Social Activism
Social Activism
Social activism happens any time you talk about climate change or the many related issues. It's a great way to help get others to act, to teach or learn about new concepts and resources. Social activism is a two-way street, where you can improve your outreach skills by listening to criticism, and help change hearts by demonstrating respect to those you outreach to.
The key to effective outreach lies in learning healthy communication skills. Check out our Communication page to find out how you can improve your skills today.
Online
Hactivism
This doesn't mean hacking in the same way as portrayed in the media! "Hacking" is a term in the tech community that traditionally referred to the act of creating something new out of what little resources they had at the time: "Hacking together a solution."
If technology, programming, or web-design are your thing, then we invite you to join with existing organizations like the VeganHactivists who work in teams to create amazing resources like these!
Social Media
Can be a very effective way to reach a lot of people, but it can also harm your mental health or open the door to bullying even doxing. You may want to focus on remaining anonymous by learning to protect your identity and focusing on cyber security practices such as scrubbing your photos of geographic data, hiding your face, and remembering not to share you address with stranger.
Cyber Safety
I personally recommend using the free program ExifCleaner to clean metadata from cell phone or digital cameras before posting them online, as this data can be used by malicious people to identify and dox activists. Using this program also gives the added benefit of reducing the size of files which may make them easier to upload to certain sites.
Maps
International
More People Care About Climate Change than You Think "The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share."
Organizations
North America
USA
Wild Ones "promotes native landscapes through education, advocacy, and collaborative action."
Grants & Funding
International
Animal Charity Evaluators "ACE Movement Grants (formerly “Effective Animal Advocacy Fund”) is for anyone who is interested in making the animal advocacy movement more effective."
Farmed Animal Funders "Our group is open to all individuals and foundations giving more than $250,000 per year to end factory farming."
The Pollination Project (TPP) "is a vegan foundation that offers seed funding to grassroots activists working to build a kinder, more compassionate world for human & non-human animals.
TPP focuses on early stage ideas and funds individuals directly. Over the years, they’ve seen the power of bottom-up, community-led grassroots activism. Through “pollination philanthropy”– a democratic model of peer-to-peer decision-making — TPP works with a global network of grantees, community partners, and volunteer advisors to identify extraordinary project leaders who, due to the grassroots nature of their work, are often not in a position to receive funding from other foundations or institutions.
They make micro grants 365 days a year to grassroots global change agents and have a growing global community of 4,500 grassroots leaders in 150 countries. They support vegan outreach projects around the world, and have a special program for farmed animal activists in Brazil, India and Mexico. Their goal is to offer not just seed funding, but capacity-building support and connectivity with other activists working in the same geographic or issue area."VegFund "offers grants to help you do just that! VegFund accepts applications for funding outreach in three areas: Community Events, Special Projects, and Online Campaigns."
North America
Food for Thought "We have several grant opportunities to help you make these goals a reality!"
USA
A Well Fed World "Apply for a grant to support your plant-based feeding, farming and/or advocacy."
Eat The Change "ETC Impact™ is a grant program working to promote and expand access to climate-friendly foods. We're donating more than $1.25 million over three years to support a diverse group of changemaking nonprofit organizations."
Dream.Org Empathy Network Leadership Fund "The Justice team at Dream.Org is looking to partner with directly impacted leaders at the state and local levels. The Dream.Org Empathy Network Leadership Fund is an opportunity to apply for a grant of up to $2,500 to support your activism. And the sky’s the limit!"
Justice Innovation Prize "is an open call for innovative, impactful, feasible, and scalable ideas to end the cycle of mass incarceration. The Justice Innovation Prize Pitch competition is free and open to the public. Watch the Justice Innovation Prize Documentary."
Oceana
Australia
Western Australia
The Sustainability Grants Program (in the City of Cockburn) "offers funding for projects related to six sustainability themes. Open to small businesses, schools, not-for-profits, and collective households, successful applicants can receive up to $4,000 for their project."