RAD | Research Action Design

About

Research Action Design (RAD) uses community-led research, transformative media organizing, technology development, and collaborative design to build the power of grassroots social movements.

We are a worker-owned collective. Our projects are grounded in the needs and leadership of communities in the struggle for justice and liberation.

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Portfolio

Check Out Our Portfolio.

ALL
CODESIGN
COMMUNITY
MAPS
MOBILE
RESEARCH
SKILLSHARES
TOOLKITS
WEB

Who Pays? The True Cost of Incarceration
Ella Baker Center / Forward Together
Digital Privacy & Data Literacy
Brooklyn Public Library
Media History Timeline
Global Action Project
Resourcing and Sustaining our Movements
GIFT
Hanging by a Thread!
Garment Worker Center / UCLA LC
CommsLabs
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Transformative Media Organizing Project (TMO)
RightsCon Southeast Asia, Manila 2015
Access / EngageMedia / Foundation for Media Alternatives
Vojo Brasil
3Ecologias / Instituto de Midia Etnica
Contratados
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante / Studio REV- / Una Lee
OCTOP
MIT
Media in Action
Global Action Project

Worker/Owners

Get To Know Us!

CHRIS SCHWEIDLER

WORKER/OWNER

Chris is a practitioner & advocate of research by & for grassroots-led movements for social justice.

BEX HURWITZ

WORKER/OWNER

Bex schemes, dreams, and makes media and technology for social justice.

SASHA COSTANZA-CHOCK

WORKER/OWNER

Sasha is a scholar, activist, media maker, and troublemaker.

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Wildcats

Amazing Folks We Work With on RAD Projects!

MARISA MORÁN JAHN

CONTRATADOS WILDCAT

Marisa is an artist, co-founder of Studio REV-, and instigator of The NannyVan and El Bibliobandido (a story-eating, burro-riding bandit). More info at marisajahn.com.

ANJUM MUBARAK ASHARIA

CONTRATADOS WILDCAT

Anjum is a media maker at the intersection of public art & social justice. Check out anjumasharia.com.

ANDALUSIA KNOLL

CONTRATADOS WILDCAT

Andalusia is a multimedia journalist, printmaker, bicycle mechanic & DJ who aspires to connect social struggles across radio waves, dance floors & printing presses. Read more at andalalucha.tumblr.com.

TIM STALLMANN

CONTRADOS+OURMAPS WILDCAT

Tim is a freelance radical cartographer and a founding member of 3Cs: the Counter-Cartographies Collective. Read more here.

UNA LEE

CONTRATADOS WILDCAT

Una is a designer who works with communities to envision and build a more just and beautiful world. She can be found at http://www.unalee.net.

AYLWIN LO

CONTRATADOS WILDCAT

Aylwin provides creative technology, user experience design, and motion graphics expertise to filmmakers, artists, and non-profit organizations. More at aylwinlo.ca.

MARIO ROMERO ZAVALA

VOJO WILDCAT

Mario is a hacker and appreciator of data visualisations. He creates systems for government accountability, citizen coordination and outright subversion. Read more at romero.fm/blog.

LIZE MOGEL

OURMAPS WILDCAT

Lize is a counter-cartographer and an interdisciplinary artist. Read more at publicgreen.com.

NAT SMITH

RADMIN WILDCAT

Nat is a black, queer, gender variant anticapitalist bookkeeper (it's true, we DO exist!), specializing in radical nonprofits, individuals and collectives for over 7 years.

PUCK LO

OCTOP GAP ASTRAEA WILDCAT

Puck is a writer, researcher and producer who believes that words lead to actions. Read more at pucklo.com.

PASCAL EMMER

CARING ECONOMY WILDCAT

Pascal is a researcher, writer, and oral historian who believes that stories make futures possible.

SEETA GANGADHARAN

WILDCAT

A researcher and an activist, Seeta works with social justice networks and movements that challenge and engage the power of information and communication technologies in society.

Caroline Rivas

GIFT WILDCAT

Collaborative Partner: Connecting practice, research, and policy for social justice.

Charlie DeTar

MHT WILDCAT

Charlie DeTar is a freelance web developer, activist, wilderness devotee and creator of problematic technologies living in Montana. Read more at tirl.org

DESIGN ACTION COLLECTIVE

OCTOP WILDCAT

Design Action is a worker-owned cooperative providing graphic design and web development for progressive, non-profit and social change organizations. Read more at designaction.org

Saba Waheed

TCE WILDCAT

Saba is research director at the UCLA Labor Center, interested in ways to research from the ground up, and also produces the storytelling show about work, reworkradio.org

Lucero Herrera

TCE WILDCAT

Lucero is a researcher, urban planner and data enthusiast, with a deep-rooted passion for vallenato.

Mara Ortenburger

TCE WILDCAT

Mara does research for justice, makes media for movements, and studies public health.

Tatiana Lam

GAP WILDCAT

Tatiana Lam is a graphic designer and motion graphics animator residing in NYC, specializing in broadcast design and social justice campaigns. For more: tatianalam.com

Kirin Kanakkanatt

DPDL WILDCAT

Kirin is a community organizer and a trainer. She believes in building power through leadership development rooted in healing, strategic training and authentic mentorship.

Ryan Gerety

DPDL WILDCAT

Ryan is a researcher, trainer and programmer based in Washington DC. She partners with organizers and community groups using data and technology to address social justice issues in their communities.

Austin Guest

DPDL WILDCAT

Austin writes code to tear down power and build up movements. He is co-founder of The LearningCollective and lead developer of where@, a secure location-sharing app made by and for activists.

Arlene Ducao

DPDL WILDCAT

Arlene Ducao makes technologies that examine the relationship between the natural landscape, our built environments, and ourselves. She is a chief at DuKode/DuKorp and inventor of MindRider, the mind-mapping helmet system.

Diana Nucero

TMO WILDCAT

Diana has an expertise in engaging multi-generational, diverse communities in exploring innovative technology solutions.

Services

What We Do.

RABBLE ROUSING RESEARCH
We’ll work with you to design and carry out the research you need for high-powered campaigns that get the goods. Communities are the experts, and research done right builds grassroots power.

TRANSFORMATIVE MEDIA ORGANIZING
Your media, your message, your community. We’ll help you plan and implement media organizing work that is transformative, participatory, cross-platform, accountable, and grounded in the vision and needs of your community.

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN
Design can be simple. Together, we’ll walk through each stage of the design process, including project ideation, prototyping, testing, and evaluation.

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
We’ll work with you to understand what technology makes the most sense for your community, then build it together. We’ve built websites, interactive voice hotlines, mobile tools, zines, and more.

COMMUNITY BUILDING
We believe in Voltron. Our work is better when we work together! We organize skill sharing and
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community building networks and events, both face to face and online.

Contact

Stay In Touch With Us.

Cats on the move! We work with partners across the U.S. and internationally.

We'd love to hear from you. If you'd like to get involved in one of our projects, are interested in talking about doing something new and awesome together, or are interested in becoming a RAD cat, drop us a line at the email below. Currently you can find RAD cats in the following cities:

Cambridge, MA | Joshua Tree, CA | Brooklyn, NY

E-mail: info[AT]rad[DOT]cat
Phone: 805 807 5358