Animal rights, service organizations (e.g. Rotary Club (not of the same size, just an example of a service organization), churches, issue-focused groups (e.g. anti-abortion, Palestine solidarity groups), Marxism, Objectivism, women’s rights groups, etc. A lot of other social justice groups. You could also even include hobby groups (e.g. a local soccer club).
Note that there are obvious differences with any of these groups (e.g. churches are local, EA is global), but there are meaningful similarities (e.g. a local EA chapter is similar to a local Marxism chapter).
I think EA could gain a lot from strengthening these support systems, both in the global and local sense.
Animal rights, service organizations (e.g. Rotary Club (not of the same size, just an example of a service organization), churches, issue-focused groups (e.g. anti-abortion, Palestine solidarity groups), Marxism, Objectivism, women’s rights groups, etc. A lot of other social justice groups. You could also even include hobby groups (e.g. a local soccer club).
Note that there are obvious differences with any of these groups (e.g. churches are local, EA is global), but there are meaningful similarities (e.g. a local EA chapter is similar to a local Marxism chapter).
I think EA could gain a lot from strengthening these support systems, both in the global and local sense.