Vanessa Mason Vanessa Mason

Feature Fellow: Media 2070

Media 2070’s work starts from the belief that repairing media requires more than reckoning with its harms. It also means building the conditions to imagine something different. Their latest work, I Saw Things I Imagined, collects visions for the future of news and explores what media could look, feel, and sound like after reparations. In this Q&A, Media 2070 shares what they’re learning about journalism, technology, autonomy, and the future of storytelling.

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Vanessa Mason Vanessa Mason

Learning Reports from our first Cohort

When the Cultivating Repair Catalyst Initiative (CRCI) launched in December 2023, it carried an ambitious vision: to nurture a vibrant ecosystem of healing and repair that addresses the enduring legacies of slavery and colonialism in the United States. More than 700 organizations applied for a ten-organization cohort — a powerful reminder of just how vast, dynamic, and under-resourced this work is nationwide.

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Vanessa Mason Vanessa Mason

Feature Fellow: Barred Business

For Barred Business, repair means more than removing the barriers people face after incarceration—it means restoring dignity, building leadership, and placing decision-making power in the hands of justice-impacted people

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Cultivating Repair: Meet the Catalyst Initiative cohort

Artists expressing the pain and joy of human experience. Community leaders gathering neighbors to replenish land after disaster. Storytellers using technology to bring untold histories into the light. Omidyar Network celebrates 10 organizations illuminating pathways towards repair and healing, selected from 700 submissions to the Cultivating Repair Catalyst Initiative (a project of Amalgamated Foundation).

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