Fuck depression / self hatred / self loathing!

Turn that anger outward toward the society that has oppressed you.

Or rather, the social issues that make it such a shitty place to live in.

Then use that anger to motivate you to do something non-violent but constructive to change things for the better.

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Here's a list of suggestions for ways to get involved, ranging from the obvious to the obscure.

GET INVOLVED
Vote:
Register to vote
National polling locations
Breakdown of each candidate
Host a voter registration drive

Join a national committee:
Green National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Libertarian National Committee
Republican National Committee

Join a political action group:
Browse RiseUp listserves
Find meetings on Yahoo! Groups
Find groups on Meetup.com
Join an affinity group
Join a political satire group
List of progressive organizations
Attend Congress
Unionize
Petition
Strike
Boycott
Protest
Participate in town meetings
Attend public hearings
Get a show on public access TV
Greening your business

VOICE YOUR OPINIONS
Contact your elected officials:
How to lobby
Address and phone number lookup
Host letter-writing parties

Contact media organizations:
National radio show directory
National news organization directory
Write letters to editors
Write to prisoners
Write on paper money
Introduce yourself to your neighbors

Leave thoughtful messages around town:
As bookmarks in library books
As letters in sea bottles
As time capsules in buildings
As chalk on pavement
As drawings on the beach
As posts on Craigslist
As stickers on parking meters

SUPPORT A CAUSE
Independent and locally owned businesses
Independent Media
Fair trade products
Union-made products
Farmers Markets
Community Supported Agriculture
Food Not Bombs
Homeless work incentives
Educational TV
Documentary films
Conscious consumption
Effective waste management
Sustainable farming/animal welfare
Tap water vs. bottled water
Bicycle collectives
Your local infoshop

Click to donate services:
What are click to donate services?
The Hunger Site
The Breast Cancer Site
The Child Health Site
The Literacy Site
The Rainforest Site
The Animal Rescue Site
Good Search
FreeDonation.com
Care2

SPREAD THE WORD
Put up flyers:
How to create a flyer
How to make wheat paste

Put up stickers:
Design them yourself
Buy them
Print on address labels

Wear political shirts:
Design them online
Design them on your computer
Screenprint them yourself

Buy them from e-tailers:
No Sweat
Proletarian Threads
Ban T-Shirts
Fat American
newHumaniTEE
Northern Sun
Demockratees
Radical Rags

Make zines
Make highway signs
Wear a sandwich board
Host documentary screenings
Create and share uncommercials
Create political art
Create a thoughtful email signature
Leave political publications in waiting rooms
Advise your library on what to subscribe to
Give away free hugs

VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME
Join a non-profit:
Browse Idealist's 60,000+ entries
How to start a 501c3
Intern for your state government
Organize a food drive
Host an alternative gift fair
Table at public events

Do community service:
Tutor kids
Help the disabled
Read to the elderly
Promote local art programs

Use your imagination! The sky is the limit!

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Edit: I am aware that most of these apply to people living in the US.

For those in other nations, similar options are probably available but you may have to do some Googling for the equivalent organizations/movements/resources.

This is a great post. I was in a humanitarian / social association at uni and it really helped me to deal with my personal issues at the time. And earlier this year I participated to Movember with some colleagues and it was rewarding too.

Why invest energy in a terminally ill culture that hates you? I support action, but I suggest action that will solve YOUR problems, not society's problems. In particular, look for a foreign wife and join a patriarchal religion. Then you will have a family and a culture worth investing in.

Not an easy task fschmidt. Also, it requires a great deal of endurance and compromise. I'm seriously considering it, but it's quite a radical change...