To Serve The People: Public Interest Technologists

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Community encryption workshops under the name CryptoHarlem run monthly in Harlem and scale into sustained local demand, while operational security trainings for journalists and activists prove repeatedly useful in hostile environments. Fellowship and grant pathways show concrete numbers: an Open Web Fellowship with ~$60,000 plus a $3,000 tech budget, and the Open Technology Fund offering $10,000–$900,000 (average ≈$300,000) which funded Signal early. Case studies include maintained training programs, funded open source tools, and policy fellowships placed into government.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:18New York Times Article
3. 1:39Opportunity Grants
4. 3:13Alignment
5. 4:29Hackathons
6. 5:24Public Interest Technologists
7. 7:30Who am I
8. 8:18Nonprofits
9. 8:38Crypto Harlem
10. 9:32Matts background
11. 10:58Movement for Black Lives
12. 11:33Vegan Activist
13. 11:47Childhood
14. 13:05Trayvon Martin
15. 15:32Edward Snowden
16. 16:06Starting Crypto Harlem
17. 17:28Starting The New York Times
18. 17:43Encrypting Your Email
19. 18:49Building sandcastles
20. 19:42Getting started
21. 20:02Open Tech Fund
22. 22:28Open Knowledge Fund
23. 23:06Go Fight For The Future
24. 23:38Leave Your Job
25. 25:32Tech Congress
26. 26:57Mozilla Open Web Fellowship
27. 28:26Institute for the Future
28. 30:04New America Cybersecurity Initiative
29. 31:08Tech Fellow Program
30. 31:49Getting technologists with congressmen
31. 32:43Code for America
32. 33:35Conferences
33. 34:49Aspiration Tech
34. 36:09Chaos Computer Club
35. 40:13Rights Kahn
36. 42:17Oslo Freedom Forum
37. 43:33Allied Media
38. 45:13Start Slowly
39. 45:36Social Good
40. 46:47This is Our Planet

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