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As employees, we all need to be mindful of how our organizations value and protect the environment. However, some are caught between their professions and their desire to keep the earth safe from non-earth-friendly practices that their workplaces practice.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) connects with these employees and protects them from discrimination in the workplace.

Find out how you can help PEER protect these public employees doing their part to save the planet. 

Want to support PEER? https://www.peer.org/

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/public-employees-for-environmental-responsibility/

Criminal justice reform, climate change and inclusiveness in the tech sector are extremely important topics in today’s society. These are pressing issues that need to be addressed.

Dream Corps advocates for a more humane justice system, sustainable and energy friendly solutions, and inclusivity in the tech sector.  

Find out how you can be part of making a positive change in society.

Want to support Dream Corps? https://www.thedreamcorps.org/

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/dream-corps/

We all deserve basic necessities such as food, clothing & shelter. But in the pandemic, hundreds of families found themselves jobless and unable to have these basic needs met everyday.

Alive! Is an organization that provides these basic needs to the ailing people of Alexandria.. 

Find out how you can help these families pull through one of the toughest times in recent history

Want to support Alive? https://www.alive-inc.org/

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/alive/

As of 2020, there are nearly 800,000 individuals in New Jersey still living in poverty. Factors such as lack of generational wealth, high cost of housing and income inequality prevent people from making meaningful change in their lives in the financial and social sense.

United Community Corporation is an organization that takes individuals from dependency to self-sufficiency. 

Find out how you can help those that are in need break free from this cycle of dependency. 

Want to support United Community Corporation? https://uccnewark.org/

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/united-community-corporation/ 

1 in 2 adults in the US has experienced a family member being incarcerated. However, not all those who are in prison are truly guilty or deserve their sentences. The justice system is sometimes skewed too far against the accused. 

Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) is an organization that seeks to temper the law and advocate impartial and individualized justice. 

Find out how you can help balance the law and treat the accused more humanely.

Want to support FAMM? https://famm.org/

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/famm/

Roughly 1 million immigrants come to the US every year. However, the country has finite resources, and immigration rates need to be taken into account. 

NumbersUSA is a organization that champions the cause of immigration reform based on economic stability and growth. 

Find out how you can take part in this cause to better immigration by holding your leaders accountable.  

Want to support NumbersUSA? https://www.numbersusa.com/  

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/numbersusa/

Mental health is such an important topic in today’s world, and how we take care of those who suffer from mental illnesses is an ongoing conversation that we need to keep talking about. To this day, some patients still receive needlessly cruel and outdated treatments that serve no purpose. 

Citizens Commission on Human Rights is a mental health watchdog that prevents mental health treatment malpractice. 

Find out how you can help in ending old, barbaric mental health treatment practices. 

Want to support CCHR? https://www.cchr.org/

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/citizens-commission-on-human-rights/

In 2020, over 1600 horses were live-shipped to Japan from Canada for slaughter and human consumption.  In addition, every year Canada slaughters between 20,000 and 30,000 horses domestically, with their meat shipped to Europe and Asia for human consumption.

Canadian Horse Defence Coalition is an organization that advocates against the consumption and export of horse meat.

Find out how you can save our equine friends with a little bit of your help.

Want to support CHDC? https://canadianhorsedefencecoalition.org/ 

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/canadian-horse-defense-coalition/ 

Child welfare is an incredibly important initiative globally. Children deserve all the protection and love that they can get. However, child abuse and neglect still happen every day, and it needs to be addressed and prevented.

The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has been working to prevent child abuse and neglect for more than a century.

Find out how you can make the world a little bit safer everyday for children.

Want to support NYSPCC? https://nyspcc.org/ 

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/new-york-society-for-the-prevention-of-cruelty-to-children/ 

Progeria is an ultra rare genetic condition. Sufferers age extremely rapidly and usually die within 20 years. Before the turn of the millenium, almost nothing was known about the disease, which is also called Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome.

The Progeria Research Foundation is spearheading the search for a cure.

Find out how you can help fund research that drastically improves the quality of life of Progeria children.

Want to support the Progeria Research Foundation? https://www.progeriaresearch.org/ 

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/progeria-research-foundation/