Projects with Clear Short-Term Goals

These projects all have short-term goals. Ideally each contributes to a campaign with a clear, well-defined path to a goal. Ideally, there are targets—people, institutions—that the project (and/or campaign) pressures and which, if pressured, can help achieve the goal.
Fashion Designers Join the Fight Against COVID-19 By Pivoting to Mask Production
Practitioner:
Fashion Designers, Christian Siriano, Christina Karin Monley, Luxury Fashion Houses and Factories
Date:
Mar 20 2020

Fashion designers from L.A. to Milan are picking up their shears in solidarity to do their part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to at-risk patients and primary care providers.

Lifeline for Domestic Violence Survivors Isolating with Abusers During Stay at Home Orders
Practitioner:
Women Helping Women
Date:
Apr 14 2020

The message we keep hearing over and over again from government and health officials is that it’s imperative to practice social distancing during the COVID-19 crisis: To benefit public health, we have to stay at home. But what if your home isn’t a safe space?

‘Earth Day Sing Out’ supports climate activism, local musicians
Practitioner:
Davis Independent Music Initiative
Date:
Apr 22 2020

The community is invited to join with local climate activists in the “Earth Day Sing Out” from noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

The event is designed to call for an economic stimulus to help prevent future climate crisis.

Emergency Fund for Trans Community Amid COVID-19
Practitioner:
LGBT Center Intercultural Collective Inc and Lorena Borjas Community Fund
Date:
Mar 17 2020

During the current COVID-19 outbreak in New York, many transgender people are experiencing a loss of income that, over the next few days, may increase dramatically.

Protest at Howard County Detention Center calls for release of immigrants amid coronavirus outbreak
Practitioner:
Organizers from CASA, Doctors for Camp Closure, Takoma Park Mobilization Equal Justice Committee, Immigrant Justice & COVID-19
Date:
Mar 29 2020

A group of organizers came together Sunday afternoon at the Howard County Detention Center to protest the detention of immigrants charged with civil infractions, along with all nonviolent offenders, who they say are at greater risk of contracting the coronavirus inside the facility.

With #FrontlineHouses, a Phoenix Nurse Is Connecting Hospital Workers With Housing
Practitioner:
Jason Odhner
Date:
Mar 17 2020

A 43-year-old ICU nurse, Jason Odhner is, as one might imagine, awfully busy these days. He works at several local hospitals, is the co-founder of a health-justice nonprofit called Phoenix Allies for Community Health, and he recently started an initiative called #FrontlineHouses, which is connecting health care workers with housing during the coronavirus pandemic.

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