Care2 is a
social networking
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website that was founded by Randy Paynter in 1998. The goal of the site is to connect activists from around the world with other individuals, organizations and responsible businesses.
Overview
Care2 members create an
online identity
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by filling out a
profile with personal information, as in most social networking sites, but Care2 also asks for more information about its members' personal lives and involvement in
activism
Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make Social change, changes in society toward a perceived common good. Forms of activism range from ...
. The social interactions on Care2 revolve around groups that connect people who care about similar political and environmental issues. Members also often participate in
internet petitions
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and news articles posted by others.
History
Care2 has been used throughout the years to combat, through petitions, political, environmental and civil rights issues. Care2 was used by
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, American and British English spelling differences), many of the List of ...
playwrights and actors to petition Indiana's
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488 (November 16, 1993), codified at through (also known as RFRA, pronounced "rifra"), is a 1993 United States federal law that "ensures that interests in religio ...
.
Security breach
On December 28, 2011, hackers attacked, breached and accessed unencrypted password data on Care2 servers.
Website change
In August 2019, Groups, Healthy Living and Causes, C2NN, eCards, and Care2 Connect were eliminated.
Mention about "Important News From Care2"
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See also
* Click-to-donate site
A click-to-donate site is a website where users can click a button to generate a donation for a charity without spending any of their own money. The money for the donation comes from advertisers whose banners are displayed each time a user click ...
* List of social networking websites
A social networking service is an online platform that people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.
This is a li ...
* Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings. While environmentalism focuses more on the environmental and nature-related aspects of green ideology and politics, ecolog ...
* Change.org
* Avaaz
Avaaz is a US-based nonprofit organization launched in 2007 that promotes global activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, animal rights, corruption, poverty, and conflict. The word ''avaaz'' means 'voice' in several Asian and E ...
* Wiser.org
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.care2.com/
Blog hosting services
American social networking websites
Click-to-donate sites
Benefit corporations
Internet activism
Internet properties established in 1998
American fundraising websites