Services
Safety and security strategies are baked into every service we offer. These are the areas we do well based on 10 years+ of working with hundreds of digital rights networks in 130+ countries.
Community Building: Development, Engagement, and training.
Holistic security including digital security and organizational security for community groups.
Events: Facilitation, Design, & Convening, both online and in real life.
Equity & Inclusion Tools such as code of conduct Implementation and workshops
Culture Change Strategies including making internal cultures more collaborative
Outreach to Global Audiences
Innovative program design that is impactful and based on your community needs and wants.
HR Recruitment of global audience
Consultation on the digital rights communities and Human Rights Consultation for technology companies
We can help you develop better communities, events, programs, and internal cultures, using the unique expertise and skills we have developed working with digital rights defender networks around the world.
We collaborate with an extensive network of pioneers throughout the world. Whether you need a technologist, psychologist, facilitator or security expert, we have you covered.
We use a collaborative approach focused on practical innovation to meet your needs and that of your audiences.
We have decades of experience working with and bringing together radically diverse global communities in the digital rights space, that represent diverse ethnic, racial, socio-economic, gender, age, abilities, sexual orientation, ideologies, and other backgrounds.
What People Are Saying
“The CommUNITY team and their inclusive facilitation has made possible for experts and activists from all over the world to contribute towards a common goal. The safe spaces for gathering and sharing experiences they have created are one of the single most important factors to change - and should be seen as real role models for community building efforts out there. Their work in the progressive digital rights communities have been instrumental in advancing human rights in and through online spaces. ”
Marcin de Kaminski, Department Director, Civil Rights Defenders
The team behind CommUNITY have been foundational forces to grow the Internet Freedom and digital rights space. They serve communities with humbleness and care, thoughtfulness and leadership, and are brilliant at centering and amplifying voices that need to be heard. Most importantly, they’re not afraid of a challenge, and continue to pave the way in shaping radical discourse and community-building.
— Sarah Aoun,
Chief Tech Officer, Open Tech Fund
“Thanks to the amazing CommUNITY team, my organization has access to a healthy communities across Latin America and the rest of the world, enabling us to grow, connect with more allies, and make our work more visible. In a context where organizations from the global south are frequently overlooked, this support is what takes us to the next level of integration into a global landscape!”
Carlos Guerra, Conexo
“The Calyx Institute regularly relies on the expertise, professionalism, and community-building skills of the CommUNITY team. Their strong leadership has advanced the digital rights cause immeasurably, while their values-driven approach and emphasis on finding mutual respect (and fun!) in the work means we're always looking for reasons to collaborate.”
Nick Merill,
Founder
The Calyx Institute
“Drawing from a combined decade of experience in the digital rights community, the CommUNITY team has honed their unique approach to knit bridges between multiple sectors in open-source tech and grass-roots organizing. This team brings expertise rarely achieved in this space, primarily because they have participated at the global cross-sections of these sectors; and are in the strongest position to lead any organization towards their goals of engaging their audience with more inclusivity and impact.”
Harlo Holmes,
Director of Digital Security
Freedom of the Press Foundation
“The CommUNITY Team cultivate communities with love and care. They have been essential in the Internet Freedom space to grow, connect and support a multi-cultural and diverse network of human rights defenders, and the people that support them.”
Gaba Rodriguez,
Project Manager
The Tor Project
“Sometimes it is easier to reach your goal when you act together. That’s where CommUNITY plays such an important role. They are the glue that brings and keeps us together. They make sure that every voice gets heard. They are the beating heart of the internet freedom community.”
Charlie Smith,
Co-Founder
GreatFire.org
"The folks at CommUNITY do an incredible job of creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible spaces that foster community building and interdisciplinary learning." Danielle Blunt, Hacking//Hustling
You can also feel good about using us - all monies collected from services go to our Community Fund and Diversity & Equity Fund, which supports community, diversity and inclusion, and capacity building initiatives.
Services
Community
Building
We can provide both consultation and/or training on the following topics
Development, cultivation and engagement strategy
Organizing in a multilingual and/or international context
Facilitation online and offline
Conducting community research
Holistic security: how to make your community spaces centered on safety and security.
Psychosocial care tools
We also provide consultation on the digital rights and Internet freedom communities, and can help with program development in this area.
Recruitment &
Job Board
Promoting your job opportunities to a community of pioneering professional in over 130+ countries, working at the intersection of technology, human rights and social justice.
Finding you qualified candidates
Events: Convene, Design & Facilitate
We can provide implementation, consultation and/or training on the following topics
Facilitation for both online and offline gatherings
Design and management of events
Holistic Event Security: How to make your event safe and secure
Code of conduct implementation
Psychosocial care tools
Program / agenda design
Consultation on
Outreach strategies for Global South & minority groups, including multicultural Communications.
Human rights consultation for tech companies. We can provide you with recommendations on how you can improve your apps, hardware and software to be more secure and safe for vulnerable communities.
Culture Change / Diversity & Equity
We can provide both implementation, consultation and/or training on the following topics
Digital security and organizational security for social justice and human rights groups.
Code of Conduct design and implementation
Training and workshops on gender, race, allyship, cross-cultural communications and more.
Collaboration and team building
Program design