“Give-a-Damn” Shout-outs
I invite each guest on the Mighty Forces podcast to give an organization they admire a shout-out. Please take a moment to check out the list below and see if any of these organizations speaks to you as a place to support. Please also consider how you can use your own platform — whether you have 5 followers, or 5 million — to help amplify the good in this world.
Listed in alphabetical order
Citizen Solutions | Wisconsin
(Recommended by Sara Fenske Bahat, episode 2)
An ambitious civic experiment that gives citizens across the ideological spectrum the power to co-create solutions to divisive issues.
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
(Recommended by Jean Michel David, episode 4)
A non-profit organization that protects the First Amendment rights of comics creators, publishers, and retailers, and covers their legal expenses.
Community on the Rise
(Recommended by Mollie Erickson, episode 1)
The only nonprofit in Alabama recycling #5PP plastics, “and it is the hands of survivors who are providing this beneficial service for our earth and economy,” the org’s website tells us. Shop their products.
Global Play Brigade
(Recommended by Jordan Hirsch, episode 3)
An international community (with members in 100 countries!) of volunteer play and performance activists who believe that integrating play into everyday life and work is vital for creating hope, possibility, emotional well-being, and development.
Kingston Stockade FC
(Recommended by Vanessa Van Burek, episode 4)
A men's semi-professional soccer club based in Kingston, NY and a pioneer in the "open source soccer" movement – bringing transparency and data to the process of building lower level soccer clubs to help grow and change the game from the bottom up.
Shepherd's Clinic in Baltimore
(Recommended by Dr. Neda Frayha, episode 1)
A free clinic in Baltimore, Maryland that provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary health care to the uninsured. “The people there do such wonderful work for so many patients, and they rely on the good will of others to do so,” Neda shares.
US Chamber of Connection
(Recommended by Mirit Cohen, episode 2)
A new civic institution that mobilizes and equips cross-sector leaders to create connection and trust in their communities.
More “Give-a-Damn” Shout-outs coming soon as new episodes drop!