Double Union

The organization's mission is to be a community workshop where women and nonbinary people can work on projects in a comfortable, welcoming environment.

DU was founded in 2013 by a group of about ten women including Amelia Greenhall, Valerie Aurora, Liz Henry and Ari Lacenski from their connections at other hackerspaces; at The Ada Initiative's feminist unconference, AdaCamp; and through Geekfeminism.org, collecting initial funding through an Indiegogo campaign.

[4] Later that year, Lacenski left the group, claiming that two unnamed cofounders practiced a form of activism that she considered too aggressive.

[citation needed] DU's logo is a bright pink Unicode character (U+22D3), from the Mathematical Operators block.

To fund the move and several equipment purchases, Double Union undertook an Indiegogo campaign, which finished at 106 percent of its goal.

Small electronics tools and supplies arranged on a table against a white wall
Tools and supplies