Things you can do to take action.
Below is a list of opportunities that range from instant contributions to long-term commitments, collaborative projects to independent ones, physically demanding events to those that can be planned and executed from home, and more. When fueled by authenticity and a passion for others, any effort made in the name of justice is a valuable contribution to change. There are no unimportant roles or insignificant tasks; activism, advocacy, and outreach can mean different things to different people without requiring comparison to others in terms of influence and value.
Virtual
- Contact your representatives
- Pandemic of Love – join a network of over 1,500 volunteers worldwide
- Pandemic of Love is grassroots, volunteer-led mutual aid organization that connects people in need with donors who can help
- Make a donation
- Volunteer to start a local chapter, or “micro-community”
- Amnesty International – start or join a virtual human rights action team
- Amnesty International is the world’s largest grassroots human rights organization
- Volunteers can start a virtual human rights action team to help track and monitor the global response to Covid-19, ensuring that the responses and needs of the people are heard
- The Borgen Project – volunteer and internship opportunities
- Learn more about The Borgen Project and its fight against poverty and hunger
- Find a volunteer opportunity
- Apply for a telecommute (virtual) internship
- Love For Our Elders – write a letter to an elder
- Created in 2013 by a student at Yale University, Love For Our Elders provides outreach to socially isolated elders
- Write a letter
- Volunteer to be a “Kindness Ambassador,” or organization advisor
In-Person
- Make a food bank donation
- Organize your own demonstration – protests, walkouts, boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, etc.
- Habitat for Humanity – volunteer opportunities
- Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit organization that believes in housing for all
- Find your local Habitat
- Explore volunteer opportunities
- Prevent Child Abuse America
- PCAA strives to prevent child abuse/neglect before it happens. The organization consists of a network of chapters throughout the nation
- Find your state chapter to make a donation, join the action network, find an event to attend, help raise awareness, and more
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