Crystal Huff
| Crystal Huff | |
|---|---|
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| Born | New Hampshire, U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | United States of America |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Tufts University |
| 💼 Occupation | Activist |
Crystal Huff is a Boston-based feminist activist and convention organizer. She was born in New Hampshire, United States, and attended Tufts University.
Huff served as the convention chair of Arisia 2011, Relaxacon 2011, Readercon 23, Readercon 24, and Readercon 25. She also founded and co-chaired the first JOFcon.
Huff came to prominence in 2012 as the chair of Readercon and as co-author of the public statement released by the Readercon convention committee[1] in response to issues of harassment at the convention. This event resulted in an overhaul of policies and procedures for the convention to report and address harassment, microaggressions, and other issues.
More recently, she has been heavily involved[2] in bringing the 75th World Science Fiction Convention to Helsinki in 2017, and is serving as a co-chair of the convention. As an advocate for a more globally-inclusive Worldcon, Huff has spearheaded various initiatives, including coordinating translation of the instructions for voting on Worldcon site selection into a variety of languages. She carried representative samples of different national cultures with her as she traveled internationally to promote understanding and inclusion among science fiction fans worldwide.[3]
In March 2015, Huff was appointed as the Executive Director of the Ada Initiative. In May 2015, the Ada Initiative announced that she was leaving this position.[4]
Huff was invited to speak at the annual Chinese Nebula Awards, held in Beijing in September, 2016.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Public Statement by the Readercon Convention Committee". August 5, 2012.
- ↑ Malmberg, Lari (2014-07-11). "Suomeen rakastunut nörtti yrittää saada maailman suurimman scifi-kokoontumisen Helsinkiin" [Finland is in love with a nerd trying to get the world's largest gathering of sci-fi to Helsinki]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Helsinki. Retrieved 2016-12-17.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Raeka (2016-09-10). "用一块五仁月饼，赢来一次世界科幻大会" [With a five-jen moon cake, won a world science fiction conference]. Future Affairs Authority (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-12-17.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Crystal Huff leaving the Ada Initiative". May 29, 2015.
- ↑ "第七届全球华语科幻星云奖5月8日最新公告：世界科幻大会主席来席" [7th Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award May 8th Announcement: Chairman of World Science Fiction Conference]. Magic Newswire (in Chinese). 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2016-12-16.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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