Welcome to

Lilith Rising

Lilith Rising is an informal (dis-)organization of women in Toronto and other nearby areas involved with computer technology — girl geeks, web women, digital divas, or just plain females who work with computers, either for a living, as a passion, or both.

Most of us are former members of DigitalEve Toronto and/or Toronto Webgrrls, but this is NOT the same organization as either of those... though it could be said to be an outgrowth of the same community. We don't aspire to do everything that those late, lamented groups attempted — we're more concerned with keeping our goals simple, sustainable and realistic. Our primary focus is providing an online discussion space for women via our mailing lists, in order to fill the niche left vacant by the collapse of DigitalEve Toronto and its lists... and then building this site into a valuable information resource.

Why the name? Well, we did grow out of the ashes of DigitalEve Toronto, and in folklore Lilith was Adam's first wife, who was kicked out of Eden for refusing to be submissive to him. Eve and Lilith have often been juxtaposed as examples of the obedient, submissive "good girl" and the fierce independent woman. So it seemed like an interesting choice of name for us... And yes, we do know that Lilith ended up being regarded as a demoness, but we all have our off days. :-)

If you would like to be a part of Lilith Rising, please join one or more of our mailing lists, via the links below. We have no formal system of membership, no dues, no annual general meetings, no by-laws or bureaucracy — just a group of like-minded women interested in making things happen. If that suits you, welcome aboard!

— The Lilith Rising Crew:
Lynna Landstreet (lynna AT lilithrising DOT com)
Tari Akpodiete (tari AT lilithrising DOT com)
Rena Clamen (rena AT lilithrising DOT com)
Dana DiTomaso (dana AT lilithrising DOT com)
Judy Lathrop (judy AT lilithrising DOT com)
Janice Pearson (jan AT lilithrising DOT com)

Announcement List:

If you would like to be kept up to date on what we're doing with occasional announcements, please join our announcement list:

Your Name:
Your E-mail:

Discussion Lists:

We have five discussion lists — four for specific topics, and one catch-all chat list for everything that doesn't fit on the others:

• Biz — for issues relating to self-employment and running your own business. Moderated by Dana.
• Career — for workplace, job search and employment issues (including job postings). Moderated by Tari.
• Creative — for writing and other forms of content creation. Moderated by Lynna.
• Tech — for technical issues of all kinds. Moderated by Rena.
• Chat — for everything that doesn't belong on the other four! Moderated by Judy.

Privacy

All contact information submitted for any of our lists will be kept completely confidential. We do not sell, rent, lend or otherwise share our lists in any way, with anyone.