Local groups have an opportunity to do much more than just creating and connecting local effective altruists.
Being local to a place, we have special knowledge and influence.
A few ideas:
Fundraising for effective charities: Being local, we can promote effective organisations to local rich people.
Help existing local organisations to be more effective.
Manage a small fund and be forced to actually live and think through the challenges of prioritization.
Local groups have an opportunity to do much more than just creating and connecting local effective altruists. Being local to a place, we have special knowledge and influence. A few ideas:
Fundraising for effective charities: Being local, we can promote effective organisations to local rich people.
Help existing local organisations to be more effective.
Manage a small fund and be forced to actually live and think through the challenges of prioritization.
Anything else?
See this post on “local priorities research” for more ideas. The author shares this “non-exhaustive list of examples”:
Thanks, that’s exactly what I’ve been looking for! :)