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Last weekend all of us from the board of The Women’s Brick Initiative had a retreat. Alice, Shelly, Joyti, Megan, and myself discussed our plans...

Its time to wrap-up our first building competition: Better Together. When we announced our first contest back in early November our main goal was to...

Love this design by Chris McVeigh! Recently we had our first in-person LUG meeting and it was awesome! Alice invited all the local members of...

We held our first event at Brick Con this year and tried out a new two-part structure with a community building session first and then...

There is something about the leaves turning that makes everyone in my family want to be in the kitchen. We light the cooking candles, put...

During September we had the privilege of teaming up with the Recognized Lego Fan Media site BrickCentral on Instagram for our first collaborative photo contest....

In October, The Women’s Brick Initiative hosted a workshop at Brickcon, an annual convention for Lego fans and hobbyists, in Seattle, WA. It’s no secret,...

So far working on the Women’s Brick Initiative has been a thoroughly satisfying adventure. It doesn’t matter who we talk to about our mission, friends,...

Over the past year we’ve been testing the waters on what a Women’s Brick Initiative workshop will look like. At BricksCascade in Portland, OR, we...

In a few weeks the Women’s Brick Initiative will be launching our first workshop presented at a LEGO builders convention. We couldn’t be more pleased...

  Every year I like to choose five words to guide my year. Since 2019 is well under way I thought I would share this...

I was honored to be asked by OMSI to participate in the Portland Mini Maker Faire.  Although Alice and Shelly could not be with me, It was still a...