Social pressures of the green text bubble

Scan of a handwritten participatory workshop contribution

Recall a time you felt vulnerable because of your mobile phone.

"In middle school (!) I felt pressured to get an iPhone by my friends (instead of an Android I guess??) very confusing dynamic we were like 12? 13?"

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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.