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This is a welcoming place to discuss Kickstarters that are focused on spreading diversity. These can be projects that focus on feminism, racial representation, the LGBTQIA community, different socio-economic backgrounds, religions, and more. A great place to discuss current and past Kickstarters with an open conversation about their goals. Please try to steer clear from debates about ideological differences (like debating the values of feminism) - this is about the projects first.

Current projects could be:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fe ... -full-time which focuses on giving women an open and safe place to read and produce pieces about their experiences living as a woman.
The BackerClub choice https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/15 ... m-birdbrai focusing on low-income students and getting them at a higher reading level.

Some finished projects include:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ia ... -for-girls which created high quality female action figures with reasonable body proportions for girls (and boys).
A film focused on the relationship between the LGBT community and religion (specifically Mormons) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/15 ... ar-between

I'm backing both of those. I'll try to find time tomorrow to see what else I'm backing in this area. Great thread to start.

Here are current projects I'm backing:

Books
Women In Tech: The Book - 55 hours to go
Women In Tech: The Book alternates teaching career skills with inspiring autobiographies from amazing women in tech
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ta ... h-the-book


Games
Black Blocks: A Game About Being Black in America - 5 days to go
A relevant game about being Black in a "colorblind" society.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/20 ... in-america

Fashion
Princess Awesome - 9 days to go
Girls shouldn't have to decide between dresses and dinosaurs or ruffles and robots. We're a different kind of girly.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13 ... ss-awesome

Film & Video
Black Man Simulator - 5 days to go
"Black Man Simulator" is an experiential learning tool to convey the experience of being a black man in contemporary America.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13 ... experience

Great ones, Tasha.
I decided to venture into areas I haven't been on the site and found some interesting ones:

As someone with mental illness, I like how this video game, HappyMart, tackles living with the illness and creating a welcoming society that isn't dismissive. Over halfway funded with plenty to go! I'd love to see them make the player character have multiple genders: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ha ... lationship

A photography book exploring North American indigenous children dealing with the world being depleted of resources, that is inherent to their belief systems. Still about halfway funded with 17 days left to go.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/20 ... defend-the

This campaign about immigrants in the US working in food service or a lot of low paying jobs needs to catch up with a lot of money in the next 3 days.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/94 ... o-theaters

Those look pretty good. HappyMart about depression sounds a bit too much like my life at times.

I put the projects I suggested both in this thread and in their "Kickstarter category" sub forums as I thought some backers might not be looking specifically for diversity but might find an individual campaign interesting.

This one looks interesting.

Girls Driving for a Difference: a design studio on wheels

4 Stanford women crossing the U.S. to share the design thinking process with young girls and empower them as leaders of social change.

---Tom

There goes my budget!

Some of these I had already backed, others I had not yet seen and have now backed.

I will try to remember to share similar projects here in future.

Katrina

@Tom I love projects that focus on changing youth and teaching them how to be empowered people! Backed right away!
@Katrina That sounds awesome!

I understand that we may have to find the needle in the hay sometimes with so many different areas and what not, but I believe we can do it. It's fun to venture outside of my typical tabletop games/comics/publishing for some great social causes. These people need our support, and I kind of figure that our club is focused on making positive changes and finding that needle.

In that regard, here's a project that has met its goal, but some extra funds would do it good: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/12 ... -burlesque
It's for Plus Size women to participate in burlesque in Chicago.

Here is another one. It's short it's goal with 5 days to go.
#CatalyzeCourage Summit 2015
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/in ... ummit-2015
Bringing together highschool girls & professional women for a day of exploration, empowerment & possibility one courageous act @ a time

Project Voice
5 days to funding and needs over $1k - they've gotten no attention
We are looking to publish short stories written by the girls of Los Angeles Orphanage, Maryvale, to give a voice to the voiceless.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/35 ... ct-voice-0

I am way over budget this month and next.