Mai Ishikawa Sutton Email & Phone Number

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Curates and edits magazine pieces; Leads contributor and community engagement; Develops WWW and Decentralized Web publication and promotion strategy; Co-leads grant writing and fundraising strategy, etc. More info: https://compost.digital/

San Francisco Bay Area

Heading development of DWeb Principles. Writes and edits website copy. Co-produces virtual DWeb events. Coordinated DWeb Camp programming. Administered DWeb Camp Global Fellows and Student Scholarship Program. Directed stewards of event spaces. Wrote and edited event copy. Managed registrations and attendee correspondence.

Oakland, Ca

I'm an organizer, writer, and social entrepreneur focused on building and advocating for technology rooted in the solidarity economy. * Contributor at Hypha Worker Co-operative as a governance consultant for the Cosmos Hub (ATOM) blockchain.* Organized advocacy campaign on digital trade issues with Public Citizen * Editor of books and articles, including Commons Network's "Our Commons: Political Ideas for a New Europe" (2019) * Published articles on solidarity economy projects related to Internet infrastructure, including in Techdirt, Democracy Journal, and Cooperative Business Journal

Remote

Research and advocacy for the digital commons.

San Francisco Bay Area

Leads strategies to engage community of Everett Program alumni. Facilitates weekly board meetings. Organizes alumni events and annual meetings. Manages volunteers and paid staff. Leads membership recruitment and fundraising.

Oakland, Ca

Co-led community outreach. Coordinated internet bandwidth donations. Facilitated weekly meetings. Organized hands-on community workshops. Managed volunteers. Represented PON at events and in the media. Wrote and edited web content. Grant writing. Contributed to fundraising strategy and organizational operations.

Oakland, California, United States

Processed library materials and hold requests. Planned and performed weekly story time. Assisted with library programming, including flyer design. Assisted patrons with use of computers and online resources, and tools. Answered reference questions.

Oakland, Ca

Assisted students in career development workshops.

San Francisco Bay Area

Led online grassroots campaign strategy. Wrote articles about solidarity economy and sharing movement initiatives, projects, and trends. Edited a book on the sharing and solidarity economy movement titled "Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons", Represented and publicly spoke for Shareable at conferences. Moderated conference panels. Created design assets for event and fundraising promotion. Managed social media.

San Francisco Bay Area

Customized the campaign site for Global Sharing Week on Nation Builder. Designed and built email template on for Shareable's weekly newsletter. Blogged about sharing and solidarity economy projects. Participated as a core member in Shareable’s strategic planning team to re-envision the direction of the organization.

San Francisco Bay Area

Designs and leads international campaigns on copyright, innovation, and access to knowledge issues, such as opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Coordinates international and national coalition networks to organize online seminars, local advocacy events, and joint letters to public officials. Maintains one of the most highly trafficked online resources on the TPP. Keynoted a digital rights conference in Tokyo in Japanese. Spoke at two Creative Commons summits; invited to speak at more than ten other events. Met with policymakers, incl. Sen. Wyden, and Reps. Lofgren and Pelosi. Current responsibilities also include those described below.

San Francisco Bay Area

Spearheaded international activism campaigns on copyright, innovation, and access to knowledge issues. Blogged for EFF Deeplinks with policy analysis. Represents EFF in news media and conferences. Managed community engagement and social media presence.

San Francisco Bay Area

Blogged and monitored emerging trends and developments in international freedom of expression, privacy, digital consumer rights, and innovation. Proofread documents and blog posts. Managed community engagement for EFF's international work, including the maintenance of large and growing social media channels. International legal research. Populated and curated web page content. Provided intra-team support for International Team members.

Pasadena, Ca

Legal research. Project and deadline management. Created a client contacts system using open source software. Document preparation for court filings. Exhibit identification and organization. Process service. Legal proofreading. Monthly client billing and daily client correspondence.The office specialized in property rights and eminent domain issues, fighting city governments misusing their authority to take peoples' property or obligate them to follow non-existent laws.

Los Angeles, Ca

Bi-weekly blogging with detailed personal thoughts and reflections under tight deadlines.

Santa Cruz, Ca

Coordinated workflow of 12+ Everett Fellows. Coordination of recruitment and publicity. Editor for the bi-annual newsletter. Grant writing and project planning. Instruction of advanced web design to 15+ students. Web development. Event planning. Recruitment tabling and event presentation. The Everett Program was formerly called the Global Information Internship Program (GIIP).

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Website redesign. Organized women’s legal literacy trainings (civil law and Shari’ah). Wrote a comparative international report on child support agencies. Built a legal research database, compiling survey data on Shari’ah court proceedings. General tech support.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Politics, Global Information And Social Enterprise Studies

Activities and Societies: Everett ProgramSenior Thesis: Legitimizing Muslim Law Reform Through Women’s Rights Activism

Education record