Cayden Mak

Cayden Mak is Publisher at Convergence Magazine and an organizer, technologist, and pop culture nerd living on unceded Ohlone land (Oakland, CA). Prior to Convergence, Cayden spent nearly a decade in various roles at 18 Million Rising, including as Executive Director for five years, developing the organization inside and out into the digital-first anchor of national progressive Asian American organizing. His other work has included organizing for community-designed affordable housing with the Save E. 12th Coalition, co-founding Youngist, a youth media collective, organizing graduate research assistants for a labor union, and helping coordinate tracks and network gatherings at the Allied Media Conference. He serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Kairos Fellowship and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, TN.