She learned a whole new language

Scan of a handwritten participatory workshop contribution

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

“My maternal unit bought a PALM Pilot when it was released '97 and learned a whole new language.* It both inspired and shamed me into inviting personal communication tech into my life. She was in her 70's at the time. We can ALWAYS learn new things."

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People's Stories Bodies & Minds 1990s

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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”

Anonymous

“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.