Ricken Patel

About

After 15 beautiful years running Avaaz (which has 1% of humanity signed up to the email list!) I’m taking time to think, write, dream and work with new lovely people. My fledgling personal website is at www.rickenpatel.net. My current focus is working with leading democracy defenders, thinkers and foundations to develop/deploy a strategy to counter authoritarianism. This is taking up most of my time and has led to two new organizations and counting. Currently urgently hiring for 21 new positions - if you’re passionate about defending democracy and either a leading expert practitioner in a relevant field, a public entrepreneur in the space with a track record of success, or a campaigner/project manager with a passion for the issue, let me know! If you might be a fit I’ll send you the JDs. I’m also passionate about: - writing a big-picture, non-fiction book - developing my next big dream - a social enterprise- raising 3 cute kiddies with another on the way!