Brief
Fight for the Future is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 whose mission is to ensure that the web continues to hold freedom of expression and creativity at its core. We seek to expand the internet's transformative power for good, to preserve and enhance its capacity to enrich and empower. We envision a world where everyone can access the internet affordably, free of interference or censorship and with full privacy.
Our goal—always—is to build tech-enhanced campaigns that resonate with millions of people, enabling them to consolidate their power and win historic changes thought to be impossible. In 2012 we organized the largest online protest in history, an internet-wide strike against web censorship which defeated the SOPA and PIPA bills. More recently, our Battle for the Net campaign drove nearly four million people to contact the FCC resulting in the game-changing passage of net neutrality rules (a “First Amendment” for the Internet). Here’s exactly how we did it. Our Reset the Net campaign organized around protecting the privacy of hundreds of million of internet users.
Our accomplishments are testament to the notion that with the right approach and creative activism, the public interest can prevail—even over some of the most entrenched political forces in the world. For more details on these and other accomplishments, check out a timeline of the events leading up to and immediately after the SOPA strike.
Staff
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Terri Woodbury
Chief Finance Officer
Terri helped to set up Fight for the Future in 2011 and she's returned as our finance and operations brain. She has more than 25 years in finance including nearly 10 with the Participatory Culture Foundation.
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Evan Greer
Deputy Director
Evan directs our campaigns and communications. She’s been organizing hard-hitting campaigns for more than a decade and is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Newsweek, and Time Magazine. Prior to joining, she toured as a professional musician.
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Sarah Roth-Gaudette
Executive Director
Sarah was our Chief Operating Officer for 3 years. Her background includes running a nationwide canvass operation with the Public Interest Network and several cycles of volunteer-driven GOTV campaigns with Moveon PAC and others.
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Sarena Neyman
Grant Writer
Sarena writes our grants and other fundraising materials. She’s been helping non-profit groups raise money for over 25 years and is thrilled to be doing work that protects her beloved Internet.
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Vasjen Katro
Lead Designer
Vasjen is our UI/UX expert from Albania. You can see his work on Dribbble and follow him on Instagram. He recently co-designed the new Adobe Illustrator 2018 splash screen.
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Laila Abdelaziz
Campaigner
Laila was a 2017 Kairos Fellow. Before FFTF, Laila served as CAIR Florida's Government Affairs Director where she led campaigns to protect civil rights and challenge Islamophobia. She leads our work surveillance and data security.
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Josh tabish
Technology Exchange Fellow
Josh is a Ford/MDF Technology Exchange Fellow. As the former Campaign Director for OpenMedia, Josh is a seasoned digital rights strategist and policy expert. He leads our work on net neutrality.
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Jelani Drew
2018 Kairos Fellow
Jelani is a 2018 Kairos Fellow. Most recently, they've been the Advocacy Coordinator for the Richmond Peace Education Center and a Member Leader with Southerners On New Ground (SONG).
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Ken Mickles
Senior Software Engineer
Ken Mickles is a polyglot programmer who ran his own small development studio for 4 years. He also founded a travel and social networking start-up that was acquired by TripAdvisor and taught programming at a local college.
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Dayton Young
Director of Product
Prior to joining FFTF, Dayton developed and managed a variety of digital products for companies like EA and Disney / ABC Television Group. He is leading our work to build websites, tech, and online products that can speak to millions.
Fight for the Future 501(c)4 Board
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Nick Reville
President
Co-Founder and Partner at Space Inch, LLC. Co-Founder of Fight for the Future. Co-Founder of PCF and PPF. Ashoka Fellow for Social Entrepreneurship.
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Karien Bezuidenhout
Treasurer
Advocate for openness and supporter of social entrepeneurs. Director of the Shuttleworth Foundation.
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Tiffiniy Cheng
Co-Founder
Co-founder of Fight for the Future, Open Congress, Miro, and the advocacy organization, A New Way Forward. She is currently an Ashoka fellow.
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Holmes Wilson
Secretary and Co-Founder
Co-founder of Fight for the Future, Miro, Open Congress, and Amara. He also ran online campaigns for the Free Software Foundation.
FFTF Education Fund 501(c)3 Board
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Marvin Ammori
President
Internet policy expert. First Amendment Lawyer and Scholar. Ammori Group. Free Press.
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Hannah Sassaman
Treasurer
Media Reform Activist passing Low-Power FM rules. Policy Director of Media Mobilizing Project. Campaign Director at the Prometheus Radio Project.
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Yochai Benkler
Secretary
Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. Author of The Wealth of Networks: How social production transforms markets and freedom.
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Tiffiniy Cheng
Co-Founder
Co-founder of Fight for the Future, Open Congress, Miro, and the advocacy organization, A New Way Forward. She is currently an Ashoka fellow.
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Holmes Wilson
Co-Founder
Co-founder of Fight for the Future, Miro, Open Congress, and Amara. He also ran online campaigns for the Free Software Foundation.