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 for the coming year and our overall strategy for the future on how we can better support women in the LEGO community and provide a… Continue reading
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 engage our growing audience of women and allies and to give away some LEGO. We accomplished both of these goals. Honorable Mentions We received a… Continue reading
Recently we had our first in-person LUG meeting and it was awesome! Alice invited all the local members of the WBI to her house to make holiday ornaments out of LEGO bricks. Hanging out in a casual, relaxed atmosphere was a nice change of pace from the hub-bub of conventions.… Continue reading
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 a build/play/design workshop. Participants shared experiences and ideas that were thoughtful and even at moments, profound. We began the community session with introductions and personal… Continue reading
Everything is better when done together! With the holidays around the corner we wanted to celebrate that feeling of togetherness with another contest! This time we want to celebrate the talented builders in our community. The Contest For our second contest we’re inviting you to create a mini figure habitat… Continue reading
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. The goal of the contest, titled Building up Women, was to encourage toy photographers to create images featuring women in roles traditionally seen as men… Continue reading
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, that Lego as a hobby, has been traditionally perceived to be primarily for boys and men. This is reflected in their products, branding, company culture,… Continue reading
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, family, cohorts or employees at the LEGO Group, everyone is super excited about what we’re doing . This is exhilarating and terrifying in equal measure.… Continue reading
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 were able to bring our hard work together into one fun filled two hour workshop. What Inspires Us Our fearless leader Alice Finch welcomed everyone… Continue reading
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 to be partnering with the wonderful folks at Bricks Cascade to further the mission of the Women’s Brick Initiative! Overview On March 1st Alice Finch,… Continue reading
