2020 Portfolio

The Juggernaut is a media company and community that centers South Asian stories, which is especially important considering this year's election results and since U.S. newsrooms currently do not reflect America's diversity. The Juggernaut’s mission is to diversify storytelling and to report with depth, nuance, and context to deliver reporting you won’t see anywhere else.

SmokeSygnals develops museum and event attractions that explore history from the perspectives and voices of minority populations. Their work is designed to challenge ideological absolutes – civility and savagery and freedom and tyranny – by moving the marginalized stories of Native Americans and other groups from the shadow and into the light.

Project Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations is a Black and Indigenous-led effort to build an intersectional mass-movement to reckon with America’s past, redistribute wealth and power to those robbed by white supremacy, and transform this country into a truly multiracial democracy.

Indiegraf is a platform for independent journalists and local news publishers – an engine that drives publishers’ audience and revenue growth so they can focus on providing meaningful journalism. Indiegraf contributes to a healthier and more equitable democracy by ensuring that everyone has access to quality local news, which makes people more likely to vote, volunteer, run for office, trust their neighbors, and can even help slow the spread of infectious diseases.

TILA Studios works to increase representation in museum and gallery spaces because only 4% of art in galleries and museums across the U.S. is from black women artists. By building a powerful network, connecting artists to resources, providing accessible studio space, and creating cutting-edge exhibitions, TILA is creating paid job opportunities for black women artists.

Momentum is a training institute and movement incubator seeding a wave of movements capable of setting a political agenda equal to the challenges we’re facing. They believe social movements are necessary for people to realize their true power and generate the political will to win a long-term vision of justice.

As the independent service for reporting police in the United States, Raheem is working to end police terror against Black people by making police behavior visible and accountable. Their digital tools help communities report and track police and use the open data to advance policies that shrink the role of police and invest in alternatives that respond to conflict with care.

Rapid Response helps nonprofits and grassroots groups quickly create hotlines and texting services to provide information and support to communities in need. Rapid Response brings hotline management, mass notifications, peer-to-peer texting, and an ultra-light CRM into one integrated platform.

The Algorithmic Justice League is leading a cultural movement towards equitable and accountable AI. Through a combination of art, research, policy guidance, and media advocacy, the Algorithmic Justice League empowers communities and decision makers to mitigate the harms and biases of AI.

Three Point Strategies is the Electoral Firm of the Movement. They help architect transformative change through protest, electoral politics, personal narrative, and building new centers of power with, for, and alongside Black strategists. Their unapologetic love for progressive Black Women and Black Movement leaders in the country is translating to winning big, audacious victories.

Climate Cabinet Action Fund helps decision-makers run, win, and legislate on the climate crisis. They leverage technology and networks to proactively deliver climate solutions to political candidates, legislators, and advocates – at scale.

OpenField helps communities connect with anyone, anywhere, and build power, one conversation at a time. Their comprehensive organizing toolkit enables organizations to launch distributed phone banks, canvasses, and remotely register voters, all from a single interface.

Deck tells progressive campaigns who to reach and how to win. It makes accurate predictions of which voters are likely to be supportive, turn out to vote, be open to persuasion, and more. Deck then helps candidates make and execute a plan for using those predictions to win.