#GivingTuesday to help sustain tech justice leaders
Dear (m)otherboard friends,
Our Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) Program supports tech justice leaders at critical junctures, ensuring they can safely continue their work.
You may not know this, but (m)otherboard members have already helped us distribute $40,000 in GBI. Here's what happened:
- A prominent tech whistleblower was facing retaliation and struggling to find a job that aligned with her ethics to support herself and her new baby. We stepped in with GBI to give her the extra time she needed to find values-aligned work: "I really cannot overstate how much help this GBI experiment has been for me and my family. We live in capitalist hell and at the end of the day, money is what helps us keep going by ensuring needs like housing, health insurance, and food aren't out of reach. There is no amount of verbal support that can fill the gap the way these types of payments do."
- A researcher escaped unethical work while keeping healthcare: "The best way I could describe the GBI was really, a sense of safety that gave me more spaciousness to think and reflect, and most of all, tend to my body."
- An independent journalist grew their Substack from 2k to 7k followers and published in WSJ, NYT, PBS, and Bloomberg: "Without this grant, I would've had to dig into savings to meet basic needs. This allowed me to prioritize authenticity and quality."
- A movement builder completed their book.
The proof this works? Some past recipients are now monthly donors, paying it forward back to the community in less precarious times.
This giving season we have a goal of raising $34,240 by December 23 to support two new leaders for nine months in the new year.
Become a (m)otherboard member and contribute:
- Contribute to the campaign one time or become a monthly membership contributor. Every $1 helps!
- Share these stories with your networks on LinkedIn or Instagram.
- Participate in governance to select the next recipients (details coming soon)
- Nominate candidates who need this support
- Forward this email to folks in your tech justice networks
In solidarity,
The God(m)others