The Maintainers Impact Fellowship is an award that aims to advance the movement for maintenance thinking and action, by uplifting individuals who are leading initiatives of maintenance, repair, and care within their communities. The two fellows will implement a discrete … More →
Applications now closed for the Impact Fellowship. The Maintainers is a global research and practice network focused in advancing maintenance, repair, and care. We convene interdisciplinary change-makers, researchers, practitioners, and every-day people who center maintenance, repair, and care and the … More →
For the past ten years, Terra has worked in the tenant movement in California in various roles, building tenant power through public education, community-based research, and organizing. She helps run The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (AEMP), a digital storytelling documenting dispossession … More →
Ana K. Celis is an Archaeologist working in the preservation of the natural and cultural heritage of caves in southern Mexico. In 2022, she founded Karst Lab Mexico, to provide local assistance to small-scale communities regarding the management and conservation of … More →
Gabriele Ferri is an Assistant Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His work explores the intersection of Design Justice and Transforming Practices, focusing on the intended and unintended consequences of design. With an emphasis on bottom-up processes, the right to … More →
Jennah Jones (she/her) is a New York-based designer pursuing a Masters in Architecture at Columbia GSAPP (‘24). Her approach to architecture is deeply informed by her background in product design, where her curriculum stressed human-centered design and community partnerships rooted … More →
Maximillian Alvarez is the Editor-in-Chief of The Real News Network and the host of Working People, “a podcast about the lives, jobs, dreams, and struggles of the working class today.” Prior to joining The Real News, he was an Associate … More →
Leila D. Behjat is a creative solution finder with a high sense for design and aesthetics. With a Diplom-Ingenieur (Masters) in Architecture from Hafencity Universitaet, Hamburg, Germany, she has worked globally in the fields of interior and lighting design on … More →
Rheanna is devoted to the world of ecology, art and connection. She has a lifelong commitment to sustainable development in the Caribbean; using strong systems thinking, capacity building and communication skills to design inclusive spaces for food sovereignty, climate resilience … More →
As a Maintainers Fellow, Tona is interested in how technological development will adapt to the changing social conditions and physical realities produced by climate change. Tona is a structural engineer by training and is a Professor of Civil Engineering at … More →