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Crafting for a Cause: Using Your Sewing, Knitting, and Crocheting Skills for People Experiencing Homelessness
I see you, fellow crafter. Like you, I’ve crocheted a hat for everyone in my family twice. We both may or may not have 100 masks in a box somewhere left over from the 7,000 we made during the height COVID. Perhaps you, too, have sewn a quilt or knitted a hat for every single…
Read MoreDecember Volunteer Network Roundup!
Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 49 events in December, serving 14,613 individual beneficiaries and giving out 5,632 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams held 12 more service events.
Read MorePeople with disabilities face unique challenges on the holidays
As I face my seventh Christmas with quadriplegia, I’m saddened as always that the holidays just aren’t the same. It’s not my disability that makes them any different, just the ways society excludes me with this power chair on my butt and no money in the bank.
Read MoreGet plantable ornaments and cards when you donate for the holidays
For our Annual Appeal, we have two ways you can seed local power in vulnerable communities—and seed beautiful wildflowers as our thank you! If you give more than $25 to our Annual Appeal, we’ll send you a plantable holiday ornament. Give $100, and get a box of holiday cards for your family and friends! These…
Read MoreThe Oppression of Thanksgiving and Ways to Decolonize It
One of GO Humanity’s main values is the concept of Shared Power, Local Power. We recognize that people impacted by hardship are experts in their own needs, and we center communities seeking liberation and empowerment. The below blog comes from a member of several such communities. The aroma of pumpkin, sweet potatoes, turkey and veggie…
Read MoreOctober Service Team Roundup!
Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 43 events in October, serving 13,910 individual beneficiaries and giving out 6,045 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams (GO Teams) held 12 more service events.
Read MoreSeptember Service Team Roundup!
Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 17 events in September, serving 12,837 individual beneficiaries and giving out 5,214 meals! (These numbers are not final—teams in Florida were granted an extension for September because of Hurricane Ian.) Additional GO Humanity Service Teams (GO Teams) held 12 more service events.
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August Service Team Roundup!
Teams in our Food Security Project (FSP) reported 33 events in August, serving 13,032 individual beneficiaries and giving out 13,032 meals! Additional GO Humanity Service Teams (GO Teams) held 14 more service events. Recognitions We just added two new teams to our Food Security Project: Susquehanna Valley Ethical Society and Atheists Helping the Homeless, DC!…
Read MoreHomelessness 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…
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