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Our Mission: To educate the public on cybersecurity in an accessible and hollistic way with fun cats. Our work aims to resist systemic oppressions through community self-defense.

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Friskies

We're eating tonight! A dollar per month pledge helps us out, plus, you'll get a complimentary card/sticker, a special cypurr Camera sticker-cover ... Read more

$1 USD / month

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Waruva

Prrrrr....thank you! In addition to all the other Friskies' tier prizes, you'll get a Special Cypurr T-Shirt!

$5 USD / month

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Raws

...*big cat eyes*...THANK YOU! In addition to the other tier prizes, we'll thank you a lot on social media, plus a Cypurr Faraday Fanny Pack!

$10 USD / month

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Events

Cypurr Collective is hosting the following events.

Past event
Cypurr Social
12:00 AM UTC
Bring back cypurr socials, a night of games and discussion and cats!

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Cypurr's End of the Year Cyber-Security Game Show Spectacular aka SO LONG 2020!
07:00 PM UTC
Recap the weirdness of 2020 with your Cypurr Friends (rsvp in description)
Past event
CyPurr 2020 Holiday Buyer's Guide to Tech
07:00 PM UTC
Holidaze are here again! Looking for some techy gifts but concerned about privacy? Join us as we ...Read more
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CyPurr Session: Tales from the CryptoParty (aka the Terror of Tech in Modern Life)
06:00 PM UTC
Our most SPOOOOKKYY workshop yet! Come with your own spooky tech story to share with the group!
Past event
CyPurr Session: “Shut the Front Door!” Understanding the Role Your Router Plays in Your Home
06:00 PM UTC
Get to know your router with Cypurr!
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Cypurr Session: Cybersecurity in times of COVID
06:00 PM UTC
We'll be on the BPL Zoom on this day, doing one of our classic Cypurr cybersecurity discussions, ...Read more
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Cypurr Social: Ghost in the Shell (not the ScarJo version)
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11:00 PM UTC
A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Mast...Read more

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Cypurr Session: The Password Is Strong with This One...
07:00 PM UTC
Nowadays there are special programs called password managers that make it easy to generate and st...Read more
Past event
SecuriTEA Time: FeministCyberSelfDefense
06:00 PM UTC
Tea and talk, focusing on feminist solutions to cybersecurity issues
Past event
Cypurr Social: The Matrix (A Fundraiser For People's Power House)
12:00 AM UTC

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Past event
Cypurr Session: Cyber Harassment and Harm Reduction
07:00 PM UTC
For this month’s Cypurr Session, we’ll be focusing on cybersecurity , talking about ways that yo...Read more
Past event
SecuriTEA Time: FeministCyberSelfDefense
06:00 PM UTC
Tea and talk, focusing on feminist solutions to cybersecurity issues
Past event
Cypurr Social: ROBOCOP
12:00 AM UTC
Ever wonder what happens when corporate tech mixes with State priorites? This ain't Palantir, thi...Read more
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Cypurr Sessions: 2020/4/2020
07:00 PM UTC
Crazy New Year's Eve? Come talk tech detox w/ the Cypur Cats!
Past event
SecuriTEA Time: FeministCyberSelfDefense
06:00 PM UTC
Tea and talk, focusing on feminist solutions to cybersecurity issues
Past event
Cypurr Social: XMAS
12:00 AM UTC
XMAS comes a early....by a few centuries!

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Cypurr Session: End of A Decade
07:00 PM UTC
Come reminisce the techy 2010s with the Cypurr Collective!
Past event
SecuriTEA Time: FeministCyberSelfDefense
06:00 PM UTC
Our monthly tea and talk at Bluestockings Bookstore
Past event
Looks To Disappear: Surveillance Tech and Fab Fashion!
06:00 PM UTC
Our monthly CryptoParty at the Brooklyn Public Library!
Past event
Cypurr Social: War Games
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11:00 PM UTC
Our monthly tech movie night at BabyCastles!

Top financial contributors

Individuals

1
Grey Cohen

$1,320 USD since Jul 2019

2
Nicholas DiBari

$375 USD since Jan 2020

3
Incognito

$290 USD since Jan 2020

4
Incognito

$280 USD since Apr 2021

5
nash

$90 USD since Sep 2021

6
Dustin Reyes

$70 USD since Apr 2020

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Incognito

$70 USD since Jan 2021

8
Isadora

$60 USD since Nov 2021

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Guest

$25 USD since Dec 2020

10
Deidre Holtsclaw

$20 USD since Mar 2021

11
Lacey Kasten

$15 USD since Feb 2021

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Guest

$13 USD since May 2021

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Jan Descartes

$12.5 USD since Jul 2020

14
Incognito

$10 USD since Aug 2020

15
noam sauer-utley

$10 USD since May 2022

Organizations

1
Pop Gym

$999 USD since Dec 2019

2
LaBac

$102 USD since Aug 2020

3
Benevity

$60 USD since Mar 2021

Cypurr Collective is all of us

Our contributors 22

Thank you for supporting Cypurr Collective.

Grey Cohen

Admin

$1,320 USD

Rory Mir

Admin
meow :3

Pop Gym

$999 USD

Nicholas DiBari

$375 USD

incognito

Raws

$290 USD

I love the work they do, and I owe them some $$$

incognito

$280 USD

LaBac

waruva

$102 USD

FIGHT DYSTOPIA! ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ

nash

Raws

$90 USD

Dustin Reyes

$70 USD

Incognito

Raws

$70 USD

Benevity

$60 USD

Isadora

Raws

$60 USD

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Monthly financial contribution to Cypurr Collective (Raws)

Credit from nash to Cypurr Collective •

+$10.00USD
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Monthly financial contribution to Cypurr Collective (Raws)

Credit from noam sauer-utley to Cypurr Collective •

+$10.00USD
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Monthly financial contribution to Cypurr Collective (Raws)

Credit from Isadora to Cypurr Collective •

+$10.00USD
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Today’s balance

$2,634.01 USD

Total raised

$3,425.47 USD

Total disbursed

$791.46 USD

Estimated annual budget

$1,778.85 USD

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News from Cypurr Collective

Updates on our activities and progress.

Been a while

Cypurr 2021 No, it's not a cyberpunk video game... ...it's us in the coming year! I know we've been mainly quiet on here for the past year, i guess w needed a break! But we're coming back this year with a whole schedule ful...
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Published on December 30, 2020 by Grey Cohen

Hello W0rld!

Hey ALL!We're new here on Open Collective, and just want to say hey! We're a bunch of cybersecurity and/or cat enthusiasts who enjoy organizing educational and/or social events around Cybersecurity. We take a Holistic approach to cyberse...
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Published on September 17, 2019 by Grey Cohen

About

The CyPurr Collective is a group of some tech-minded folks who are very jazzed about cybersecurity, cats, and helping folks out with their digital dilemmas. We offer workshops for activists, journalists, educators, and everyday folks who want to up their encryption game.

As of now, we have 4 regular events every month:

  • Cypurr Sessions @ the Brooklyn Public Library (cryptoparty)
  • Securitea @ Bluestockings Bookstore (group discussion)
  • Cypurr Social @ Baby Castles (Movie Night)
  • Cypurr Open Meeting

We have been around for a couple years, and are hoping to grow, so that we can help more and more folks with our mission. With have plans to do some cool stuff, and bigger and better things, but we need your help to do it! Become a subscriber and help us get cybersecurity education out to as many people as we can!

Our team

Grey Cohen

Admin

Rory Mir

Admin
meow :3