MICAH BORNFREE

In 2011, I co-created Occupy Wall Street, a global movement that spread to over 80 countries and 1,000 cities. I also conceived the activist debt forgiveness tactic later used by Rolling Jubilee and Undue Medical Debt. That work led to my book, The End of Protest, published in English, German, and Greek.

Along the way I co-founded Activist School, taught at Bard, UCLA, and Princeton, and held fellowships including the Roddenberry Fellowship and Voqal Fellowship. My writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Guardian.

I hold a PhD in Media and Communications from the European Graduate School and a BA in Philosophy from Swarthmore College.

Today my focus has shifted to the technologies reshaping collective mobilization. I work as a cryptocurrency advisor, an AI consultant and participate in AI safety programs with OpenAI and Anthropic. I am building OutcryAI to explore how activism evolves in the age of AI.