An Ever Growing List of Online Resources
White Supremacy Culture: A fascinating look at some of the elements of white supremacy culture that impact all of us across lines of race. Once we see them we can choose to opt out. Also, the visuals are gorgeous.
Yes! Magazine Solutions Journalism: An online and print magazine on social justice issues. One of my favorite sources.
Bail Project: Their mission is combatting the racial and economic disparities in the bail system. I love the work they do because justice shouldn’t depend on how fat your wallet is.
5 Calls: Each week they’ll send you a list of calls to make to put pressure on elected officials. You can even select issues you care about most.
Color of Change designs campaigns to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, while championing solutions that move us all forward.
Daily Kos is an online journal that focuses on the social justice issues of our time.
Sister District is dedicated to winning power in strategic state legislatures across the nation so that fair (non-gerrymandered) districts can be drawn in 2021.
Indivisible is a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.
Anti-Racism Daily is exactly what it sounds like. A daily update and call to action on various social justice causes.
Swing Left puts the focus on supporting candidates in states where fair maps and fair elections are at stake. I love their focus on specific states. Targeted action works!
My Civic Workout: Helping people make activism a habit (this warms my heart). They’ll send you 5, 10, and 30 minute actions to build your activist muscle.
Fair Fight is really close to my heart. I was living in GA when the gubernatorial race was stolen from Stacey Abrams. Fair Fight is the organization she started afterwards to protect the vote.
Postcards to Voters are friendly, handwritten reminders from volunteers to targeted voters giving Democrats a winning edge in close, key races coast to coast.
Resist Bot turns your texts into messages sent to your representatives. It takes about 2 minutes and you’re done. Genius!
Black Lives Matter: Enough said.
Black Voters Matter: Their goal is to increase power in Black communities as effective voting allows a community to determine its own destiny.
RAICES: The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. RAICES has been doing amazing work in the midst of the ongoing crisis at the Southern U.S. border. If you aren’t familiar with them I strongly encourage you to get to know who they are and what they do.
Move On is dedicated to helping people to mobilize to create an inclusive and progressive future.
Emily’s List (Early Money is Like Yeast) it makes the dough rise. Emily’s List raises funds for pro-choice democratic women running for office.
Project ID puts their attention on getting ID’s for the over 21 million Americans that don’t have government issued identification. Without ID it can be impossible to get a job, open a bank account, secure housing, or even get medical care.
Run For Something is one of my favorite organizations. They support candidates running for office below the national level. These races are for offices that have a direct impact on our daily lives but often get little or no attention.
Woodlands Conservancy is dedicated to protecting what remains of Louisiana’s forested wetlands (80% has been lost). Not only is this area beautiful but it’s environmentally critical.
Charity Navigator helps you understand how organizations you are thinking of donating to spend the money they raise.
The Borgen Project is a Washington-based, non-profit committed to fighting global poverty. They make it easy to contact your representatives about legislation that is important to you. Click the link above and get taken to their page where you can see what legislation is pending in congress. From there, sending an email with your opinion, is just a few clicks away.