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This is our collection of discrete tech-supported campaigns designed to create a change in the world. A campaign is the method in which we organize people to shift power. Technology has changed how campaigns operate, for the better (it's never been easier or cheaper to reach and organize large numbers of people) and the worse (private data has been used to profile voters, and technology is accused of facilitating shallower relationships between supporters).
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Make Votes Matter
LondonMake Votes Matter is the [UK] national movement for Proportional Representation
Public Rights Project
Oakland, CASince 2017, we've recovered over $46 million in relief for marginalized people; built a network of over 1,300 government offices, elected officials, and community-based organizations in 50 states; trained 130 prosecutors and government lawyers in 24 states; and secured court victories on abortion, immigrant, workers’, and voting rights
Global Nonviolent Action Database
Swarthmore CollegePowering Learning about Nonviolent Action. Last updated 2011.
Campaign to urge Congress: Protect Public Media Funding
Department of People who Work for a Living
Washington, DCWe’ll be ensuring the federal government works for working people and isn’t destroyed by billionaires like Elon Musk. We’ll report on the facts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts and what you can do to fight back.
Resources for Civil Servants
Project Moonshot (@projmoonshot)
United States of America (the)Political edu on resistance. Stand w/ federal workers. Stop the authoritarian takeover. Organizing a positive vision for public good. Get on the bus 🚌
USAID Stop-Work
Cincinnati, OhioTracking. Informing.
Federal Workers Against DOGE
United States of America (the)Standing with federal workers against a corporate-backed coup led by DOGE.
Make It Fair campaign
LondonThe UK news industry is calling on the government to ensure creatives are rewarded properly so as to ensure a sustainable future for AI and the creative industries.
End Police Surveillance
Chicago, ILShotSpotter creates thousands of unfounded police deployments, fuels unconstitutional stop-and-frisk, and can lead to false arrests.
No Tech Criminalization in Education (NOTICE)
MinneapolisThe NOTICE Coalition (No Tech Criminalization in Education) is a national network of advocates, researchers and organizers building a movement to end police surveillance in schools and defend youth justice in the digital age.
A distributed campaign against Tesla dealerships to protest Elon Musk's role shutting down various parts of the US government
Small donor campaign to help protect Kyiv from aerial bombing
Democracy Fund program dedicated to bridging critical gaps to support the safety, strength, and sustainability of groups working at the frontlines of our democracy.
ForHarris Group Directory
United States of America (the)A directory of "X for Harris" groups for the 2024 US election
Bad Matt
Burlington, VTA "protest plugin" that allows Wordpress administrators to set their Stripe plug-in's to credit referral payments to their own accounts.
Google Censorship
China (Zhong Guo)A platform dedicated to monitoring and exposing censorship in Google Play Stores worldwide. We hope this initiative will be a step towards greater transparency and the promotion of digital freedom.
Gazteparte
Basque Country (Euskadi)Gazteparte es el primer espacio digital para escuchar la opinión y las propuestas de los jóvenes y trasladarlas a las instituciones públicas.
Kidmapping is an information resource for parents, human rights activists, volunteers and activists. Here you can find information about all kinds of locations of deported children in Russia, Belarus or occupied regions of Ukraine.
This website tells a story of how a little known legal [corporate tribunal] mechanism is enriching fossil fuel corporations with public money, delaying climate action and threatening our future.
ChildFund International campaign to remove online child abuse material
There have been over 40 recent bans of the rainbow flag. The Gilbert Baker Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Are Fighting Back.
"Governor Barbie" social campaign
Michigan, USAThe "Governor Barbie" campaign, launched by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, was more than just an innovative approach to brand building, but a significant step toward redefining and challenging stereotypes associated with female politicians.
The First Digital Nation
TuvaluAn award-winning campaign promoting the low-lying nation of Tuvalu's transition to a digital nation in the face of rising sea levels
It's Time for Supreme Court Term Limits
New York UniversityAward-winning video by the Brennan Center for Justice on out of touch Supreme Court justices
History-making profits. World-ending emissions.
Najemniški SOS
Slovenia (Slovenija)Resources and story-based campaign for tenants' rights in Slovenia
An Open Letter To Meta in response to the company shutting down a vital tool for following discourse on Facebook
We're Right Here
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The We’re Right Here campaign is working to build a united movement for community power, spanning places and communities across the UK as well as the political spectrum.
![Is your [UK] council fuelling the climate crisis?](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ctfg-airtable/screenshots/rec2opTaK3Yl8q3aE/httpsplatformlondonorgisyourcoun)
Divestment campaign targeting local councils investing in fossil fuel companies
8M LATAM
Latin AmericaEl objetivo es realizar un archivo fotográfico que muestre la realidad de la extensión del movimiento feminista, incluyendo la variedad de experiencias, testimonios y emociones que plasma el 8M en nosotras.
Housing Courts Must Change! Map
New York City, NY, USAHousing Courts Must Change! (HCMC) is a statewide campaign launched by the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition in 2020 to transform the courts across New York State (NYS) from an “eviction machine” to a place that holds landlords accountable, upholds tenants’ rights, and enables tenants to remain in their homes.
Obstáculos del acceso a la justicia en México
Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos)A campaign site drawing attention to obstacles to justice in Mexico
DataIgualdad
Latin AmericaRevisa aquí cómo impacta la evasión de impuestos en las vidas de los habitantes de América Latina
FairVote
MarylandFairVote is a nonpartisan organization advocating for ranked-choice voting in the US.
Gig Workers Rising
San Jose, California, USACampaign to rally everyone who works on apps for a living wage, transparency on the job, safe conditions, and a voice in their work
Over 700 organizations and individuals petitioning Twitter not to revoke free research access to its API
Reddark
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)an aggregator site tracking the nearly 9,000 subreddits that went dark to protest the company's aggressive treatment of third party clients
Democracy Beyond Elections
United States of America (the)A collaborative, national campaign rooted in equitable, accessible, and significant community-led decision-making practices.
Global Coalition for Tech Justice
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The Global Coalition for Tech Justice is a newly formed global movement to ensure Big Tech plays its role in protecting elections and citizens’ rights and freedoms across the world, particularly in the global majority where companies – Meta/Facebook, Google/YouTube, Twitter, TikTok et al – have been negligent in dealing with the impacts of their social media and messaging products.
Decriminalize Poverty
TennesseeThis narrative experience explores how poverty has been criminalized across Tennessee, what this means for people who live in communities in the state, and practical steps to build a better future.
The AnNahar newspaper used its paper and ink to provide election ballots instead
Black Tech Agenda and Scorecard
Washington, DCBlack communities need an affirmative vision of technology that protects our civil rights and advances our needs. A campaign nominated for a 2023 Webby Award.
In an increasingly dangerous world, there’s one simple thing every messaging platform must do right now: make our messages safe using end-to-end encryption.
The Systemic Racism Pin
Quebec City, QC, CanadaWe highjacked Google Maps API to create a geolocated placename called Systemic Racism, just in front of the Parliament of Quebec, where it'd be impossible for the Premier to ignore.
A campaign website nominated for a 2023 Webby Award
We think our kids are safe in school online. But many of them are being surveilled, and parents have often been kept in the dark. Kids are priceless, not products.
Name Reclaim
CanadaReclaimYourName.dic is the first custom dictionary to normalize thousands of Asian names in the world’s most popular word processing software, where non-English identities are arbitrarily targeted as errors.
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