Still reeling from the election? Wondering how to make the world a better place? Give generously.
Need help? A curated list* of charities is below. Does your mother-in-law really need another tchotcke for Christmas? Give a gift in her name to the ACLU. Surely your father doesn't need another tie. Give a gift to the Human Rights Campaign. Your great-aunt? Hell, skip Christmas cards, and donate what you would have spent on printing and postage to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL AND GENERAL
- ACLU
- Special Olympics
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Human Rights Watch
- Doctors Without Borders
- Amnesty International
- UN Watch
- League of Women Voters Education Foundation
- Union of Concerned Scientists
EMPOWERING GIRLS + WOMEN
- Planned Parenthood
- YWCA
- Girl Scouts USA
- Girls Who Code
- Malala Fund
- The Center for Reproductive Rights
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence**
- National Organization for Women
RACE
- Black Lives Matter
- Campaign Zero
- Race Forward
- Black Youth Project 100
- NAACP
- Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
- The Jamestown Project
- Color of Change
- Being Black at School
LGBT
EDUCATION
IMMIGRATION / REFUGEES
- Define American
- International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Political Asylum Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project
- Humane Borders
- The Colbri Center for Human Rights
- US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
- Refugees International
- National Immigration Law Center
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
DOMESTIC HUNGER
- Feeding America
- Your local food bank
ARTS (because all children need a chance to dance)
* Thanks to Christine Koh at Boston Mamas and Joanna Rothkopf at Jezebel for excellent lists that I riffed on.
** The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence accepts donations of cell phones (as well as cash). Clean out your drawers!