[Livestream] Eli Pariser
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About the speaker
Welcome Eli Pariser to the Civic Hall’s Stage!
Eli Pariser is co-founder and co-director of New_Public, a community and experimentation hub for digital public spaces. He’s been an author, activist, and entrepreneur focused on how to make technology and media serve democracy. In 2004, at 23, he became Executive Director of MoveOn.org, where he helped pioneer the practice of online citizen engagement. In 2006, he co-founded Avaaz, now the world’s largest citizen’s organization. His bestselling 2011 book The Filter Bubble introduced the term to the lexicon. And Upworthy, the media startup he co-founded in 2012, reached hundreds of millions of visitors with civically important content. Now his work is focused on bringing together community entrepreneurs, researchers, engineers, and designers to envision, architect and scale digital public spaces.
🎵 Performance by Arthur Larin
Arthur Larin is a Harlem-based singer/songwriter whose raw songwriting comes to life through the simplicity of voice and guitar. He regularly performs at the supper club Prohibition, and has been featured at Otto’s Shrunken Head, The Lost & Found, and Brooklyn Music Kitchen. In Summer 2023, he was an artist-in-residence at The Sable Project in Stockbridge, VT.
Offstage, Arthur produces singer/songwriter showcases at Young Ethel’s in Park Slope, creating space for fellow musicians. By day, he runs the branding and web design studio Fixate. He also enjoys running, cycling, and looking at trees.
Local partners
Global Partner — Adobe
Adobe empowers everyone, everywhere to imagine, create, and bring any digital experience to life. From creators and students to small businesses, global enterprises, and nonprofit organizations — customers choose Adobe products to ideate, collaborate, be more productive, drive business growth, and build remarkable experiences.
Global Patron — Harnisch Foundation
Harnisch Foundation believes in a fairer world that works better for everyone, with special attention on gender and racial equity.
Local Partner — Harvest
Harvest is a web-based time tracking and invoicing application relied on by thousands of people around the world, from freelancers to small businesses to departments of Fortune 500 companies. Harvest founders Danny Wen and Shawn Liu had searched for tools to help their agency scale with more efficient methods to track time and send invoices. Unable to find one, they invested their own time, energy, and money into creating what they knew was a better way to run the business—and Harvest was born.
Local Partner — MPB
MPB transforms the way that people buy, sell and trade photo and video gear. As the largest global platform for used photography and videography equipment, MPB is a destination for everyone, whether you’ve just discovered your passion for visual storytelling or you’re already a pro.
Founded by Matt Barker in 2011, MPB has always been committed to making gear more accessible and affordable, and helping to visualize a more sustainable future. MPB recirculates more than 485,000 used products every year, extending the life and creative potential of photo and video equipment for creators around the world.
Headquartered in the creative communities of Brooklyn, Brighton and Berlin, the MPB team includes trained camera experts and seasoned photographers and videographers who bring their passion to work every day to deliver outstanding service.
Venue Partner — Civic Hall
Civic Hall is a state-of-the-art venue in the heart of Union Square that brings together events, education, and community within New York City’s tech ecosystem. Designed to spark connection, creativity, and civic engagement, the space supports everything from conferences, keynotes, galas, and weddings to hands-on classes, workshops, panels, and community meetups.
More than an event space, Civic Hall is an essential educational collaborator and a home to a dynamic coworking community of mission-driven organizations, entrepreneurs, and creatives working at the intersection of technology and social impact. Through customizable spaces, tech training programs, and ongoing knowledge-sharing, Civic Hall offers an inspiring environment for thoughtful innovation and collaboration in the digital age.
