transforming
technology
2017 fellows
The 2017 Fellows know how powerful community organizing can be, leveraging their collective energy for transformation and systemic change.
Antonio
garcia
catherine
huang
Deshuna
Spencer
jeremy
mcqueen
reetu
mody
Tenaja
Jordan
learn more about these BADASS leaders using tech, media, and activism for a liberated future.
Antonio garcia (HE/HIM)
DACAmented Professionals Network |
Kaskaskia Territory
Antonio comes from the intersection of tech and immigrant advocacy. He believes in empowering communities through education and civic engagement. He founded DACA Network, a professional network for undocumented immigrants. He built a centralized professional network to connect DACAmented job seekers to understanding mentors and job providers who are well-equipped to onboard them.
catherine huang (SHE/HER)
Work It | Ohlone Territory
Cat’s project, WorkIt, will use technology, peer networks, legislative information, and company policy to provide real-time workplace information and support to people working in low-wage jobs. Workers can connect around shared experiences, access workers’ rights information, strategize income inequality remedies, establish workplace security, and hold corporations accountable.
DESHUNA SPENCER (SHE/HER)
kweliTV | Piscataway Territory
kweliTV is an interactive, on-demand and live streaming video network dedicated to the stories, issues and culture of the global black community. It offers indie films, web shows, documentaries and news programming of the entire African diaspora. Its mission is to change the perception of how black people are portrayed in media. Previously, DeShuna served as publisher of emPowermagazine.com where she launched the emPower Players Awards honoring community activists of color.
Jeremy Mcqueen (HE/HIM)
Upload Appalachia Project | Adena Culture Territory
Jeremy’s project, the Upload Appalachia Project, is a social justice initiative that aims to educate and train youth in the central Appalachian region in video production and website design while also allowing them to share the stories of the region’s underserved people. Jeremy is a Co-Founder and the CEO of Mountain Tech Media. His open spirit encouraged him to take a chance on a startup tech and design company in Appalachia.
Reetu Mody (SHE/HER)
Movement Alchemy | Ohlone Territory
Reetu’s project, Movement Alchemy: Melding Digital and Grassroots Organizing, is a digital organizing platform allowing organizers from all over the country to connect and start their campaigns on issues affecting the Latinx community. Reetu has advocated and organized at the intersection of racial, economic, criminal, and immigration rights. Reetu’s understanding of the world has been deeply influenced by her own experiences and those of young people, people of color, and other systemically marginalized yet resilient communities with whom she has worked and belonged.
TENAJA JORDAN (SHE/HER)
Myseedofchange.com | Canarsie Territory
MySeedofChange.com aims to build content and virtual community for active and aspiring changemakers in marginalized communities. Tenaja is a career nonprofit professional with over 10 years of experience in nonprofit organizational development. She came into the nonprofit field inspired by personal experiences.