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045: Sexual Assault and Project Callisto with Lynn Cyrin
Content/Trigger Warning: This episode discusses sexual assault.
00:16 – Welcome to “Fullstack Activism” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:22 – Lynn’s Background Story and Superpowers
11:34 – Project Callisto: Reporting Sexual Assault and Dealing with The System
17:57 – Institutional Betrayal and Keeping Information Private
20:49 – The Chain of Command: How Project Callisto Works
22:17 – Reticence When it Comes to Talking About Sexual Assault
26:04 – “Staying in Your Lane”
27:56 – Matching Reports
29:33 – The Technology Behind the App
34:14 – Evaluating Features
38:16 – Contributing to Project Callisto
41:54 – Open Sourcing the Project
44:00 – Code Sharing
Reflections:
Coraline: Empathy and developers putting the psychological safety of their users first.
Astrid: Building technology for the greater good.
Jamey: If you don’t like what someone else is doing, you can do your own thing and make it happen.
Sam: Believe survivors.
Ashe Dryden: The Risk In Speaking Up
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Special Guest: Lynn Cyrin.
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