About
Our dedicated team collaborates on every training to ensure the growth and success of our students.
We connect activists with experienced organizers and resources.
Our Vision
To cultivate a resilient community of engaged activists who are empowered to navigate challenges and drive impactful change.
Our Mission
To provide comprehensive education & resources that equip individuals with the skills and strategies needed for effective organizing.
Our Partners
Our Team
Gloriann Sahay
Director
Glo Sahay is an activist and experienced IT professional who decided to use her skillsets to mobilize grassroots causes nationwide. Alongside her husband, Karsh Sahay, they have been building grassroots power for over a decade. Glo is also passionate about closing gender equity gaps for Women in Tech. She originally founded WomEngineers with this goal, and then shifted the mission to expanding services to civic causes.
Karsh Sahay
Director of Technology
Karsh Sahay is a movement technologist and organizer bridging grassroots strategy and digital infrastructure. Through the movement network, Karsh helps build the systems and tools that make decentralized democracy real: from open-source infrastructure to participatory decision-making frameworks. Their work centers transparency, care, and collective power.
Diana Mitchell
Operations Coordinator
Diana Mitchell utilizes her experience in mutual aid organizing to empower volunteers in community building work. With education in conflict resolution strategies, her work focuses on building systems that support collaboration, accountability, and care within activist communities.
Eleanor Finley
Organizer & Instructor
Dr. Eleanor Finley is a political anthropologist and an expert in social movements, democracy studies, and political ecology. She completed her doctorate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2025. Her first book, Practicing Social Ecology: From Bookchin to Rojava and Beyond (2025) explores the theory and practice of social ecology, a holistic vision for the democratic transformation of human and environmental systems found in places like Rojava, Syria.
Alisa Tenet
Organizer & Instructor
Alisa Tenet is an original organizer with DC 50501. She has also been a nurse for 12 years, and a professor for 2 years, teaching anything between science to mental health to nursing. She brings a very hands on and practical style of learning, and takes most of her teaching inspiration from Paulo Freire, believing in the critical pedagogy theory.
Erick Bahena
Online Community Manager
Although Erick is new to activism, he has been able to leverage his experience with social media to create viral posts on multiple platforms. Erick has helped to create and grow the reach of multiple grassroots organizations and individuals. Specializes in community engagement and growth by leveraging new and creative ideas. Passionate about connecting like-minded groups interested in mobilizing around shared goals.
