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Get involved. Make your voice heard and effect change in your neighborhood, your community, our
world. Below are several online resources for finding one-time and ongoing activist and volunteer
opportunities* nationwide.
Search for volunteer opportunities near you.
Volunteermatch.org links volunteers with opportunities in their area that match their interests. Simply plug in your location and discover unique ways you can make a difference from the nearly 1,800 volunteer opportunities from more than 700 Bay Area nonprofits. Already involved? Your organization can also post opportunities for more dedicated people like you.
http://ruckus.volunteermatch.org/
Idealist.org
Idealist.org offers an online database of 20,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 150 countries and a list of volunteer opportunities abroad. They also offer an online Nonprofit Career Center with hundreds of job and internship listings.
http://www.idealist.org/
International Year of Volunteers 2001
The International Year of Volunteers 2001 (IYV) Web site is a gateway to volunteer activities, stories, resources, event materials and contact information.
http://www.iyv2001.org/
* Although the terms are often used separately here, all volunteerism works toward healthier communities and a better way of life and is, therefore, a form of activism.
Organizations Involved in the Anti-Globalization Movement
http://www.50years.org
http://www.a16.org
http://www.d2kla.org
http://www.directactionnetwork.org
http://www.indymedia.org
http://www.infoshop.org
http://www.justact.org
http://www.ran.org
http://www.stopftaa.org
http://www.thepartysover.org
General Activist Resources Online
2-Minute Activist
http://www.aauw.org/5000/2min.html
The 2-Minute Activist is perfect for people in a hurry, who want to help make the world better. Its semi-weekly actions can all be done by phone or e-mail. Check out the random URL generator.
Act Up
http://www.actupny.org/documents/CDdocuments/CDindex.html
This site contains civil disobedience training manuals and several pages describing some of the history, theory and practice of civil disobedience.
AlterNet.org
http://www.alternet.org/
AlterNet.org is a new online magazine, information source and community that combines quality journalism, public-interest content, interactivity, passionate advocacy and links to useful resources.
Civic Network
http://www.civic.net:2401/
The Civic Network is an evolving collection of online resources dedicated to supporting civic life and citizen participation. The Civic Network is a project of the Center for Civic Networking in collaboration with a growing number of individuals and organizations.
Get Active
http://www.greenpeace.org.au/getactive/
This site contains all you need to know about setting up and managing your own social and environmental campaigns, including tips on how to get started, fund-raise, and avoid burnout. Information is drawn from the experience of Greenpeace Australia campaigners with contributions from a range of environmental and social change activists.
NetChange
http://www.ibiblio.org/netchange/
This Web project is designed to increase the presence of progressive student activists online. One helpful feature is the Activism Now! bulletins to alert young activists on ways they can take action and effect change directly from their computer terminal.
ProActivist
http://www.proactivist.com/
This site is dedicated to photographically documenting progressive protests and demonstrations and assisting activists with their efforts.
Progressive Directory
http://www.igc.apc.org/
The Institute for Global Communications presents the Progressive Directory-- the Web home of the IGC Networks and your gateway to environmental and progressive resources worldwide. The Institute for Global Communications serves to expand and inspire movements for environmental sustainability, human and workers rights, nonviolent conflict resolution, social and economic justice, and women's equality by providing and developing accessible computer networking tools.
Progressivelinks.com
http://www.progressivelinks.com/
This site provides links to information about world peace, justice and the environment.
Ruckus Society
http://www.ruckus.org
The Ruckus Society provides training in the skills of nonviolent civil disobedience to help environmental and human rights organizations achieve their goals. Check out their training manuals on media, climbing, and climbers’ knots, hanging from a billboard, planning actions, scouting, and using a video camera.
The Virtual Activist
http://www.netaction.org/training/
This is an online manual for using the Web to campaign.
WebActive
http://www.webactive.com/
WebActive is a new, weekly Web publication designed to keep you up-to-date on the latest in activism and progressive politics on the Internet. WebActive helps you navigate the tremendous web of information that has been spun by the growth of the Internet. WebActive also helps you plug in to activist opportunities so you can have a direct impact and make a difference.
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