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The Open Leadership and Events team supports a series of programs and events designed to build and protect a healthy internet — and our best online lives.

Mozilla Festival / Open Leadership & Events Oct. 24, 2023

Celebrating Success: The Inspiring Winners of Rise 25 Awards

The future of the web is bright, thanks to #Rise25 Award winners! Read more about the honorees from the #MozFest community who are channeling the spirit of collective power and innovation.

Arooj Fatima
Open Leadership & Events May 9, 2023

Could Open AI Collaboratives Build the Automated Future We Need?

Building open source AI collaboratives with diverse global communities can diversify the spectrum of people shaping ethical AI.

Temi Popo
Open Leadership & Events Jan. 21, 2020

IndieWeb and OER Ghana | an Open Leaders X program

Sadik Shahadu (@Sadike25) and Greg Mcverry (@jgmac1106) are working to address the global injustices that affect education in Ghana. They’re building an open leadership program focused on Open Educational Resources (OER) in Ghana. Over the past few months, I’ve been working with Sadik and Greg as they prepare to launch IndieWeb and OER Ghana during Open Leaders X.

Abigail Cabunoc Mayes
Mozilla Festival / Open Leadership & Events Jan. 13, 2020

MozFest 2019 Highlights

In 2019, we gathered in London to celebrate our 10th Anniversary MozFest — and our last in this city, as the Festival will be moving to a new location in 2020.

Zannah Marsh
Open Leadership & Events Jan. 8, 2020

eLife Innovation Leaders | an Open Leaders X program

Emmy Tsang (@eLifeInnovation / @emmy_ft) is the Innovation Community Manager at eLife, a non-profit organisation with the mission to accelerate research…

Abigail Cabunoc Mayes
Open Leadership & Events Dec. 19, 2019

Community Leaders for Internet Health | an Open Leaders X program

Esther Mwema (@hadassahlouis) and Uffa Modey (@Fafa416) are passionate about engaging youth in internet problems. They founded Digital Grassroots in 201…

Abigail Cabunoc Mayes
Open Leadership & Events Dec. 18, 2019

Accessible Online Security | an Open Leaders X program

Brian Obilo (@brian_obilo) and Maurine Chepkoech (@Basoimauryne) joined forces to work on an open leadership program for digital safety in Kenya. Over t…

Abigail Cabunoc Mayes
Open Leadership & Events Dec. 11, 2019

Open Hardware Leaders | an Open Leaders X program

Four open hardware advocates joined forces to work on Open Hardware Leaders: Jose Carlos Urra Llanusa (@jurra), Alexander Kutschera (@alexwastooshort), …

Abigail Cabunoc Mayes
Mozilla Festival / Open Leadership & Events Dec. 5, 2019

Your Future, Decentralized

This October 2019, I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Mozilla Festival, hosted in London at Ravensbourne University, for the first time. After…

Nicole Shadowen
Open Leadership & Events Dec. 3, 2019

Let’s build an effective mentorship programme together!

Since its inauguration in 2016, the Mozilla Open Leaders programme has inspired hundreds of open enthusiasts and empowered them to work and lead openly …

Yo Yehudi & Emmy Tsang
Mozilla Festival / Open Leadership & Events Nov. 26, 2019

Introducing ‘Takiwātanga,’ Mozfest’s first Neurodiversity Space

Takiwātanga. The Māori word for Autism, which translated means ‘In His or Her own time and space’. This beautiful reflection of identity and being was t…

Sean Gilroy, Leena Haque
Mozilla Festival / Open Leadership & Events Nov. 12, 2019

How To MozFest: An Open Book For the Internet Health Movement

At last year’s MozFest, Mark Surman proposed an idea for a MozFest book to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Would you be interested in helping me create something like this?

Kristina Gorr