I want to be able to support the causes I believe in and actually be a part of the change I want to see but I was never taught how to find, join and work with these groups.

I see all the time about protests and community action and people actually going out and helping people who need help and support and I always hated the fact that I only know about it happening after the fact and I want to get involved!

Any help would be much appreciated!

  • Paragone@lemmy.world
    104·
    8 months ago

    Please read some stuff on Effective Altruism.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism

    Different people have different standards for what that means,

    some hold:

    • policy-change is most-effective
    • grass-roots is most effective
    • low overhead is most-effective

    etc.

    I’d divide resources into

    Kipp.org Teach For America Dalit Network

    because all-3 are working to get the next-generation thinking, and without that, we-the-species is flushed down the sewer:

    our generation deems thinking “optional, and ill-advised”, apparently.

    _ /\ _

    • JoBo@feddit.uk
      11·
      8 months ago

      Yeah, OP, do not fall for EA nonsense. They’re not trying to change anything for the better, just pushing justifications for extreme wealth and the misery it creates for everyone else.