Commun-IT Approach and Team - COCo

Our Approach

Continual improvement, self-reflectiveness and learning
Impact-focused, centering on the WHY
Prioritizing the organization’s technological autonomy
People-centred, peer-to-peer, walking with
Removing barriers to access – both financially and conceptually

Our Values

Bridging coherence:
between technology and social justice by building and maintaining relationships with organizations and struggles.
Commitment to transparency:
and communication around digital security, privacy and data ownership issues
Resisting domination on the web:
by not reinforcing dominant power structures, as much as possible.
Making the tech world we want to see:
by supporting development of people who are marginalized & embedded in social struggles in our work or as part of Commun-IT
Staying humble
by reminding ourselves that we are not experts; our strength is accessibility, accompaniment and insider comprehension of the community sector reality.
Integrating human systems and tech systems:
by zooming out with a holistic analysis of organizational health
Center strategic communications
and make it a mandatory, core part of our work with groups

Commun-IT team

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Parker Mah

parkerm@coco-net.org

Parker Mah is a bilingual trainer with more than 10 years of experience working in the community sector. Versed in multimedia techniques, Parker Mah has lent his skills to community development and rights advocacy organizations from Bangladesh to Senegal. His patient, hands-on approach makes him an expert at breaking down complex tech and multimedia concepts. Parker has led learning sessions on social media, citizen journalism, digital storytelling, and various cloud computing tools and platforms. He works to promote participative and citizen media as a tool for social change, especially among marginalized and immigrant populations, through workshops and community-building activities.

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Kira Page

kirap@coco-net.org

As COCo’s Communications Coordinator, Kira contributes expertise in communications planning and social media. She developed and led COCo‘s social media training program, CoClicCo, and designed COCo’s guide to social media for nonprofit organizations. She loves making communications exciting and accessible to under - resourced community groups.

Kevin Paul

An ICT trainer with over seven years of experience, Kevin Paul is passionate about using his skills in community-based technology, web development and web design to support the work of social justice-minded organizations. Kevin takes a hands-on and skill-sharing approach to technology training and tool development and has worked with a wide range of community and social movement-centered organizations in Quebec. In addition to developing websites and leading web content management trainings, Kevin has skill-shared around social media, cloud computing, and digital security.

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Michèle Spieler

Micheles@coco-net.org

Michèle has been involved in feminist movements and organizations in Quebec and in Switzerland, such as the World March of Women and several feminist media projects. They bring a background of ICT trainer, webdevelopper and Executive Director of a Quebec community group to their current position as Community Technology Coordinator as well as a passion for the question how technology contributes to or can help eliminate oppression.