Giving Tuesday & Season of Giving List
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Because of the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, there are so many charitable organizations and communities in dire need of support and resources. Below, with a focus on combatting hunger and supporting farmworkers in the United States, we’ve listed some of our favorite organizations for Giving Tuesday. Want to add to this list? Send us a direct message, or leave us a comment, on Instagram @DearGirlFriday. We’ll make updates and add new categories you suggest throughout the 2020 Season of Giving.
Support Farmworkers and Combat Hunger
Masbia is a nonprofit soup kitchen network and food pantry that provides hot, nutritious meals for hundreds of New Yorkers facing food insecurity. In addition to a hot-meal program, Masbia gives out bags of groceries every week to those with inadequate food supplies.
United Farm Workers organizes in major agricultural sectors, with a special focus on California, protecting the rights of farmworkers. Founded in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Gilbert Padilla, the organization is “the nation’s first enduring and largest farm workers union.”
DC Central Kitchen is a nonprofit and social enterprise that combats hunger and poverty through job training and job creation. The organization provides hands-on culinary job training for individuals facing barriers to employment while creating living wage jobs and bringing nutritious food where it is most needed.
Farmworker Justice engages in litigation to advance employment rights and fix systemic labor abuses. Through community partnerships and advocacy, the organization also aims to improve occupational safety, health, and health care access for farmworkers.
Since 1973, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has distributed more than 1.2 billion pounds of food. With the help of 30,000 volunteers each year and an agency network of more than 600 partner agencies, they serve more than 300,000 people every month.
Protect Communities and the Environment from Harm
Through research, education, and community engagement, the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice works to improve the lives of children and families that are vulnerable to climate change and harmful pollution in the Gulf Coast Region.
The Indigenous Environmental Network’s site is currently under construction, but the donate link is still functioning. This grassroots network is comprised of Indigenous environmental justice activists. They advocate for environmental protection and have elevated their concerns on the international stage at the United Nations Climate Change Conferences.
Reform the Criminal Justice System and Fight for the Innocent
The Innocence Project’s mission is “to free the staggering number of innocent people who remain incarcerated, and to bring reform to the system responsible for their unjust imprisonment.” This is a huge undertaking that requires a considerable amount of support. Check out the story of their client Jaythan Kendrick who was just freed after being wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years.
The Art For Justice Fund “is disrupting mass incarceration by funding artists and advocates working together to reform our criminal justice system.” The Fund’s founder, Agnes Gund, was “inspired to take a stand against inequality in the criminal justice system after reading Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy and watching Ava DuVernay’s 13th.”