Bahraini civil rights advocate Esra’a Al-Shafei is the founder and director of Majal, an organization building platforms to amplify underrepresented voices, such as CrowdVoice, an open-source tool that curates and contextualizes social justice movements worldwide, and Mideast Tunes, the largest platform for underground musicians in the Middle East and North Africa.

Note: For her safety and security, no photos or video will be permitted during this talk.

2016 Patrons

Special thanks to Asana, BackerKit, Dropbox, Figma, GitHub, Instrument, Intel, Intercom, Knight Foundation, MailChimp, Next Draft, Slack, and WordPress.com for their support. XOXO would not be possible without them.

Community Patrons

We’d also like to thank Cotton Bureau, Scout Books, Seamless, and Stephouse for extending their generosity to us this year in producing XOXO.