Host May Boeve sits down with Cayden Mak, Publisher of Convergence Magazine
May Boeve talks with Cayden Mak, publisher of Convergence Magazine and host of Block and Build: Roadmaps for the Left, about movement media, online organizing, and what it would take to build an internet that actually serves people instead of tech oligarchs.
Cayden traces his path from early internet message boards to trans organizing, marriage equality canvassing, 18 Million Rising, and Convergence’s work publishing “organizers on organizing.” Together, May and Cayden explore the lessons and limits of digital-first activism, and why movements need slower and more trustworthy information infrastructure.
Plus: Cayden’s hot tip for surviving movement life, get an offline hobby, keep showing up, and let it build community!
How We Build This is created and hosted by May Boeve
Producer: Phil Surkis
Theme music: ‘Within’, composed by Ruthie Dineen, and performed by Negative Press Project.
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