This month, we’re thrilled to announce that Purposely has joined PledgeNoHate.tech as a Founding Member.

What we do with technology matters, and what it accelerates in our society and the world can drive incredible change at scale. We’re joining PledgeNoHate.tech to demonstrate that we’re cognizant that not all outcomes accelerated by technology are equal. The technology industry must more deeply understand and engage with how technology contributes to extremism, beginning with the United States.

Part of this understanding means finding ways to ensure that technology isn’t accelerating outcomes that detract from democracy, liberties and rights. PledgeNoHate.tech is leveraging the Southern Poverty Law Center Extremist Files, specifically the Extremist Groups list, as its primary measure of extremism, and we are proactively choosing to ensure that what we do with technology does not further enable it in both the United States and around the world.

We are promising to our customers, especially those whose work is deeply connected to democracy and social justice, that we won’t simultaneously enable their detractors with our services. We’re promising that we as a business are taking seriously the threat of extremism, and committing to a journey of learning that can be integrated into our work.

There’s so much more that we can do to mitigate extremism, but we need a place to start, and that’s why we’re joining PledgeNoHate.tech. We hope that our peer businesses will also join us in this journey, because together we can create a community of business leaders who stand firmly against enabling extremism, learn from each other, and integrate screening for extremism into our applications, platforms, and services in a proactive and positive way. We want our customers to ask us why we’ve joined PledgeNoHate.tech as part of evaluating our software/services, and we hope that they feel empowered to ask other businesses serving them this same question.

At Purposely, we work with companies around the world to create intentional volunteer programs that become a core part of company culture. Volunteering not only supports nonprofits, but it’s the single best team-building experience you can have at your workplace. We help you come up with a plan, goals, and take care of the opportunity discovery and coordination so all your team has to do is “just show up”. We ensure that you have a thriving employee volunteer program, which is the single easiest way to give back to your community. 

PledgeNoHate.tech is compatible with our mission. Participating in their network reinforces the commitment we’ve made to our customers, focusing on partnering with meaningful organizations doing good in their communities. Book a meeting with us and let’s chat about getting your company out for a whole year of supportive giving!