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GimpGirl Community, a program of People Helping People, is a place where women with disabilities come together to share their lives, experiences, problems and successes, in a safe space that focuses more on our commonality as women, and less on what disabilities they have. Members are valued and respected because of who they are, and that has always included women with disabilities of all ages, colors, and sexual orientations. Our current partners and academics are also welcome to work with us in furthering our goals.
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This is an online, international event that will be held in Second Life, but is accessible to those not on Second Life via IRC chat. See below for details.
Come join us at 2pm Pacific/SLT for a winter celebration with a fabulous music line-up, including two amazing female singer/songwriters who will be performing live for us. |
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This is an online, international event that will be held in Second Life, but is accessible to those not on Second Life via IRC chat. See below for details.Come join us at 3pm Pacific/SLT for a Thanksgiving/Fall celebration with DJ RockAndRoll Michigan! Meet others in the GimpGirl family and dance to some great tunes or chill out by our campfire and toast marshmallows!  Sunday, November 22nd from 3:00 - 5:00 PM SLT/Pacific. (6:00 PM Eastern Time, for other timezones, click HERE) NOTE: This gathering is for EVERYONE. Friends don't let friends play with themselves. Bring them and come play with us! Second Life Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/3DE/174/22/21 (THE STAGE IS TO THE EAST AFTER YOU LAND) IF YOU DON'T HAVE OR WANT ACCESS TO SECOND LIFE: You can still attend this meeting online via IRC. To visit our Chat Room, go to our website at: http://www.gimpgirl.com/ and click on "Chat Room" under the Main Menu on the left. To listen to the music from outside Second Life:
http://rock.neostreams.info:13430 |
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At last week's meeting, we discussed enjoying art and craft, including painting, beading, and other activities, as things to do for relaxation, fun, creative expression, and fulfillment. Since many of us in the Northern Hemisphere are stuck inside more now cause of the cold weather and shorter days, it's a good time to discuss this. Several of our members, including Katherine/Muse, Roxie, and Nicolette, have posted pictures of things they've made to our group Flickr. You should join us! Do you enjoy art or crafts, and what kind? Do you see a connection between your disability & your artwork, or would you like to share tips about how you alter everyday art processes to fit your disability? Please share it in the comments! If you're not familiar with it, you should check out VS Arts, an organization that focuses specifically on art resources for people with disabilities. |
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This evening at 7pm Pacific we will switching all of the GimpGirl Community web services to our brand new server! Members should see very few interruptions in service, but please let us know if you notice anything strange after the switch is made. After the switch, we hope to have a much faster website!
Cheers,
Jen
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We pleased to share that GimpGirl Community Liaison Katherine Mancuso will be presenting on our behalf at the 2009 IEEE Accessing the Future Conference, which takes place in Boston, MA from July 20-21. Below is a poster that will be used as part of the presentation, and attached is an abstract (in PDF format). Are you attending IEEE? Say hello! What are your thoughts on accessible community in virtual worlds? Let us know...
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Here on our website, we talk about why we started the GimpGirl Community and all its outposts online. But many people wonder: what are issues that are important to women with disabilities? What do they have in common, but more importantly, what makes them different from issues faced by people living with disabilities who don't identify as women?
Feel free to share your thoughts! |
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Tomorrow, August 26th at 7pm Pacific is the free monthly gathering of online community managers, enthusiasts, and innovators to meet and discuss tools and strategies for building and managing effective communities.
Liz Henry will be representing GimpGirl Community as the August guest speaker. GimpGirl has been doing online community since 1998 as a means to connect, support, and make positive impact in the lives of women with disabilities with an active presence on a number of social media platforms including the virtual world of Second Life. Liz will discuss the process of building and sustaining a growing community, meeting the needs of users, and strategies for managing community on multiple sites. Her talk will kick-off an informal discussion on managing and supporting online communities in all forms.
Speaker Bio: Liz Henry is a producer and developer at BlogHer, the award-winning aggregation, syndication and advertising network for women bloggers, and is on the advisory board of GimpGirl. She has been writing online since 1990, drafted the Common Public Attribution License for SocialText, and has been a key figure in organizing BarCampBlock, WoolfCamp, the Tiptree Awards and Wiki Wednesday. She has been a wheelchair user on and off for fifteen years, and is a proud member of the Secret Feminist Cabal. .
Hope to see you there! They will also be streaming the event live on justin.tv and you can also follow the action on Twitter #ocrsf .
You can RSVP for this event here: http://www.meetup.com/SF-Online-Community-Report/calendar/10938416/
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