For organizations in the social justice and progressive movements, technology can be a powerful tool, but it can also be a significant hurdle. An open call for partnerships from Trestle Collaborative aims to solve that problem by offering expert tech support to ensure your mission is empowered, not hindered, by your tools.
If your group is facing a complex tech challenge, needs strategic advice, or is dealing with a crisis, this is an opportunity you should not miss.
Who is Trestle Collaborative?
Trestle Collaborative is a dedicated team of designers, product managers, security specialists, and engineers who help organizations build, buy, maintain, and effectively use technology. Their goal is to help partners make informed decisions and ensure their tech tools are secure, reliable, accessible, and user-friendly.
What Kind of Support Is Offered?
Trestle Collaborative offers a wide range of services to meet the diverse needs of movement-building organizations. Their support includes:
- Complex Tech Challenges: For deep-rooted issues, Trestle provides a full team to develop and implement a plan to improve your technology.
- Security Support: Through their βThe Good Catchβ bug bounty program, they can help identify and fix security vulnerabilities in your tools.
- Staffing and Hiring: Trestle can provide short-term staffing to fill technology gaps and assist with your long-term hiring strategy.
- Advisory Services: Get expert advice for major technology decisions, like choosing a vendor or deciding between custom-built and off-the-shelf tools.
- Crisis Response: In urgent situations like a security attack or system crash, Trestle provides rapid response support.
Who Can Partner with Trestle?
This opportunity is open to a broad range of groups in the social justice space, including:
- Progressive, electoral, and nonpartisan social justice organizations, from grassroots to grasstops levels.
- Political candidates and campaigns.
- Vendors and companies that develop technology for organizing.
- Foundations and funders supporting movement tech projects.
Trestle Collaborative is especially interested in working with organizations that have BIPOC leadership, advocate for LGBTQ+, gender, immigrant, and reproductive rights, and take an intersectional approach to their work.
How to Apply and What It Costs
The engagement process begins by submitting a request through an online form on their website, and requests are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Importantly, services are offered on a sliding scale. Trestle has grant funds available to support teams that require low-cost or free assistance and encourages organizations to apply regardless of their budget constraints.
If your organization could benefit from expert technology support, this is a fantastic opportunity to get the help you need.