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First off - VOTE!!! Look, if you are here, you have come to make changes. The best way to make changes is to vote your conscious. Find the people who fit your ideals and work to get them elected. If you don't want to get directly involved in campaigns, or even want to spread the word via social media - at the very least, get out there and cast your vote! I've heard from younger friends that they don't feel that their vote even counts, so why bother? Because voting only counts if you do it. By the sheer nature of physically voting, it counts. Doing nothing, definitely doesn't. So, go out and vote for whomever moved the needle closer to the ideals you believe in. And vote at all levels... because really, the future change we are all looking for starts at the local level.
Second off, I want to thank you for visiting this site... because it means that you care about something or someone other than yourself and want to find a way to help. That is praise-worthy, honorable and deeply important.
I made this site because I wanted finding ways to help to be as easy and simple as possible. As such, I will try to keep it as free of fluff as I can. I had been finding myself asking friends for recommendations on where best to donate money to certain causes, and while they came back with some truly amazing suggestions, I still felt a little overwhelmed with the diversity of details. So I also hope to kind of break things down where possible. Ultimately, I'd like to offer some kind of trust rating as well, so you will feel more comfortable following these links
Finally - this is a passion project of mine. The illustration to the left is of me, not some random, tone-deaf white dude graphic, mansplainin' how to feel good about yourself. I really want to help, and I figured this is the best way I could with the skills that I have. The only problem is that those skills are limited. I am creating all of this by "hand". Meaning that I have no database driving this (yet) or anything else that helps to streamline the process. So, I ask your patience as I develop it. IF, by some miraculous chance, there is someone else out there who could help me to really turn this from a simple website into a real tool for connecting people, please get in touch! I would very much appreciate the opportunity to discuss such things with you!
But for the time being, its going to be a slow roll-out as I research and make pages. If you would like to contribute content, I would very much welcome that as well! I will provide a form to fill out soon, so you all can help me in that way too.
Just to kick it off, I want to present a few topics that I very deeply care about, and have been donating time and money to when possible:
- Black Lives Matter
- ALS Research
- Cancer Research
- Arts in Education
- COVID-19 Relief
- Homelessness
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