
heeba Soundararajan is a Tamil Dalit Web Developer and Media/Tech Justice organizer. She has worked with young people and adults in San Francisco, California and Rio de Janiero, Brazil on the production of web design and development, focusing on anti-war, land reform, economic, media and environmental justice messaging. Before Third World Majority Theeba worked with WITNESS in New York City, an organization that uses video to document human rights violations through video advocacy. Through WITNESS Theeba has worked with partner organizations in the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico on a spectrum of issues: casteism, reproductive rights, land reform and popular education. As the Media and Technology Justice Coordinator at Third World Majority Theeba provides the technical support in the production of online journals(blogs) for member organizations, and has produced web journals for The All People’s Power Summit in Flagstaff, Arizona and the Grassroots Global Justice Delegation at the World Social Forum in Mumbai, India. She currently serves as a board member of the Online Policy Group, an organization based in San Francisco, CA that supports free speech on the internet by providing domain registration and website hosting at no charge for non profit organizations. She speaks Tamil, Portuguese, Spanish and English.
I hope to learn and grow in my understanding of current media structures as well as deepen and expand my knowledge of media policy. I also look forward to contributing my experience and work as a media organizer to the network of ZeroDivide Fellows.