Activities For the Civic Geek: Diversity In Geekdom

Geekdom is about enthusiasm, intelligent, and imagination. Those things are better when we have a broad community that supports different people – and it’s the right thing to do.

Geekdom, that grand celebration of enthusiasm and brains and inspiration, is a wonderful place. However there are times – let us be honest – it has been to narrowly defined. It’s been defined by race, gender, even sexual preference and economic strata. The image of the white, nerdy, straight guy still haunt us – even...