Causes Worth Supporting
The world can feel overwhelming, and it’s hard to know where to start. On this page, you’ll find organizations doing work worth supporting.
**This is a living list! If there’s an organization or community you think should be on it, let me know.
Doctors Without Borders
It’s hard to turn on the news without hearing about Medecins Sans Frontiers, more commonly known in the Anglosphere as Doctors Without Borders. They do amazing work providing necessary medical care to people in places like Gaza and Sudan.
Jews for FoodAid for People in Gaza
From this organization’s website, you can find ways to support getting food into Gaza, financially and communally.
Climate Justice Alliance
“Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) formed in 2013 to create a new center of gravity in the climate movement by uniting frontline communities and organizations into a formidable force. Our translocal organizing strategy and mobilizing capacity is building a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies. We believe that the process of transition must place race, gender and class at the center of the solutions equation in order to make it a truly Just Transition.”
Physicians for a National Health Program
“Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) advocates for universal, comprehensive single-payer national health insurance, and collaborates with others to fight racism and advance social justice.”
Ammud: Jews of Color Torah Academy
“By creating and cultivating a community that is for us by us where Jews of Color are able to build resilience and bring their fullest selves to Jewish learning and Torah, Ammud affirms, educates, and builds leadership among Jews of Color, supporting them to be empowered members and leaders of Jewish community and peoplehood.”
Svara
“SVARA’s mission is to empower queer and trans people to expand Torah and tradition through the spiritual practice of Talmud study. We envision a future in which liberatory expressions of Judaism equip individuals and communities to realize a just and healed world.”
Elevated Access
“We enable individuals to access essential healthcare through private and commercial aviation. Our network of volunteer pilots are matched with and provide transportation for passengers and resources to aid people in need of reproductive or gender-affirming care. We do this through careful coordination with organizational partners and logistical coordinators.”
NDN Collective
NDN Collective’s mission is to: “Build the collective power of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and Nations to exercise our inherent right to self-determination, while fostering a world that is built on a foundation of justice and equity for all people and Mother Earth.”
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