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Associate Director of Community Organizing

As Associate Director of Community Organizing, Rory (they/them) coordinates EFF's support of local advocacy groups. Much of this work is done through the grassroots information-sharing network, the Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA).

Prior to joining the EFF, Rory researched activist pedagogy and adolescent use of social media. As a graduate student, they advocated for student and worker privacy, open science, and open education on campus. They were also active in several New York City community projects like CyPurr Collective, an EFA member group focused on accessible digital security trainings.

Rory believes in the potential for digital technology to support more autonomous communities and social equity. As such, they connect these principles to a variety of topic areas such as decentralization, artificial intelligence, competition, and Right to Repair.

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