If you are around for #SFTechWeek panels, pitches, and power talks, end things on a high note tonight! ✨

Join us at The Tech We Want After Party: a night of music, dancing, and community with a crowd of innovators, dreamers, and changemakers.

Last chance to join: partiful.com/e/z5pcSkijOh...

🥕 Day 25: Karrot 🌍

Community organizing made simple, human, and collaborative. Karrot is an open-source platform helping grassroots groups manage tasks, share resources, and build solidarity around food saving, mutual aid, and sustainability.

Start organizing your community at karrot.world ✨

🚫 Day 24: Right To Be ✋

Everyone deserves to feel safe and respected in public spaces. Right To Be provides digital tools, training, and resources empowering communities to combat harassment and create safer, inclusive environments for all.

Stand up against harm and join at righttobe.org ✨

📚 Day 23: Bookshare 📖

Reading should be accessible to everyone.

Bookshare provides the world’s largest library of ebooks specifically designed for people with reading barriers, ensuring knowledge, stories, and ideas are available to all.

Discover accessible reading at bookshare.org ✨

📂 Day 22: MuckRock 🔍

Transparency matters. @MuckRockNews makes it easy for journalists, researchers, and communities to file, track, and share public records requests.

Start uncovering the truth at muckrock.com ✨

#TechWeTrust #TheTechWeWant #Transparency #OpenGovernment

📱 Day 21: Crisis Text Line ❤️

Mental health support, at your fingertips. Free, confidential crisis counseling via text, 24/7.

Powered by empathy, trained volunteers, and thoughtful tech, it ensures anyone in crisis is heard immediately.

#TechWeTrust #TheTechWeWant #MentalHealthMatters

💬 Day 20: Pol.is 📈

Listening at scale, in real-time. Pol.is helps large communities share and analyze their thoughts—in their own words.

Explore crowdsourced consensus at pol.is 🌐✨

#TechWeTrust #TheTechWeWant #CivicTech #CommunityVoices

🤝 Day 19: Loomio 💬

Loomio is a collaborative decision-making tool designed for transparency, inclusion, and genuine democracy.

It empowers teams, communities, and movements to build consensus and take meaningful action.

Collaborate and coordinate at loomio.com ✨🌐

#TechWeTrust #TheTechWeWant

🌱 Day 18: iNaturalist 🦋

Exploring nature meets citizen science with @iNaturalist. Snap photos, identify species, and connect with a global community passionate about biodiversity.

Discover nature, wherever you are: inaturalist.org 📸🌿

#TechWeTrust #TheTechWeWant #CitizenScience #NatureLovers

🎧 Day 17: Resonate.coop 🎶

Streaming music can be fair. Resonate is building a listener-owned platform where artists are fairly compensated, listeners have control, and transparency comes first.

A community designed around equity and cooperative values.

Listen ethically at resonate.coop ✨🎵

🗺️ Day 16: OpenStreetMap 🌍

Today’s #30DaysofTechWeTrust pick is a collaborative mapping project built by and for communities worldwide.

Free, open, and community-driven, OSM prioritizes transparency and local knowledge to create maps everyone can rely on.

Participate at openstreetmap.org 🧭✨

🎨 Day 15: Artisans Cooperative 🧵

Today’s #30DaysofTechWeTrust spotlight is a member-owned marketplace putting artisans first.

Built democratically to support genuine handmade goods, it champions transparency, fairness, and creative community ownership.

Shop ethically at artisans.coop ✨🛍️

📍 Day 14: FixMyStreet 🛣️

Today’s we feature a platform empowering citizens to report and resolve local issues easily.

By directly connecting communities with authorities, FixMyStreet strengthens civic engagement, block by block.

Report and improve your neighborhood at fixmystreet.com 🌳

📱 Day 13: Marco Polo 🎥

Today’s #30DaysofTechWeTrust spotlight is a video messaging app helping us connect authentically and privately. Marco Polo lets you strengthen relationships through meaningful face-to-face conversations without ads or algorithms.

Reconnect with intention at marcopolo.me ✨

💡 Day 12: Savvy Cooperative 🩺

Savvy is a patient-owned platform that puts diverse patient voices at the center of healthcare innovation.

By connecting patients directly with companies and researchers, Savvy ensures health solutions meet community needs.

#PatientEmpowerment #InclusiveHealthcare

🌐 Day 11: Meet.coop 🤝

Remote meetings shouldn’t compromise our privacy or ethics.

Built and governed cooperatively, we like Meet.coop because it empowers communities to gather safely without data harvesting or surveillance.

What tech solutions do you lean on for your remote meetings?

☁️ Day 10: Bluesky

Social media should empower, not exploit.

Bluesky is reimagining online communities by putting transparency, open protocols, and user control first.

It’s an experiment in building healthier digital spaces that align with the web we actually want. We're happy to be here!

👁️ Day 9: Be My Eyes 🤝

Today’s #30DaysofTechWeTrust feature is a transformative tool connecting blind and visually impaired people with volunteers for real-time assistance.

Built on empathy and accessibility, Be My Eyes creates meaningful connections, breaking barriers through everyday kindness.

Day 8: JustFix

Today’s pick is a powerful platform empowering tenants to advocate for safe, fair housing.

By providing accessible tools and data-driven transparency, JustFix helps communities fight housing injustice head-on.

Support housing justice at justfix.org 🏠✨

🚀 Day 7: Start.coop 🌟

By supporting entrepreneurs committed to democratic governance and shared ownership, Start.coop builds an economy rooted in equity and community empowerment.

Explore cooperative entrepreneurship at start.coop 🌱

🌱 Day 6: Open Collective 🤝

From mutual aid to open-source projects, Open Collective puts accountability and community power front and center.

Join or start a collective at opencollective.com ✨

✊ Day 5: Coworker.org 📢

Today’s highlight is a powerful platform empowering workers to advocate collectively for fair treatment, transparency, and improved conditions.

Coworker.org gives voice and tools to employees pushing for meaningful workplace change.

Join the movement at coworker.org 💪

🔒 Day 4: Signal 📲

Today’s #30DaysofTechWeTrust spotlight is Signal — a messaging app dedicated to your privacy and security. Signal keeps your conversations confidential and your data protected, putting your rights first, with no ads or trackers.

Secure your conversations at signal.org ✊

Birmingham’s tech scene echoes the early days of great ecosystems, filled with hope and responsibility.

As we forge ahead, our collective challenge is clear: make innovation a tool for connectivity and problem-solving. And @sloss.tech shows us we can do it in community, while having a great time!

🗳️ Day 3: Decidim 🌍

Today we highlight a participatory democracy platform empowering citizens to shape policies and decisions transparently.

Already transforming cities like Barcelona, Decidim fosters genuine civic engagement and community-driven governance.

Get involved at decidim.org ✊

🛡️ Day 2: Block Party 🛡️

Today’s #30DaysofTechWeTrust pick is @blockpartyapp.com, a powerful tool helping you reclaim control of your online experience.

Block Party protects your digital safety & privacy, tackling harassment and empowering healthier interactions.

Take charge at blockpartyapp.com ✊

🎬 Day 1: Seed & Spark 🌟

We’re kicking off #30DaysofTechWeTrust with a platform dedicated to empowering diverse creators through crowdfunding and streaming.

With transparency and inclusion at its core, Seed & Spark helps bring underrepresented stories to life.

Join or support at seedandspark.com 🌱

One of the most frequent questions we get: What are examples of the tech we want?

✨ Tomorrow we launch #30DaysofTechWeTrust! ✨

We’ll spotlight tech rooted in community, equity, privacy, transparency, and sustainability. Follow along and help build an industry driven by responsible innovation! 🌍💡

🤖 AI doesn’t have to be a threat; it’s not destiny, it’s a negotiation.

Brian Merchant, author at Blood in the Machine, reminded us at THE LIGHT HOUSE that the future of AI and labor is still being written. 🛠️

Watch the full panel on our YouTube channel.

#TheTechWeWant #AIandLabor #FutureOfWork

💡 At THE LIGHT HOUSE we designed a collective sensemaking exercise to surface community insights.

What we heard:
⚡ Put safety & privacy at the center
⚡ Slow down & consider long-term consequences
⚡ Ensure data sovereignty for all humans

Tech reflects our choices. What principle would you add?