We mobilize communities

The Internet has always been a place where you can find your people. It’s a lifeline for collaboration among far flung individuals with specific interests, backgrounds, or tastes. The original builders of Firefox were a distributed community of engineers and activists who came together to make a product, then a movement.

That’s why much of what we do at Mozilla Foundation is powered by community. Common Voice, now the largest people-powered voice dataset in the world, works with communities to upload voices and improve features. Listening tours drive our Responsible Computing Challenge, which empowers students to self organize around ethics in computer science.

For 15 years, the Mozilla Festival has been a professional playground and a joyful networking event. We gather technologists, artists, and entrepreneurs from around the world, and hand them the power of programming — something we call federated design.

Building in community is a habit, and a superpower. Our advocacy work rallies ordinary people into powerful collective action, showing where more imagination, translation and momentum is needed. From shifting dating app policies to challenging browser monopolies, to protecting encryption from creeping government overreach—this is collective power in motion.

Our Imaginative Assemblies and Creative Media Awards help the arts and culture sector navigate technology shifts and build industry knowledge around emerging opportunities like artificial intelligence. We help them to organize with other activist movements. Our Green Screen coalition bridges climate justice and creative storytelling—uniting movements that shape what’s next.

Consistently, we have trusted our vast network of current and alumni fellows to light the way forward to a healthier Internet. We are committed to advocacy crowdsourced by people who care about the Internet— so tell us what change you want to see. If you’ve got an idea, a vision, or a spark, we’re here to build it with you.

Mozilla Fellows know the future of tech is ours to build. And they're making it good for everyone.

For over a decade, Mozilla Fellows have been at the forefront of the most critical conversations about technology and society, from debunking AI myths to exposing disinformation campaigns. We've supported over 200 changemaking Fellows who share our belief that a better tech future is not only possible - it's ours to create. Whether embedded with civil society organizations or pursuing independent innovation, Fellows turn defiant optimism about technology’s future into action.

These visionary technologists, researchers, creators, and advocates are the kinds of tech leaders a better future demands. When the media needs tech voices that aren't billionaire CEOs, when communities need allies who understand their needs, when the next generation needs role models who prove technology can be a force for good—Fellows are those people. Mozilla Fellows don't wait for a better tech future. They’re building it.

Nominations for 2026 Fellows open in November.