hey guys
i'm writing cause i have a kinda tricky task i'm tryna figure out. Part of our get involved section will feature a whole bunch of resources (websites, books, and organizations)for getting involved in just about any issues you can think of, all somehow organized into some easily system. One issue is that lots of things fit into multiple categories. What we could do is tag each resource with several labels that would show up in multiple catagories. But that's not the real issue. what's hard is looking at all the movements, problems, and issues in the world and trying to come up with a brief list of categories they can fall under. It would be cool have some input on this...
I pulled all the categories they have on idealist.org. I think the list is way too long for our purposes, but it could give us some ideas...
Art, Architecture, Music
Children and Youth
Communications Access and Infrastructure
Community Building and Renewal
Community Service and Volunteering
Computers and Technology
Consumer Protection
Crime, Safety, and Victims’ Issues
Disability Issues
Disaster Relief
Economic Development
Education and Academia
Energy Conservation and Green Living
Environment and Ecology
Family and Parenting
Farming and Agriculture
Foundations, Fundraising, and Philanthropy
Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Trans Issues
Government Oversight and Reform
Health and Medicine
Health, Mental
Housing and Homelessness
Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Immigration
International Cooperation
International Relations
Job Training and Workplace Issues
Law and Legal Assistance
Library or Resource Center
Media and Journalism
Men's Issues
Microcredit
Multi-Service Community Agency
Museums and Historical Societies
Network of Nonprofit Organizations
Peace, War, and Conflict Resolution
Personal Finance
Politics
Poverty and Hunger
Prison Reform
Professional association
Race and Ethnicity
Recovery, Addiction and Abuse
Religion, Spiritual, and Metaphysical Issues
Research and Science
Rural Issues
Seniors and Retirement Issues
Social Enterprise and Economic Development
Sports, Recreation, and Leisure
Travel and Transportation
Urban Affairs
Veterans’ Issues
Victim Support Services
Voting, Democracy, and Civic Engagement
Wildlife and Animal Welfare
Women's Issues


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