8 ways to meaningfully support social justice movements

Getting involved in social justice can be overwhelming. There are so many causes you can get behind, varieties of movements, tricky vocabulary words and big names to know — and that can make it difficult to know where to start.

But that shouldn’t prevent you from joining a movement that revolves around an issue you’re passionate about. The first step is showing up.

Jenn Li, a Washington, D.C.-based activist, started in high school simply by going to organizing meetings her teacher told her about.

“I just showed up,” Li tells Mashable. “They always had a plan, so I could just follow along and be helpful.” Read more…