GIVING TUESDAY: We’ve had Black Friday and Cyber Monday, so now it’s time for Giving Tuesday. Observed annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, according to givingtuesday.org,
“GivingTuesday is a movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity around the world.
GivingTuesday reimagines a world built upon shared humanity and generosity.
Our global network collaborates year-round to inspire generosity around the world, with a common mission to build a world where generosity is part of everyday life.
Whether it’s making someone smile, helping a neighbor or stranger out, showing up for an issue or people we care about, or giving some of what we have to those who need our help, every act of generosity counts, and everyone has something to give.
GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea — a day that encourages people to do good — born and incubated at the 92nd Street Y and its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City. GivingTuesday is now an independent nonprofit and a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity.
Radical generosity, the site declares, is the concept that the suffering of others should be as intolerable to us as our own suffering.
The site continues, “Generosity is uplifting, generative, equalizing, and connecting. We believe that each and every act of generosity is a worthy act in and of itself. In this work, generosity is the primary means and the primary end: GivingTuesday unleashes generosity to drive generosity. Generosity is GivingTuesday’s universal rallying cry and the foundation of our strategies.”
