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November 2017 Newsletter, Volume 119

I. MORE WAYS TO SUPPORT THE OTW!

The OTW is excited to introduce an additional way to donate as of November 2017: We’re now a Humble Store charity! Are you shopping for games, books, comics, or software? If so, shop at The Humble Store or purchase a Humble Bundle, select the Organization for Transformative Works as your charity of choice at checkout, and the OTW will get a portion of the proceeds. (more…)

OTW Celebrates International Volunteer Day

International Volunteer Day 2017

Today, December 5th, has been designated as International Volunteer Day by the United Nations since 1985. We would like to take a moment to thank all of the volunteers that make the OTW’s work possible.

The OTW’s 714 volunteers, working on the Board and in eighteen additional committees, keep AO3 and its more than 3 millions fanworks up and available to readers. They edit and produce Transformative Works and Cultures, advancing the academic study of fandom and fanworks, and manage Fanlore for when you need to look up a trope or learn about what really happened with DashCon. They preserve fanworks that might otherwise be lost through the Open Doors project, protect fans from legal challenges, and perform all the invisible, behind-the-scenes work required to keep these projects and more up and running. (more…)