Take action
Oxfam America depends on concerned citizens like you to increase the public's understanding of our issues and campaigns.To help you promote these issues locally, we provide a variety of materials and tools that you can use online or download from our website. There has never been a better time to get involved!
One in six people worldwide now suffers from chronic hunger. Inequality—coupled with the global economic downturn—is driving up the number of people in poverty.
The trend can seem unstoppable, but one person can make a difference. When you pledge to ACT FAST with Oxfam, you're joining a movement to beat poverty that could grow even faster than poverty. Each step builds on the power of numbers. And each person who takes the pledge brings us closer to our goal. 1, 10, 100: You're part of something bigger.
Learn more about each of Oxfam America's campaigns and take action with tools and resources you can use to make a difference.
Climate Change
Oxfam is campaigning to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, and increase funding so that poor people can survive the effects of global warming.
Aid Reform
Oxfam America seeks to increase the effectiveness of US foreign aid by placing the voices and priorities of poor people at the center of aid policy and practice.
Right to Know, Right to Decide
Oxfam is campaigning to support the rights of communities located on or near mined resources to determine if, when, and how mines can operate.
Taking action in your community during humanitarian emergencies can make an enormous difference. Oxfam has developed a number of tools and resources to help you organize events and educate others.
In key cities across the US, people are connecting with Oxfam America's global reach through the Oxfam Action Corps. Volunteers with the Oxfam Action Corps lead a coordinated charge to improve national legislation and deepen local community resources for fighting poverty and injustice.
Students across the United States want to learn more about poverty, globalization, and issues related to social and economic injustice. Oxfam America offers young people a wide range of opportunities to become better educated and join the fight against global poverty and injustice around the world.
CHANGE Initiative
US college students entering their sophomore or junior year can take advantage of Oxfam America's leadership training and become skilled and knowledgeable agents of change.
Oxfam Clubs
Oxfam America Clubs and affiliate groups are independent student organizations that support the work of Oxfam America through actions, campaigns, and events. Oxfam supplies these organizations with materials, research, and ideas to create real change in their local communities and the world.
We believe music can change the world. Do you? If so, it’s time to make some noise. Join Oxfam and our network of volunteers—along with musicians and bands like Coldplay, WILCO, Angelique Kidjo, and Arcade Fire—in a global movement to overcome poverty and injustice.
Take the pledge and help us beat hunger and poverty.