I think we’re in such an early stage with limited access to data that my intuition is—make some experiments and monitor closely, plus look for ‘meta’ opportunities that multiply impact—giving to ActBlue itself to scale up is a bet that they will facilitate a lot more than the tens of millions of $ they have raised already, and is acknowledging that better opportunities may arise in the near future (but will still be funded through that platform)
In terms of personal, counterfactual donations in addition to my ‘normal’ EA donations this year, to facilitate a conversation about this issue, I have:
donated $50 to ActBlue’s 11 suggested orgs on their recent post “Support orgs fighting against racism and police brutality” https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ab_mn … these include: Black Lives Matter Global Network Reclaim the Block National Bail Out Black Visions Collective NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund The National Police Accountability Project Color of Change Education Fund Unicorn Riot Campaign Zero Advancement Project The Marshall Project
Edit: My intuition is that US criminal justice dysfunction is an undervalued global risk, as it contributes to political instability, but I would very much welcome more careful thought into why that may or may not be the case :)
I think we’re in such an early stage with limited access to data that my intuition is—make some experiments and monitor closely, plus look for ‘meta’ opportunities that multiply impact—giving to ActBlue itself to scale up is a bet that they will facilitate a lot more than the tens of millions of $ they have raised already, and is acknowledging that better opportunities may arise in the near future (but will still be funded through that platform)
In terms of personal, counterfactual donations in addition to my ‘normal’ EA donations this year, to facilitate a conversation about this issue, I have:
donated $50 to ActBlue, to support their operations and technical services. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportactblue
donated $50 to ActBlue’s 11 suggested orgs on their recent post “Support orgs fighting against racism and police brutality” https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ab_mn … these include: Black Lives Matter Global Network
Reclaim the Block
National Bail Out
Black Visions Collective
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
The National Police Accountability Project
Color of Change Education Fund
Unicorn Riot
Campaign Zero
Advancement Project
The Marshall Project
Edit: My intuition is that US criminal justice dysfunction is an undervalued global risk, as it contributes to political instability, but I would very much welcome more careful thought into why that may or may not be the case :)