Announcing the shutdown of the Ada Initiative

The Ada Initiative has announced that it is shutting down in mid-October. In the four years since it was founded, the organization has accomplished a lot to help create a less hostile environment for women in open technology and open culture. "We are proud of what we accomplished with the support of many thousands of volunteers, sponsors, and donors, and we expect all of our programs to continue on in some form without the Ada Initiative." Essentially, the organization found it hard to find others with the same "experiences, skills, strengths and passions" as co-founders Valerie Aurora and Mary Gardiner when they wanted to change roles within the initiative. "The Ada Initiative will shut down in approximately mid-October after using our remaining funds to complete our current obligations and do the tasks necessary to shut down the organization properly. We have several Ally Skills Workshops booked or in the process of being booked during our remaining months of operation. (We will not be booking additional Ally Skills Workshops through the Ada Initiative, but we will refer clients to other people who are teaching the Ally Skills Workshop.) We will teach Impostor Syndrome training classes in Sydney and Oakland in August, and release the materials under the Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike license. We will do the work to keep the Ada Initiative's web content online and available after the Ada Initiative shuts down."