Lack of ethical processes around data collection and management, and ongoing Western control over data, continue the legacy of colonialism within aid work.

Makeathons and other similar events want to “do good” and “make the world a better place.” The people behind these events need to realize *how* they do them is as important as *why* they are doing them.

Seven principles that past movements have taught me on sustaining change today, drawing especially from the civil rights movement.