FounderStroika
Yelena Litvinov is the co-founder of STROIKA, Inc. -- an organization working to reverse the tide of rising authoritarianism by building, resourcing, and connecting resistance movements around the globe. STROIKA's mission is to enable collective global action against the “authoritarian toolkit.” We work in partnership with movement leaders and donors to develop the strategies & tools for inoculating our societies against rising authoritarianism, and for making the progressive resistance more effective and wide-reaching.
Previously, Yelena was at the Open Society Foundations, supporting civil society in the Eurasia region and globally, and he founded STROIKA to help break down the silos he saw firsthand in human rights philanthropy and social justice work. A passionate movement builder, strategist, and social justice coach, Yelena has also brought his expertise to non-profits and private foundations in the immigrants’ rights, queer, racial justice, and feminist movements.