The Good Work runs on people who keep it.
Everything here is free, and it stays that way because people help in small ways: saying the Accord out loud, buying a book or a sticker, or lending a skill. Pick whichever fits.
Say it out loud
The simplest way to help is to say, in public, that you keep the Accord. Most people agree with it the moment they read it. They just haven't heard of it yet.
Option A: Tell one person
The Good Work begins with one good conversation. The most powerful way to introduce these ideas is through a personal, one-to-one message. We've written a starter email you can copy and send to a friend, family member, or colleague who you believe is also seeking clarity.
Clicking this will open your default email client with a pre-written message ready for you to personalize and send.
Option C: Download Shareable Graphics Kit
Download quote cards and the spiral, sized for social media. Badges and avatars with copy-and-paste code are at goodworkmovement.org/spiral.
Option B: Post it
Post it where your people are. Copy the line below, or put the spiral badge on your profile, website or email signature. Badges, avatars and copy-and-paste code are free at goodworkmovement.org/spiral.
Copy and post the following to the social media you engage with the most:
I keep the Accord. Hold me to it. It’s common decency, written down: spare needless suffering, tell the truth with care, respect every mind, use power and freedom with restraint, repair what you break, leave the world better than you found it. Disagreeing is a conversation. Cruelty is a line. goodworkmovement.org/the-accord
Buy something good
Book and merch sales pay for the site, the free Toolkit and the next book.
Read the books
The Humanual is a funny, fact-checked owner’s manual for being a human, in five volumes. The Good Work is the short book that started it all.
Wear the spiral
Stickers, magnets, caps and tees with the spiral. Each one is printed when you order it, and people will ask what it means.
Lend a skill
If you have a skill and a few spare hours, we'd be glad of the help. Tell us what you're good at.
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The Digital Intelligence Annex is our arsenal of proof. We need detail-oriented volunteers to help find, verify, and summarize primary sources (academic studies, government reports, investigative journalism) to build out the "proof points" for our books and articles.
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Do you have a clear, powerful writing voice? We need volunteer writers and editors to help articulate this standard across all platforms, from blog posts that challenge harmful dogmas to materials that support our growing community of practice.
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We need to translate our ideas into visually compelling graphics for social media, quote cards, infographics, and downloadable PDFs. If you can create clean, impactful designs that align with our ethos, your volunteer design skills are invaluable.
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As we grow, we will need volunteers with experience in community moderation and web and tech support. If you have skills in these areas, let us know so we can keep you in mind.
Volunteer Application
Fund the Work
Donations pay for hosting, tools and printing proofs. Most of our funding comes from book and merch sales, and we'd like to keep it that way.
A Note on Our Status: The Good Work is currently a self-funded project and is not a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We believe in full transparency, so it is important for you to know that your generous contribution is considered a personal gift to support this work and is not tax-deductible.
By contributing, you acknowledge that The Good Work is not a registered non-profit and that your contribution is a personal gift and is not eligible for a tax deduction.