Those are some really good suggestions- thank you! I like the idea of a recurring donation. Right now I am contemplating giving up social media for Lent. The only thing I “need” it for is for some of my kids classes where the parent communication mainly happens on Facebook.

@Sarah – that is hard when there is something you care about immensely. What I’ve seen some people do is give monthly recurring donations to 2-3 groups doing work in the space that you know are doing good work. You can trust that they are going to use your money wisely, and if there is some new way your money would be helpful, they will be on it. You can also set a certain time budget, like I’m going to devote 1-2 hours per week to this cause. Each week you can think about what you want to do – but aim more for pro-active than just responding to whatever people are posting online. Like you identify a few legislators and write them this week and then next week some others and then the week after that you do something else. You’ll feel like you’re doing what you can to make a difference, but you aren’t giving it time you don’t have.