A planet of love with a red molten lava above a bare butted women symbolizing outdated patriarchal embodiments of hope, freedom and the end of white silence.

STRATEGY. DESIGN & TECH FOR EARTH RIGHT NOW (VS FUCK MARS)

CREATING NON-NORMAL DIGITAL & IRL EXPERIENCES THAT AMPLIFY SAFETY & ABUNDANCE WITHIN MARGINALIZED & AT-RISK COMMUNITIES

COLLABORATING WITH LIKE-MINDED OTHERS TO SOFTEN SOME OF EARTH’S harmS LOCALLY & GLOBALLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

CREATING NON-NORMAL DIGITAL & IRL EXPERIENCES THAT AMPLIFY SAFETY & ABUNDANCE WITHIN MARGINALIZED & AT-RISK COMMUNITIES

COLLABORATING WITH LIKE-MINDED OTHERS TO SOFTEN SOME OF EARTH’S harmS LOCALLY & GLOBALLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

Project Details: In 2020, OtherPowers visioned, designed & launched the first version of UNHCR’s R4V platform & refuge-facing app. R4V is an multi-org collaboration platform connecting thousands of participating NGOs (like the RedCross, Doctor’s without Borders, UNICEF etc) with UNHCR-coordinated global supplies & resources.

R4V now provides critical goods & services to over 6.5M displaced persons and at-risk communities in Venezuela and its surrounding countries.

Just after launch, the platform was quickly re-purposed to serve as an emergency COVID-relief & natural disaster-related collaboration tool and global coordination platform. R4V is now actively used by an additional 18 federal governments, across a number of humanitarian crises & human rights efforts.

OtherPowers Services: Design, ENG, Product Management, LGBTQ+ Inclusive Strategy. MVP (0-v1) Desktop Platform & Database for multiple global NGOS and paired mobile app for on/offline displaced-persons communities.

OtherPowers Team: 2 queer humans / 7 months.

OTHER HUMAN COLLABORATIONS

  • A circular royal blue/purple-ish Techworker Community Africa Logo

    TECHWORKER COMMUNITY AFRICA

    a 4000+ worker collective & DAO focused on bridging technology, advocacy, and social impact, while cultivating a robust & equitable tech industry in africa.

  • East Bay Community Energy

    a clean energy & public power agency that is governed by a board of elected officials from each member jurisdiction

  • YBCA

    a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center in the heart of San Francisco pushing the boundaries of what an art center can be. OtherPowers stands in solidarity with all artists & communities against genocide. our work with YBCA was from 2016-2018.

  • ICSF

    an LGBTQ+ grassroots network of organizations that has worked to build community relationships for equality since 1965. The founding “Mother Court” of the International Imperial Court System. Established in 1965 by José Julio Sarria.

  • Openhouse SF

    OPENHOUSE SF

    enabling San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ+ seniors to overcome the unique challenges they face as they age by providing housing, direct services and community programs.