Convince my parents like hell

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Describe a significant moment in your life that involved a mobile phone.

“Got my first phone at the age of 16 in 2012. Had to convince my parents like hell and then lost it at my first high school party.”

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“We noticed protest posters: 'You will drink lithium, you will eat copper.'”

– Ligaya, Atacama Desert, Chile

“When it fell on my face, playing Wordle, drunk”

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“Accidentally continuing to share my location with someone... Creepy.”

– Anonymous, San Francisco, CA

Transform the tech industry from inside.

Take Action Photo of a hand holding the 2021 yearbook, which is a collection of the community’s work over 12 weeks.

Collective Action School has a grassroots theory of change. We believe the people who make the tech industry run—its workers—have the power to not only transform it, but to build and imagine new technologies. They welcome all tech workers—whether you’re a project manager, warehouse worker, software engineer, or ride share driver.