Since getting a decent job mid-year, in recent months I've been making a monthly donation to charity.
In October, I donated to the Young Women's Empowerment Project, a Chicago-based nonprofit that offers support, information, and counseling to girls and young women who are involved in sex work and street economies.
In November, I donated to Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource, Power to Women and Girls of DRC, a project that provides help to girls and women in Congo who are impacted by the country's ongoing civil war in which rape is used as a war tactic.
In December, inspired by Maud Newton, I donated to Girls Write Now, a New York City nonprofit that pairs at-risk high school girls who aspire to be writers with working women writer mentors. (Maud sits on their board of directors.)
If you think you don't have a lot, there's always someone else who has less. If you help any of these organizations or any others, I think you are awesome. Have a great weekend because it's too late in the year to have anything less.
