1. Change.org: A social (action) network, founded in 2005 and launched in 2007 (in its first version), that hopes to serve “as the central platform informing and empowering movements for social change around the most important issues of our time.” The site is busy (in a good way), very attractive, easy to navigate and feature filled, but not loaded down.

Change.org is ready for your input as much as it is ready to connect you to many different causes. Just a sampling of the causes featured on Change.org is Autism, End Human Trafficking, Sustainable Food, Social Entrepreneurship, Animal Rights, Gay Rights, Education, Immigration, and Fair Trade. Each cause has it’s own section on the site, guided by a dedicated editor who regularly posts updates, important news and opportunities for people interested in that cause.

People like you and me aren’t the only people who create profiles on Change.org. Non-Profit organizations can also register and create profiles, raise funds and receive donations. Members can support the organizations in addition to being an advocate for the cause that organization fights for.

Like all good social networks, Change.org provides is the ability to easily locate and hook-up with like-minded people. Advo Care, for example, is a non-profit dedicated to helping “reduce the reliance on incarceration in order to improve public safety,” according to their page on Change.org. A look-see of the Google map shows all of Advo Care’s supporters across the country, including those who are already your friends on Change.org.

Over all a very cool site. I’m excited to see how people will make it something even better. It has great potential. The key for the people behind Change.org is to see how they can inspire their members to take action both on and offline as well as how they can draw in new members and expose them to issues they knew nothing about.

2. Internet access key to social justice: Infoxchange of Australia aims to enforce social justice by connecting people in low-income communities with internet access.

3. Bobo’s Blueprint for Boosting Economic Justice: Review of Wage Theft in America by Kim Bobo, author of Organizing for Social Change.

4. Virginia organization looking for interns: Virginia Organizing Project, a grass roots organization that challenges injustice is hiring interns to canvas communities to find ways to improve neighborhoods

5. Purpose Prize Award of $100K to Social Justice Innovators Over 60: The Purpose Prize, a three-year initiative to invest in older social innovators by recognizing outstanding achievements, creating a network of people wanting to use their retirement years for the greater good, and channeling funds and assistance to these new pioneers.

6. Young Muslim Activists Launch Global Peace Movement: (excerpt from the VOA News article) Just four days before President Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., on January 20th, an international group of young Muslim activists gathered in Doha, Qatar, to launch what they described as a global Muslim movement for peace, justice and the common good.

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