by Nick Allardice, CEO, Change.org Today, I announced a restructuring of Change.org to enable us to sharpen our focus on the infrastructure that supports powerful movements beyond one time petitions. As part of this announcement, we made the decision to reduce our global team by 19%. I want to explain…

Recent Fast Company World Changing Ideas Company of the Year finalist approaches unprecedented 5 billion signatures for change Approximately half a billion users from around the world have come to the platform, starting more than 4 million petitions to address the world’s most pressing political, societal and economic issues…

World’s largest tech platform for social change also named finalist as Employee Size: Midsize and receives Honorable Mention for Racial Justice Fund in General Excellence and CSR categories Change.org, the world’s largest tech platform for social change, today announced their recognition as a finalist for Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Company of the Year. This prestigious honor is part of Fast Company’s annual World Changing Ideas Awards, which honors products, concepts, companies, policies, and designs that are driving…

Today, Change.org announced two executive leadership team appointments designed to take the world’s largest tech platform for social change into its next phase of growth. John Yurcisin is joining as the organization’s Chief Product Officer and Erika Warren is joining as the new Head of Growth. Both recognized product leaders…

This year, it is easier than ever to start a petition and build support for your cause. Roughly half of the U.S. population came to Change.org to make a difference in 2021. Our users started 791,896 petitions that collected over 460 million signatures. Thousands of petition starters achieved victories for…

By Ben Rattray, Founder of Change.org, Nick Allardice, incoming CEO of Change.org, and Preethi Herman, Executive Director of the Change.org Foundation. We are excited to announce that through the generosity of donations of equity from more than 50 of our investors, led by Reid Hoffman and including Bill Gates, Sir…

“In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the amazing protests across the country, there was a lot in the movement for Black lives… The moment of well-overdue racial justice reckoning, we saw that as an opportunity for us to change within ourselves… We had been on a…

Written by Justin Lyons, Senior Director of People & Inclusion W.E.B. Du Bois once said, “The most important thing to remember is this: to be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.” This quote came to my scattered mind during a sleepless…

How we’re creating a platform for online activism that is both safe and open. Written by Molly Dorozenski, Managing Campaigns Director at Change.org Being open is at the core of who we are at Change.org, and on any given day, tens of thousands of new petitions are started on the platform. People come to Change.org to advocate for their needs, their wants, and their…