Amel Ghouila “Open source is combining everyone's efforts to build resources for the community and to use the success of a project or a team to make others successful.”
Ian Forrester I like the fact that Mozilla's very much trying to go beyond the western world, and really trying to push hard into other sectors.
Henrik Moltke "It’s important to keep the internet underpinned by principles that allow for the next Facebook — for the next competitor or a new paradigm..."
Greg McVerry “When we hand off control of the web to private companies, we’re losing the democratizing power of the web.”
Harry Smith “I feel comfortable giving feedback, whether it's negative or positive. Mozilla has feels like a safe space for me to do that.”
Felton Thomas “I talk to people about the things they're looking for and need in their life, and inevitably, there is something useful to them in the library that they didn't know about.”
Geoff Millener ”It’s about asking the people who do a job every day how that job should be done, how it could be changed, and where are the places in their communities, their profession, their classroom and schools, they can make a change.”
Charles Canario “The hardest challenge is making things accessible. It’s super easy to get caught up in technical terms and vast concepts. I want to make sure all people can understand what we’re saying.”
Randy MacDonald “Part of working openly was capturing ideas and putting them out there for feedback from a broader community — even from people that aren’t working or going to be working on your project.”
Barry Joseph “We've transformed and enhanced our youth’s identity as contributors to society and helped them connect their passions with learning — giving them increased foundations to more effectively plan a rewarding future for themselves.”
Gina Tesoriero “It's challenging to find a balance — to structure and support the kids that need it, but also give them the freedom to fail and bring their own interests into things.”
Niberca (Gigi) Polo “In my work in academia, our meetings with Hive networks has helped me expand my research on e-learning, emerging virtual spaces, and digital equity and inclusive practices.”
Anelda Van der Walt “The open internet is the thing that makes my job possible — that makes it possible for my company to exist.”
Baratang Miya “Media is one of the biggest influences on how girls define themselves. We want them to write and curate content for various distribution channels to inspire healthy conversations and honest perspectives.”
Tina Verbo “We're creating offline activities to teach communities about the web, so those without resources and access have opportunities to learn as well.”
Kim Wilkens “Our idea was to bring in a funhouse element so people can face their fears — to know that even if something is scary at first, it can be a lot of fun.”
Ani Martinez “There is always a challenge of creating opportunities for new audiences to participate meaningfully.”
Eva Constantaras “As awareness increases, so does media literacy, information literacy, data literacy, and the ability to understand and evaluate giant streams of information.”
Faith Zuma “I couldn’t have imagined balancing work with the Mozilla project. I'm proud of myself for making it a success — to see the project published for the work that we did.”
Hillary Kolos “There's a huge disparity in the access teachers have to professional development around computers, the internet, and broadband.”
Steffania Paola “We are working with social movements and vulnerable groups — raising awareness about how the internet works, what the risks are, and the power of this tool to fight for more rights.”
Paul Oh “Hacking can seem like such a foreign and threatening term — so we facilitated a workshop which showed how the idea of hacking represents agency and the ability to repurpose, reimagine, and remix.”
Steffania Paola “Trabajamos con movimientos sociales y con los grupos más vulnerables — para aumentar la conciencia sobre cómo funciona el internet, cuáles son los riesgos, y del poder de esta herramienta para luchar por más derechos.”
Su Adams “I started an afterschool computing club using the Mozilla curriculum and tools — it had a big impact on the kids.”
Ariam Mogos “We’re all well-connected — but our programs aren’t … We’re all facing the same challenge: what’s next for our youth beyond our organizations? How do we guide our participants to the next best learning experience?"
Kylee Durant “It was really powerful to see somebody from Mozilla who didn't just think about a great idea — but how to actually turn that idea into action.”
Caitlin Stanton “We were 17… It was challenging to assert ourselves as two capable females in tech who wanted to organize a hackathon. When we reached out to potential sponsors they assumed we didn’t know what we were doing.”
Emily Long “Working with others is what really helps us grow as an organization. It gives us more projects and more room to experiment.”
Mmaki Jantjies “The Mozilla Women & Girls clubs have become a space of trust — people open up about challenges they face on a daily basis.”
Julian Stodd “The internet is a tool of mass connectivity — where the power of one-to-one connections is facilitated and can drive direct change.”
Anthony Negron “You have an experience with an organization where you gel so perfectly that you start thinking about other ways to collaborate.”
Shreyas Kutty “Eventually, you reach a point where _you_ are that person who becomes the reason for someone else’s story.”
Hossein Derakhshan “The scariest aspect of all these changes is that the internet is becoming like TV.”
Subhasis Chatterjee “I learned that there is no age barrier and that people from all backgrounds can join Mozilla.”
Geraldo Barros “The open internet is important because people have control — not corporations and governments focused on their own profits and benefits.”