the Team

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 Director  

  • Bama Athreya has been a lifelong advocate for gender equality, child rights and economic and social justice.  Her current day job is Director for Global Advocacy at the International Center for Research on Women.  She previously held an Economic Inequality Fellowship at Open Society Foundations focused on workers in the gig economy.  Her interviews with gig workers around the world are featured in her previous podcast, The Gig, produced during the COVID pandemic between 2020 and 2022, when these essential workers began to organize for better protections and rights - and we all began to pay attention to their stories.  

 Producer 

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  • Evan Papp is a seasoned communications professional and founder of Empathy Media Lab, providing policy communications for advocates and organizers focused on labor and political economy issues. 

    Website: www.empathymedialab.com

 Designer 

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  • Nick is a multimedia artist, creative professional, yoga teacher, and social justice activist dedicated to amplifying voices committed to building a more just, educated, and healing-centered world.
    They are the owner of NP Creative Strategies & Founder of Irresistible Revolution.