Make a difference: Where to volunteer if you’re unhappy with the presidential outcome

Frustrated with the election results? You can still lend a hand in supporting the issues that matter most to you by volunteering at these organizations.

As the dust settles from Election Day, you may be feeling a mix of emotions. But those important issues that drove you to the polls may still be at the top of your mind.

There are still opportunities for you to stand up for what you believe in and make your voice heard. 

In the coming weeks, we’ll be highlighting Pennsylvania organizations, nonprofits, and other groups you can support through volunteering your time and effort as a way to heal after such a divisive election. If there’s an organization you feel strongly about supporting, please let us know by emailing us at [email protected]. 

These organizations focus on voting, reproductive rights, and civil liberties. Contact them to learn about volunteer opportunities.

New Pennsylvania Project

The New Pennsylvania Project is a voting rights organization focused on voter registration, civic education, and mobilization. The organization focuses on historically disenfranchised and often neglected Black, Indigenous and other people of color/immigrant communities and in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Bucks, Dauphin, Cumberland, Lancaster, Allegheny, Berks, Lehigh, Monroe, and Northampton counties. 

ACLU Pennsylvania

The ACLU Pennsylvania is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to defending and protecting individual rights and personal freedoms. Through advocacy, education, and litigation, this organization works to preserve and promote civil liberties, including the freedom of speech, the right to privacy, reproductive freedom, and equal treatment under the law. 

Defense of Democracy

Defense of Democracy is a nonpartisan organization that educates the public about the value of inclusivity and the importance of emotional and physical safety for all individuals within the public-school and library systems. Defense of Democracy members represent all political leanings and work across party lines with the understanding that being American is not defined by race, religion, or sexual identity.

Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization that works to protect and expand access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and education. The organization operates health centers across the nation, including in Pennsylvania.

MomsRising

MomsRising is a national grassroots organization working to increase family economic security, to end discrimination against women and mothers, and to build a nation where both businesses and families can thrive. MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to women and families.