Posts by GO Humanity
Homelessness and the Fear of Standing Out
By Zephyr-Rose Poe I’ve loved having funky glasses since I first began wearing them at the age of 7. When I discovered that I could buy rainbow glasses, I was ecstatic. I’m on my third pair. When I moved to Orlando, I came with the assumption that it was an extremely queer-friendly city. When I…
Read MoreWe just added two new teams to our Food Security Project!
We’re thrilled to announce the addition of two new teams to our Food Security Project! These local groups—most of which are part of our GO Teams volunteer network—will now be eligible for grants to sustain and expand their work feeding people in their communities.
Read MoreDonate to respond to the Jackson, MI water crisis
In Jackson, Mississippi, access to clean, safe water has been an ongoing nightmare. In a city that is nearly 85% Black, a legacy of environmental racism has left the city’s water infrastructure unfunded and woefully inadequate. Now, record flooding across the Deep South has overwhelmed Jackson’s water treatment facilities, indefinitely leaving 150,000 residents without clean…
Read More“You have that look of a homeless person.”
Zephyr-Rose Poe is a queer, disabled, unhoused person who has recently moved cross-country to the Orlando-area. Zephyr has previously written and published two books: A Butterfly’s Wings, a book of poetry centered around feminism, queerness, and mental health, as well as The Adventure of It All, a two-part memoir about traveling around the world in…
Read MoreHelp us pack thousands of meals in one day!
Food banks across the country are reporting record demand for their services, but a severe shortage of volunteers and food. In 2019, we joined with Black Nonbelievers to pack over 11,000 meals in one day for a local food bank. We’re organizing the event again as part of the Sept. 30th – Oct. 2nd Women…
Read MoreJuly Service Team Roundup!
Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 25 events in July, serving 13,300 individual beneficiaries and giving out 5,336 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams (GO Teams) held 11 more service events.
Read MoreResist Putin’s Famine!
Vladmir Putin is using famine as a weapon of war. He hopes western nations will stop supporting Ukraine when they see millions threatened with starvation. Right now, Russian blockades and nationalistic export bans are causing extreme food crises, with the poorest countries faring worst.
Read MoreJune Service Team Roundup!
Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 25 events in June, serving 13,569 individual beneficiaries and giving out 4,696 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams (GO Teams) held 18 more service events.
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2021-2022 Heart of Humanism Award Winners
GO Humanity out the Heart of Humanism awards every year to recognize sterling service by individuals and volunteer teams our who have made extraordinary contributions to compassionate humanism. We’re thrilled to announce winners in the following categories, who will each receive a grant ranging from $50 to $500 to increase the impact of their work. The…
Read MoreImpact Numbers Are In For Secular Week of Action!
We just finished our annual report on Secular Week of Action (SWoA), which took place April 29th to May 8th this year!
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