DONATE: Kids In Need Foundation

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It’s that time of year– kids across the nation are about to head back to school! You can give those kids the supplies they need to succeed by donating to The Kids In Need Foundation (KINF)! 

Through their national programs and network of partners, KINF delivers free school supplies to under-resourced schools—directly into the hands of students and teachers. Whether it’s a backpack full of essentials, a supply-filled classroom, or crisis response kits after a disaster, they provide support that empowers learning from day one.

For just $25, you can equip a student with a backpack full of essential supplies, helping them walk into the classroom confident, prepared, and ready to learn!

CLICK HERE TO DONATE!

Teachers say having the right tools boosts confidence, participation, and self-esteem by as much as 97–99%, completely transforming the way a student interacts with their own education!

ABOUT KIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION

At Kids In Need Foundation (KINF), they believe every student should have equal access to the opportunities and resources necessary for a quality education. Their mission is to create equitable learning spaces by providing essential supplies and support to under-resourced students and teachers across the country. As the only national nonprofit dedicated to serving schools where 70% or more of students are eligible for free or reduced-cost meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), they are committed to ensuring every student has the supplies they need to learn with confidence and reach their full potential.

Source: KINF

VOLUNTEER: Lasagna Love

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This month, you can support a neighbor-in-need by signing up to deliver a lasagna meal via Lasagna Love!

Lasagna Love is a global nonprofit and grassroots movement that aims to positively impact communities by connecting neighbors with neighbors through homemade meal delivery. Through their neighbor-to-neighbor movement, they connect volunteer lasagna chefs who want to help with individuals and families in need, providing home-cooked lasagnas made with love. Whether someone is facing financial challenges, emotional overwhelm, medical issues, or any other hardship, Lasagna Love strives to provide relief, hope, and connection through the simple yet profound gesture of a warm meal.

CLICK HERE to Learn More and Volunteer to make a Lasagna!

If you or someone you know could use the support of a home-cooked lasagna, CLICK HERE to sign up to request one! 

ABOUT LASAGNA LOVE

Lasagna Love was started at the beginning of the pandemic when one mom was looking for a way to help moms in her community. She and her toddler started making and delivering meals to families in the neighborhood who were struggling, whether that struggle was financial, emotional, or simply a feeling of overwhelm.

Lasagna Love has since grown into an international movement, with thousands of people all cooking and delivering meals to families in their communities. What they do is simple: feed families, spread kindness, and strengthen communities. Their mission is not only to help address the incredible rise in food insecurity among families but also to provide a simple act of love and kindness during a time full of uncertainty, stress, and loneliness.

Source: Lasagna Love

DONATE: Venezuela Earthquake Relief

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On June 24 2026, two large strike-slip earthquakes affected northwestern and central Venezuela. The two earthquakes caused widespread damage across the country, particularly in La Guaira and Caracas. More than 2,290 people were killed, over 11,200 were injured, and tens of thousands have been reported missing. (Source)

How can you help?
Charity Navigator has compiled a list of trusted nonprofits actively responding to the Venezuela earthquake. Your donation today can help provide emergency medical care, food, clean water, shelter, and long-term recovery support for affected communities. Give to one or several through the Giving Basket and help deliver critical aid when it’s needed most.

CHOOSE A CHARITY HERE!

ABOUT CHARITY NAVIGATOR

Charity Navigator helps millions of people take action and support the causes they care about by connecting them to the best charities that align with their passions and values. Since 2001, they’ve empowered millions of donors by providing free access to data, tools and resources to guide philanthropic decision-making. With more than 225,000 charities rated, their comprehensive ratings shine a light on the cost-effectiveness and overall health of a charity’s programs, including measures of stability, efficiency, and sustainability. The metrics inform donors of not just where their dollars are going, but what their dollars are doing.

Source: Charity Navigator

VOLUNTEER: UNICEF USA

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This month, you can choose one (or more!) of the below actions to support UNICEF USA, an independent, charitable organization that rallies the American public to support the most vulnerable children, wherever they live. 

• SHOP THE UNICEF MARKET: Shop online for unusual, handcrafted goods at the UNICEF Market and support children and families. UNICEF Market artisans receive fair compensation for their goods, and a percentage of every purchase funds UNICEF programs. CLICK HERE to browse the Market!

• CONTACT CONGRESS: For decades, bipartisan support from the U.S. Government has helped UNICEF to efficiently and effectively deliver remarkable results for children, including more than halving the number of children who die before their fifth birthday. Results like these – and America’s leadership in achieving them – cannot continue without support from the federal government. CLICK HERE to ask Congress to support UNICEF funding to ensure the most vulnerable children can survive and thrive.

• CONSIDER UNICEF NEXTGEN: UNICEF NextGen is a community of professionals between the ages of 21 and 45 who pledge their skills, time, networks and financial resources to support UNICEF’s work for children. While most NextGen activities in the U.S. take place in five hubs — Atlanta, the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City — interested young professionals can take the NextGen pledge anywhere, at any time, and help make a difference. CLICK HERE to learn more and see if you want to get involved!

ABOUT UNICEF USA

Over eight decades, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has built an unprecedented global support system for the world’s children. UNICEF relentlessly works day in and day out to deliver the essentials that give every child an equitable chance in life: health care and immunizations, safe water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more. UNICEF USA advances the global mission of UNICEF by rallying the American public to support the world’s most vulnerable children. Together, they have helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization.

Source: Charity Navigator

DONATE: The Trevor Project for LGBTQ+ Pride Month!

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June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Celebrate by donating to The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. They provide information and support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/7, all year round.

DONATE HERE!

ABOUT THE TREVOR PROJECT

The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people. The Trevor Project offers a suite of 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention programs, including TrevorLifeline, TrevorText, and TrevorChat as well as the world’s largest safe space social networking site for LGBTQ youth, TrevorSpace. Trevor also operates an education program with resources for youth-serving adults and organizations, an advocacy department fighting for pro-LGBTQ legislation and against anti-LGBTQ rhetoric/policy positions, and a research team to discover the most effective means to help young LGBTQ people in crisis and end suicide.

Source: Charity Navigator

VOLUNTEER: NAACP Actions for Juneteenth

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Juneteenth (officially Juneteenth National Independence Day) is a holiday celebrated annually on June 19th to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. To celebrate, visit the NAACP’s Take Action page and get involved in their mission of activism for civil rights and social justice.

CLICK HERE to get started! 

ABOUT NAACP

In 1908, a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, eruptions of anti-black violence – particularly lynching – were horrifically commonplace, but the Springfield riot was the final tipping point that led to the creation of the NAACP. Appalled at this rampant violence, a group of white liberals that included Mary White Ovington and Oswald Garrison Villard (both the descendants of famous abolitionists), William English Walling and Dr. Henry Moscowitz issued a call for a meeting to discuss racial justice. Some 60 people, seven of whom were African American (including W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Mary Church Terrell), signed the call, which was released on the centennial of Lincoln’s birth. On February 12, 1909, the nation’s largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization was born.

You can learn more about the history of the NAACP HERE!

While much of NAACP history is chronicled in books, articles, pamphlets, and magazines, the true movement lies in the faces of the multiracial, multigenerational army of ordinary people who united to awaken the consciousness of a people and a nation. With such a powerful membership base, all 2,200 chapters of the Association continue to persevere. Together, they remain vigilant in their mission until the promise of America is made real for all. 

Source: NAACP

DONATE: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Despite making up 7% of the US population, AAPI organizations receive less than .2% of philanthropic giving from foundations and less than 1% of Corporate giving (source). You can support the AAPI community by donating to The Asian American Foundation this month. 

DONATE HERE!

ABOUT THE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION

The Asian American Foundation is committed to ensuring every member of the AAPI community can pursue safety, belonging, and prosperity free from discrimination and hate. They work to combat anti-AAPI violence, educate the next generation, and fund vital community organizations across the country. Learn more about the work they do by clicking here.

Source: TAAF

VOLUNTEER: Your Local Food Bank

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Everyone deserves healthy food to live a full, healthy life. Yet millions of people in America still face hunger—and when people don’t have enough to eat, it impacts their health, education, and future opportunities. 48 Million People in America face food insecurity—experiencing daily challenges with hunger and its health and social impacts.14 million kids don’t have enough food to grow up strong. Hunger affects 100% of Counties in America. Over 50 million people turn to food banks and pantries for help.

The good news? You can support people facing hunger in your community by volunteering at your local food bank! 

CLICK HERE to find a volunteer opportunity near you via Feeding America

or

CLICK HERE to search for your local food bank and contact them directly 

Do you or someone you know need food assistance? Below are some resources that may help: 

• Find your local food bank by clicking here.
• Get Information about applying for SNAP assistance by clicking here.
• Explore more Meal Programs by clicking here.

Source: Feeding America

BONUS: Send a Baby Kit to a Mom-to-be

In honor of Mother’s Day this month, sponsor an IRC baby kit for moms in crisis zones like Lebanon, Gaza, and Sudan. Just $21 can provide two moms with baby kits full of diapers and other essentials (all donations matched). CLICK HERE to donate!

DONATE: National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Nearly every minute, someone in America is sexually assaulted. Every nine minutes, that someone is a child (source). Support survivors by donating to RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization and operator of the National Sexual Assault Hotline.

DONATE HERE!

ABOUT RAINN

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE, online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.

Source: RAINN

VOLUNTEER: Spring Cleaning- Give used items to those in need

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How about a little Spring Cleaning this month? Go through your closet to find the clothes that you don’t need so that you can give them to those who do.

Here are a few of the places that accept used clothing donations; you can choose an organization that best fits what you have to give!

• Goodwill – Goodwill is one of the most well-known places to donate used clothes (and tons of other things too!). Unlike for-profit thrift stores, Goodwill reinvests the proceeds from your donations back into your community, funding programs that help people gain skills, find jobs and achieve independence.

• Dress for Success – If your closet is overflowing with professional clothing, consider donating some pieces to Dress for Success, the leading resource for advancing women in the workplace globally. Their purpose is to empower women to achieve economic mobility by providing a global network of support, workplace attire, and development tools for success. Since starting operations in 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to 130 Network Members across 15 countries and has helped more than 1.3 million women work towards self-sufficiency.

• One Warm Coat – Want to share the warmth during the cold winter months? Donate your spare jackets to One Warm Coat, a non-profit that provides free coats to people in need. Founded in 1992 by one woman with one coat to give, One Warm Coat is a national movement born from one simple act of kindness. Today, One Warm Coat is a thriving national nonprofit organization that maintains a steadfast commitment to humanitarianism, volunteerism, and environmental sustainability.

• Planet Aid – Many charities only accept clothing that’s in good and wearable condition — but Planet Aid is different. The organization makes it easy to donate and recycle all of your unwanted clothes, with the mission of saving all textiles from the landfill to help protect the environment. 

• Soles4Souls – Looking for the best place to donate your shoes? Soles4Souls is all about “turning shoes and clothing into opportunity.” It works toward this mission by collecting unwanted footwear and clothing to distribute to people in need across the country and the world.

Source: GH

DONATE: ACLU – Immigrants’ Rights 

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Our immigration detention system locks up hundreds of thousands of immigrants unnecessarily every year, exposing detainees to brutal and inhumane conditions of confinement at massive costs to American taxpayers. Recently, mothers and children, who are mainly asylum seekers fleeing violence in Central America, have been detained in family detention centers.

Your donation to the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) helps to fund strategic litigation, advocacy, and organizing needed to take on ICE and Border Patrol abuses and violations, help to pave a path to citizenship for thousands, and uphold all our civil liberties.

Use your power this month and DONATE HERE!

ABOUT THE ACLU

The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. The ACLU has been at the center of nearly every major civil liberties battle in the U.S. for more than 100 years. To learn more about the history of the ACLU, click here.

Sources: ACLU

VOLUNTEER: Donate Blood to the American Red Cross

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Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. It is essential for surgeries, cancer treatment, chronic illnesses, and traumatic injuries. Whether a patient receives whole blood, red cells, platelets or plasma, this lifesaving care starts with one person (you!) making a generous donation. 

The Red Cross provides about 40% of our nation’s blood and blood components, all from generous volunteer donors. But supply can’t always meet demand because only about 3% of age-eligible people donate blood yearly. Each new donor helps the American Red Cross meet patient needs.

CLICK HERE for more information and to make an appointment to Donate Blood!

ABOUT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS

The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.​ The Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to people affected by disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families.

The Red Cross is not a government agency. The Red Cross is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission.

Source: American Red Cross

DONATE: New Year’s Resolution Challenge!

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This month, we’re doing something a little different for our donation opportunity! In the spirit of New Year’s Resolutions, we challenge you to commit to a monthly donation (for all of 2026) to an organization of your choice. This monthly donation can be as small as $1/month. Most organization donation pages have the option to set up monthly donations, so you don’t have to remember to go back every month.

What’s the benefit of committing to a smaller monthly donation rather than one larger donation if I end up giving the same amount either way?

Monthly donations can be helpful to organizations as they make long-term planning decisions. While single donations are still very helpful, they don’t indicate how much funding the organization can anticipate coming in throughout their year.

What organization should I choose to donate to?

• If there is an organization close to your heart– then that’s your answer!
• If you’re unsure and you’d like help deciding where to give your monthly donation, we have a list of suggestions arranged by cause below! You can also contact us as now.wehavepower@gmail.com if you would like more assistance.
• There is also a helpful tool called CharityNavigator.org, which is a website that evaluates charities. Specifically, Charity Navigator’s rating system examines two broad areas of a charity’s performance: their Financial Health and their Accountability & Transparency. With this tool, you can search the name of some of your favorite charities and check their rating. You can also peruse charity options on their Discover Charities page.

ORGANIZATION SUGGESTIONS

International Causes (including humanitarian relief in Gaza and Ukraine):

• International Rescue Committee (IRC) – The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, including the conflict in Ukraine and the crisis in Afghanistan, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well being, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.
• Save the Children – Save the Children’s founder Eglantyne Jebb saw children dying of starvation and wracked with disease after the end of the First World War. So, in 1919, she launched the Save the Children Fund to raise much-needed funds to end children’s suffering across war-torn Europe. Today, over 100 years later, they work in the United States and around the world to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. When crisis strikes and children are most vulnerable, they are among the first to respond and the last to leave.

Climate Change Organizations:

• Environmental Defense Fund – EDF works to solve the most critical environmental problems facing the planet, focusing on mitigating climate change, restoring the ocean’s bounty, protecting wildlife and their habitats, and safeguarding our health. They work in concert with other organizations-as well as with business, government and communities-and avoid duplicating work already being done effectively by others.
• Environmental and Energy Study Institute – EESI’s mission is to advance science-based solutions for climate change, energy, and environmental challenges to achieve our vision of a sustainable, resilient, and equitable world.
• Conservation Lands Foundation – As the only nonprofit in the country solely dedicated to protecting the National Conservation Lands, their mission is to protect, restore and expand the National Conservation Lands through education, advocacy and partnerships.

Community Relief and Assistance:

• Feeding America – Feeding America is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through a network of more than 200 food banks, 21 statewide food bank associations, and over 60,000 partner agencies, food pantries and meal programs, they helped provide 6.6 billion meals to tens of millions of people in need last year. Feeding America also supports programs that prevent food waste and improve food security among the people they serve; brings attention to the social and systemic barriers that contribute to food insecurity in our nation; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry.
• GiveDirectly – GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that lets donors like you send money directly to the world’s poorest households because they believe that people living in poverty deserve the dignity to choose for themselves how best to improve their lives. Since 2009, they’ve delivered over $1 billion in cash directly into the hands of 2+ million people living in poverty. They currently have operations in DRC, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and the U.S. 
• National Domestic Violence Hotline – 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse. Contacts to The Hotline can expect highly-trained, expert advocates to offer free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 200 languages.
• Coalition for the Homeless – Coalition for the Homeless is the nation’s oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless men, women, and children. They are dedicated to the principle that decent shelter, sufficient food, affordable housing, and the chance to work for a living wage are fundamental rights in a civilized society. Since their inception in 1981, the Coalition has worked through litigation, public education, and direct services to ensure that these goals are realized. Every day the Coalition helps over 3,500 clients with the tools and support to reclaim their lives. 

Protecting Civil Rights:

• The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation – ACLU provides legal presentation in cases involving issues of civil liberties and constitutional rights ranging from administrative hearings to trials and appeals. In addition, the Foundation educates the public as to civil liberties and constitutional rights by disseminating literature and other publications.
• Southern Poverty Law Center – The SPLC is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people.
• Planned Parenthood – The mission of Planned Parenthood is to provide comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care services, to advocate public policies which guarantee these rights and ensure access to such services, to provide educational programs which enhance understanding of individual and societal implications of human sexuality, and to promote research and the advancement of technology in reproductive health care.

Indigenous Peoples & Native-Led Nonprofits:

• Native American Rights Fund – Since 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has provided legal assistance to Native American tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide who might otherwise have gone without adequate representation. NARF has successfully asserted and defended the most important rights of Indians and tribes in hundreds of major cases, and has achieved significant results in such critical areas as tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, natural resource protection, voting rights, and Indian education.
• AISES – The mission of AISES is to substantially increase the representation of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, First Nations and other indigenous peoples of North America in STEM studies and careers.
• First Nations Development Institute – FNDI’s mission is to strengthen American Indian economies to support healthy Native communities; they invest in and create innovative institutions and models that strengthen asset control and support economic development for American Indian people and their communities.

Black-Founded Nonprofits:

• Equal Justice Initiative – EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
• Clara White Mission – The mission of the Clara White Mission is to prevent and reduce homelessness through advocacy, housing, job training, and employment, working in partnership with businesses in the community. The Clara White Mission was founded in 1904, but traces its origins to 1880s Jacksonville. It was then that former slave Clara English White fed hungry neighbors from her two-room house on Clay Street. Over subsequent years, her daughter, nationally recognized humanitarian Dr. Eartha M. M. White, molded the labor of love into a thriving social agency.
• The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) – Founded in 1940 under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall, although LDF’s primary purpose was to provide legal assistance to poor African Americans, its work over the years has brought greater justice to all Americans.

LGBTQ+ Organizations:

• Los Angeles LGBT Center – Today the Center’s more than 800 employees provide services for more LGBT people than any other organization in the world, offering programs, services and global advocacy that span four broad categories: Health, Social Services and Housing, Culture and Education, Leadership and Advocacy.
• The Trevor Project – The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people. 
• GLAAD – Formed in New York in 1985, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) amplifies the voice of the LGBT community by empowering real people to share their stories, holding the media accountable for the words and images they present, and helping grassroots organizations communicate effectively.

Disability Rights:

• Disability Rights Fund – The Disability Rights Fund’s mission is to support persons with disabilities around the world to build diverse movements, ensure inclusive development agendas, and achieve equal rights and opportunity for all. 
• National Disability Rights Network – The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and the Client Assistance Programs (CAP) for individuals with disabilities.As the national membership association for the P&A/CAP network, NDRN has aggressively sought federal support for advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities, and expanded P&A programs from a narrow initial focus on the institutional care provided to people with intellectual disabilities in facilities to include advocacy services for all people with disabilities no matter the type or nature of their disability.

DONATE: Defending Our Neighbors Fund

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As people’s due process rights continue to be violated — affecting tens of thousands of people who are immigrants, children, and even U.S. citizens and green card holders — the need for legal counsel is skyrocketing. Studies show that in 2024, there were more than 2.5 million cases in immigration court where people did not have legal representation. Having access to a lawyer is often the difference between a family staying together or being separated indefinitely.

United We Dream (UWD), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Abundant Futures Fund(AFF), have joined forces to launch the Defending Our Neighbors Fund: a bold new initiative that will scale up crucial financial support to legal organizations all across the country. Housed within AFF, the Defending Our Neighbors Fund will help ensure immigrant families facing the threat of separation and wrongful detention and deportations have access to lawyers.

Use your power this month and DONATE HERE!

ABOUT DEFENDING OUR NEIGHBORS FUND

The Defending Our Neighbors Fund is powered by everyday people, like you, stepping up and building a vital lifeline to support our immigrant neighbors, loved ones, and communities against injustice.

With more than 11 million U.S. citizens living in households with an undocumented family member, countless American families face imminent risk of being torn apart. Many are forced to navigate a complex and punishing system alone, without access to legal counsel. Even young children, the most vulnerable members of our communities, are facing trained prosecutors without anyone by their side. Access to legal support is a vital lifeline for families facing the threat of being separated from their loved ones. This is why the Defending Our Neighbors Fund exists.

Supported by United We Dream and the ACLU, the Defending Our Neighbors Fund is hosted by Abundant Futures Fund (a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors), and aims to raise and deploy $30 million to grassroots organizations to meet this crisis with action and care.

Sources: DONF, ACLU

VOLUNTEER: Write for Rights

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Now through January 31, 2026, take a few minutes to write letters for Amnesty International’s 2025 Write for Rights campaign! Letters from people just like you have had some magnificent results, including these SUCCESS STORIES.

Since Write for Rights started in 2001, millions of people have changed the lives of those whose human rights have been taken away. Over the past 24 years, more than 50 million actions have been taken, and over 100 people featured in their campaign have seen a positive outcome in their case.

GET STARTED BY CLICKING HERE

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFO AND RESOURCES HERE!

ABOUT WRITE FOR RIGHTS

Every year to mark Human Rights Day on December 10th, hundreds of thousands of people around the world send letters and sign online petitions on behalf of people they’ve never met, as part of Write for Rights. Their messages help convince government officials to release people who have been imprisoned solely for who they are or what they believe, support human rights defenders, stop torture, commute death sentences, and end other human rights abuses.

Letter writing has always been at the heart of Amnesty International’s human rights campaigning, and 64 years of human rights activism shows that it still works. Check out their Successes Page for proof!

Source: Amnesty International Write for Rights

Watch This Video To Learn More About Write for Rights!

BONUS: Operation Santa! 

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For those of our members who “believe” in Santa– You can read letters from Santa’s mailroom and answer the ones he can’t through the US Postal Service’s Operation Santa Program. Adopt a letter today and make a holiday wish come true! Gifts must be sent off by December 13th, so adopt a letter today!

GET STARTED HERE!

You can also watch a heartwarming Christmas documentary about the Operation Santa program: Dear Santa. Watch the trailer below and find more info on the film and where to watch it HERE!Dear Santa – Official Trailer I HD I IFC Films

DONATE & VOLUNTEER: Feeding America – Support SNAP Recipients 

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The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, was suddenly cut off because of the ongoing government shutdown, affecting over 40 million Americans who are now at risk of going hungry. Use your power this month to support those affected: 

• DONATE MONEY to Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks, food pantries, and local meal programs. CLICK HERE to donate! 

• DONATE FOOD to your local food bank. CLICK HERE to find your local food bank and see what donations they are taking. 

• CONTACT lawmakers and tell them to fully fund nutrition programs like SNAP. CLICK HERE to contact via Feeding America; CLICK HERE or HERE to contact via 5Calls. 

• VOLUNTEER at your local food bank. Whether you sort and pack food or distribute food, there are a lot of volunteer opportunities available. CLICK HERE to get started!

• RESOURCES IF YOU NEED FOOD ASSISTANCE: CLICK HERE to find resources for food support, including a search for your local food bank.

ABOUT FEEDING AMERICA

Feeding America® is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through a network of more than 200 food banks, 21 statewide food bank associations, and over 60,000 partner agencies, food pantries and meal programs, they helped provide 6.6 billion meals to tens of millions of people in need last year. Feeding America also supports programs that prevent food waste and improve food security among the people they serve; brings attention to the social and systemic barriers that contribute to food insecurity in our nation; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry.

ABOUT 5 CALLS

5 Calls makes it easy for citizens to reach members of Congress and make their voices heard. Theyresearch issues, write scripts that clearly articulate a progressive position, figure out the most influential decision-makers, and collect phone numbers for their offices. All you have to do is call!

Source: Feeding America; 5Calls 

DONATE: National Domestic Violence Hotline 

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This month, in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, donate to the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 

DONATE HERE!

ABOUT NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE

24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the National Domestic Violence Hotlineprovides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse. Contacts to The Hotline can expect highly-trained, expert advocates to offer free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 200 languages.

With nearly two-and-a-half decades of experience, The Hotline has answered over 7 million contacts, with services operated by expert advocates and other staff members dedicated to spreading education and awareness about domestic violence.

Source: NDVH

VOLUNTEER: CA Special Election

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California’s Proposition 50, also known as the “Election Rigging Response Act,” is a countermeasure against mid-cycle partisan redistricting efforts in Texas and other states. If approved by voters, Proposition 50 would allow California to adopt a temporary congressional district map, drawn by the state legislature, from 2026 to 2030. Election Day for this Proposition is Tuesday, November 4, 2025. 

• If you are a California Resident: Make your plan to vote in the election! CLICK HERE for resources and information so that you’re prepared to vote. 
• If you are NOT a California Resident: Write letters through Vote Forward to encourage California Democratic-leaning Voters to vote in this election. CLICK HERE to get started! Letters can be sent through October 28th

Sources: ACLUNorCal, Vote Forward