Lumoviz
Building stronger social movements through relationship-based data collection, analysis, and visualization.
About Us
We're a mission-driven startup born out of the MIT Media Lab and Harvard Kennedy School, building tools to support community organizers, unions, and political movements—locally and internationally.
Our work is deeply informed by collaboration with frontline organizers and the practices of transformative and relational organizing.
We're creating an open-source, privacy-respecting platform that helps organizers track relationships, map organizational ecosystems, and align their data practices with their values. This work is grounded in community organizing practice and social movement theory, with an emphasis on mutual trust, data sovereignty, and usability in real-world political contexts.
Our Team
Emily S. Lin
Co-founder & Director, Practicing Democracy Project
Emily brings 20+ years of academic, non-profit, and private sector experience in researching, designing, building, and shipping data tools that support collective learning for human flourishing.
Maggie Hughes
Co-founder & PhD Candidate, Center for Constructive Communication
A designer and researcher working with community organizers to create tools that strengthen democratic practice. Her work combines participatory design and data visualization to build effective movement infrastructure.
Our Features
Relationship Tracking
Map and track relationships within your community to build stronger networks and identify key connectors.
Data Analysis
Analyze organizational ecosystems and identify patterns to strengthen your movement's impact.
Privacy-First
Built with privacy and data sovereignty at its core, ensuring your community's trust and security.