As I write this, I am wrapping up a year on the OpenStreetMap US Board of Directors. The Ada Initiative has been a huge asset to me in my work on the board. Without the anti-harassment policies and other resources found on the Geek Feminism wiki, I’d have had a much harder time pushing to make State of the Map US, and the OSM community in general more welcoming to women. If you’ve been following the OSMF-talk mailing list at all over the past two weeks, you know our work is far from over.

I have donated $256 to the Ada Initiative, as a token of my appreciation for they work they have done in making my own job easier– I challenge you to follow suit and help me raise $2048 for The Ada Initiative from the OpenStreetMap community. Their annual fundraising campaign is ending on Wednesday– donate today to make a difference for women in FOSS and Open Culture, especially OSM!