BeingGreat

Let's take steps to actually be great. There are a lot of time being spent on social media complaining, tweeting and refreshing.

Here is a partial list of organizations that are fighting the good fight. You can actually help.

Please find those that resonate with you, donate time, money, or both.

Politics/Anti-corruption

Represent.Us
OurRevolution (Sanders campaign spinoff).
Your state senators and federal representatives - time to start paying attention to what they're doing. Call them up.
Support investigative journalism:
- New York Times
- Washington Post
- ProPublica
- Poynter Institute
- The Atlantic
- Other local and national newspapers that you feel will hold government accountable via non-partisan reporting.

Environmental Voter Project: contribute to this bi-partisan effort to get voters who consider the environment to be their 1st or 2nd priority to vote. Turns out they don't vote.
350.org - grassroots organizers for climate action.
NRDC Natural Resources Defense Counsel
Earthjustice - lawyers for Earth
Center for Biological Diversity (species + habitat preservation)
Mass Energy - group buy-in for an electric car program + other clean energy
Mothers Out Front - moms for a livable planet
NPCA National Parks Conservation Association
The Nature Conservancy - restores/preserves ecologically valuable places worldwide.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund - The political/legal wing of the Planned Parenthood organization.
Planned Parenthood - the women's health provider
NARAL - ProChoiceAmerica
Center for Reproductive Rights - global org for women's reproductive rights

Thanks to my friend Daria Mark for putting the initial list together and allowing me to publish it.