This orientation is part of a four part series originally developed as part of the 2015 Membership Meeting.

Privacy | Infrastructure | Movement

Orientation

Welcome to May First/People Link. This page provides an overview of what May First/People Link is, how you can participate, and how you can take advantage of the membership benefits.

History

• People Link: Alternative Internet provider that began in 1995
• Media Jumpstart/May First Technology Collective: Collectively run Internet consulting firm that began in 1999
• Merged in 2005 to form a Membership Organization
• 2011: Partnership with Laneta, MF/PL becomes bi-national organization

Organizational Documents

• Political Environment: identifies the crisis we are facing in the world and the role technology can play in getting us out of it.
• Mission: we are a here to build the movement
• Goals: we have both movement building goals and technology infrastructure goals
• Structure: we are a democratic organization with an elected leadership committee
• Statement of Intentionality: we recognize the role of oppression in all movement building and particularly within technology