Charles Canario works at The James Baldwin School as a college coach and is an educator and a digital equity advocate. He has been active in the internet health movement as a Hive NYC member and is part of our first cohort of “Network50.”

As a young mentor and facilitator, Charles has been an exceptional leader within Hive NYC, initially in his role as a youth leader at Hive member organization Global Action Project, and most recently as an independent community member.

Charles brings a strong social justice lens to the Internet health movement, always pushing Mozilla to think deeper about its efforts towards diversity, inclusion, and equity. Over the past year, he has worked closely with Hive NYC staff to lead online privacy and web literacy activities at community events throughout the city.

Charles has also contributed collaboratively on a new online privacy curriculum that is being developed specifically towards communities that aren’t always reached in the technology field, such as immigrant and undocumented communities, youth of color, and young people from under-resourced schools.

Thinking Deeper About Digital Equity was originally published in Read, Write, Participate on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Max Franz is a software engineer, specializing in user-interface design, who currently works at the University of Toronto. He is an open research advocate within his organization and in the wider community. He has been active in the internet health movement as an Open Project Lead and a MozFest volunteer. He is a member of our first cohort of “Network50.”

Max has been a huge contributor to Open Science through his participation in many open research and working open initiatives. He has helped many others in the Mozilla communities understand and adopt open working principles through his contributions and presentations at Global Sprint 2015, Global Sprint 2016 and MozFest 2015/16.

In all his interactions Max has shown himself to be eager to learn things, help others succeed and take on challenges while building out his technical and leadership skills.

Over the course of the past few years, Max has emerged as a leader not only on his project, Cytoscape.js, but also in the broader community, helping to continually evolve our common understanding of open source practices in science.

Evolving Open Source Practices in Science was originally published in Read, Write, Participate on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

William Duyck (FuzzyFox) is a technologist who, in his own words, ‘wants to make the web a better place for the average user, to help them on their journeys to web literacy and participatory culture, and make great tools to support them in their everyday lives.’ He has been active in the internet health movement as a Mozilla Rep, an intern, and a MozFest volunteer. He is a member of our first cohort of “Network50.”

FuzzyFox has been an advocate for all things open since he was 14 years old. For many years, he has volunteered his time and helped make MozFest a success every year.

He’s been an active community member, presenting and sharing his work with others at conferences such as FOSDEM.

As a Mozilla Rep, he supports existing and future local community efforts and programs, and also recruits, supports and mentors future Mozilla Reps. He worked with Mozilla as an intern and during that time, led many train-the-trainer events and also supported different after school web literacy programs. After his internship, FuzzyFox went back to school to finish up his degree to drive the open source community forward for years to come.

Driving the Open Source Community Forward was originally published in Read, Write, Participate on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Rita Geladze is the Founder of Educators Camp, a network of educators dedicated to providing exceptional professional development services, youth-driven curriculum design, and capacity building workshops. She has been active in the internet health movement as a Hive NYC member and is part of our first cohort of “Network50.”

Rita Geladze has contributed as a key Hive NYC leader in many ways over the past few years — from facilitating small group discussions to leading workshops and developing web literacy curriculum. She cares deeply about online privacy and web literacy and has been a dedicated advocate and educator in pushing Mozilla’s priorities and activities.

Rita has also facilitated digital literacy workshops for NYC youth and remains a phenomenal partner and facilitator of analog and creative ways to embrace and teach web literacy skills.

Being Creative with Web Literacy Education was originally published in Read, Write, Participate on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Randy Macdonald is a teacher and networked education activist. He currently works as a Program Manager at the Technology Association of Oregon Foundation. He has been active in the internet health movement as a Mozilla Club Captain. He is a member of our first cohort of “Network50.”

Randy demonstrates a clear commitment to the Internet health movement through efforts to teach young people to read, write, and participate on the web. He currently directs an initiative that provides STEM-based after school programs for youth in Oregon.

Randy also trains others to teach computational and design-based thinking skills for solving community problems using mobile technology.

Randy has been an active participant in web literacy leaders training and in integrating badges in after-school and informal learning environments. His work with high school-age youth has contributed greatly to our common understanding of out-of-school time programming and digital credentials.

Randy is launching 10 Mozilla Clubs focused on teaching web literacy skills to youth throughout Oregon, and as a Regional Coordinator aims to expand the program beyond his local community.

Leading the Way to Web Education was originally published in Read, Write, Participate on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Meredith Summs is an informal educator, instructional technology specialist, a curriculum developer for the Internet health movement, and currently works as the Associate Director, Learning Design at Mouse. She has been active in the internet health movement as a Hive NYC member for over five years. She is a member of our first cohort of “Network50.”

For the past several years, Meredith has been an active and engaged Hive NYC member, an ally at Mouse, and contributor of curriculum on how to connect fun offline activities with web literacy skills needed on the web. She has taught circuitry, web literacy, human-centered design, assistive & adaptive tech, IT and game design. She has developed high-quality web literacy curriculum and training through her work with Mouse, with a focus on connecting fun, offline activities with web literacy skills.

Meredith helped develop Kraken the Code, one of the most popular Web Literacy Basics activities and one that has been translated into more than 10 languages. She has also shared her expertise with digital badging, and provided valuable input as part of the update to the Web Literacy Map v2.0.

Connecting Fun, Offline Activities with Web Literacy Skills was originally published in Read, Write, Participate on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Rafael Rosa is Vice President of Programs for the Student Conservation Association and was previously the Vice President of Education at the Chicago Academy of Sciences. He has been active in the internet health movement as a Hive Chicago member, and a past advisory committee member. He is a member of our first cohort of “Network50.”

Rafael has been a member of Hive Chicago since its inception. He has been instrumental in leading education initiatives that intersect with nature and technology. He has co-led many large city-wide collaborations and was nominated by his peers to serve on our 6-member Advisory Committee.

Through Rafael’s work in the committee, he has led discussions and projects that challenge the ways institutions and organizations engage with under-served communities. In this role, he also mentors new member organizations in the network and provides strategic guidance to Hive leadership. Rafael has been instrumental in updating Hive’s mission to clearly align our work with the promise of the Internet for learning.

Educating on the Intersection of Nature and Technology was originally published in Read, Write, Participate on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Hildah Nyakwaka is a student at the University of Nairobi and an untiring contributor to the East African technology community. She has been active in the Internet health movement as a Regional Coordinator. She is a member of our first cohort of “Network50.”

Hildah is a key contributor to Mozilla’s efforts to extend web literacy to women and girls, and a key driver of the Mozilla Clubs for Women and Girls. In her role as a Regional Coordinator in Kenya, she oversees executive strategy in successfully running 10 clubs in Nairobi and building a local network that supports the education and empowerment of women in her community. Her clubs have enabled women and girls to learn the web for the first time or build upon their previous skills to become web literate.

Hildah is an invaluable mentor to the club captains she guides, and helps them succeed through mentorship and constructive feedback. Her contributions to the Internet health movement extend beyond Mozilla, particularly through Jamlab, a co-creation community made of passionate young people who are intent on using the Internet to co-create ideas and bring them alive.

Empowering Women and Girls in Web Literacy was originally published in Read, Write, Participate on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Babitha George is a researcher, a Principal of Quicksand Design Studio, a co-founder of the UnBox Festival and an advocate for social equality and development. She has been active in the Internet health movement as a team leader, researcher and IoT program facilitator. She is a member of our first cohort of “Network50.”

Babitha is a key collaborator and thought partner on the topic of decentralization and digital inclusion, especially within the Global South. She has been a leading light in bringing complex, nuanced, design research into the Internet health movement. She has shown herself to be an excellent leader in the curation of research and in facilitating groups of individuals to have meaningful discussions around Open IoT.

Babitha was instrumental in at least three IoT events last year; she hosted the first event in Ahmedabad, India, led the team that conducted user research on privacy and the connected home for the second event, and co-edited the book publication at the third event. She also researched the role of local manufacturing and alternative forms of making as a path to community resilience and decentralization.

Lighting a Path to Community Resilience and Decentralization was originally published in Read, Write, Participate on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Anelda van der Walt is a bioinformatician, a researcher, and entrepreneur. She leads Talarify, an eResearch consulting firm, and worked previously as an eResearch Analyst at the University of Cape Town. She has been active in the internet health movement as a Study Group Lead within the Science Lab. She is a member of our first cohort of “Network50.”

Anelda is a trailblazer for open science in her native South Africa, and more generally, across Africa. She is an excellent advocate and an outstanding contributor for diversity, digital inclusion, open access, and open science. She has been a Study Group Lead herself and is great connector and resource to other study group leads.

Anelda is very passionate about teaching and promoting openness in research and works to help researchers learn and understand how to make their work more open. She moves forward our web literacy mission through curriculum development and delivery of learning materials to audiences that wouldn’t normally have access to such materials.

Read Anelda’s recent interview with Mozilla.

Teaching and Promoting Openness was originally published in Read, Write, Participate on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.