kYQo3R1
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018
"If the door is not open, it is not my door." – Kat Chilton is bad ass and inspiring. Thank you! <3 https://t.co/sSZRGx8SdM
— Rin #TeamStayAtHome (@rinrae) June 4, 2018
Emily Gorcenski (@EmilyGorcenski) From the Frontlines: Tech’s Trajectory in the World
All day today I've been forming a talk and a thought in my mind.
I'm done with giving ethics talks. I'm done with empathy talks. I'm done with D&I talks.
That window has closed. The time for them was 5-10 years ago.
— Emily of the State (@EmilyGorcenski) June 2, 2018
So I'm done giving talks about the dangers that may come and I'm going to focus on the dangers that are here and what comes next.
And it's not pretty.
— Emily of the State (@EmilyGorcenski) June 2, 2018
We're still on "diversity is the invitation, inclusion is being asked to dance" and we need to be on "we will never fully recognize the material benefits of diversity until unqualified white men are fired and removed from positions of power."
— Emily of the State (@EmilyGorcenski) June 2, 2018
Tech companies have been contentedly listening to 101-level material for years, content to keep us there and prevent us from moving on.
— Emily of the State (@EmilyGorcenski) June 2, 2018
UBI won't be here save us before automation thrashes 5 million jobs.
Facebook isn't going to undo what it did.
— Emily of the State (@EmilyGorcenski) June 2, 2018
I'm over asking people to think of ethics and to have empathy. I'm at the point where I'm asking people to think about wildcat strikes and active exposure of crimes and unethical practices.
— Emily of the State (@EmilyGorcenski) June 2, 2018
.@EmilyGorcenski “From the Frontlines: Tech's Trajectory in the World” @causeasceneconf #causeascene pic.twitter.com/PqQOoLwwqC
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018
Patricia Realini (@patriciarealini) “Is A Hot Dog A Sandwich?” And Other Analogies Not To Trifle With
Urges us to read Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs.
. @patriciarealini @causeasceneconf #causeascene pic.twitter.com/e4epd97FWH
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018
. @patriciarealini @causeasceneconf #causeascene pic.twitter.com/RoRyKjuDUo
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] 🏢 💻🎙#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) June 4, 2018