Liberating Ourselves Locally

Liberating Ourselves Locally
Abbreviation	LOL! LOLSpace
Formation	2011
Purpose	Hacking DIY culture
Location	US
Origin	Oakland, California
Website	Official website

Liberating Ourselves Locally is a makerspace/hackerspace in the Fruitvale district of Oakland, California. It is part of the Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces (BACH).

LOL! is a place where people can learn new skills, from soldering to video game design, and operates on the principle that members of the local community can be involved in all aspects of creating things that sustain people, such as food, clothing, energy, technology, shelter, and art.

History

LOL! was founded in 2011 by a group of people including Jen-Mei Wu and software engineer Praveen Sinha.

Mentors from many professional fields volunteer their time to share their professional knowledge. LOL! has close ties with other San Francisco Bay Area hackerspaces including Sudo Room, Noisebridge, and Mothership HackerMoms.

Project areas

References

Booth, Kwan. "East Oakland Makerspace Liberates Tech for All". Emerging Arts Networks. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
Baichtal, John. "Hackerspace Happenings". MakeZine. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
Steven Kurutz (May 1, 2013). "One Big Workbench". The New York Times. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
"Liberating Ourselves Locally encourages diversity in tech force through Hack Night". SFGate. November 6, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
Alison Vayne (November 6, 2015). "Liberating Ourselves Locally encourages diversity in tech force through Hack Night". East Bay Express. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
^ "Squiggy Rubio: Web Developer". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
Ryan, Jenny (November 10, 2012). "Hacking the Commons: How to Start a Hackerspace". Shareable. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

External links

Official website

Hackerspace

Asia

China	SteamHead Xinchejian
India	Jaaga Maker's Asylum Vigyan Ashram
Others	HackerspaceSG (Singapore)

North America

Canada	DHMakerBus
United States	Artisan's Asylum AS220 Baltimore Hackerspace Baltimore Underground Science Space Boston Open Source Science Laboratory Double Union Eli Whitney Museum Eyebeam Genspace HacDC Hacker Dojo HackMiami L0pht Liberating Ourselves Locally Maker Nexus Mothership HackerMoms NextFab Noisebridge NYC Resistor Omni Commons Open Works Port City Makerspace Sudo Room TechShop (defunct)

Europe

Germany	c-base Chaosdorf Fürstenberg (Havel) station RaumZeitLabor shackspace
Netherlands	ASCII (defunct) Ubica
United Kingdom	Access Space Building BloQs Leigh Hackspace London Hackspace OpenCell Open Shed (defunct)
Others	FreakNet (Italy) Hackerspace.gr (Greece) Kiberpipa (Slovenia, defunct, revival in progress) Kitchen Budapest (Hungary) Metalab (Vienna) TOG (Ireland)

Oceania

Gold Coast Techspace (Australia)
Musical Electronics Library (New Zealand)

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