Community health
Community health and special projects
Our team aims to strengthen the effective altruism community’s ability to fulfill its potential for impact, and to address problems that could prevent that.
If you’ve noticed a problem in the community, we want to help
What we do
Ways we support the community
Specific situations
We advise community members who have encountered conflicts, unfair treatment, or other problems affecting their involvement with EA.
Navigating risks
We've advised on preventing problems when risks might be higher, for example if projects involve political work, or programs for high schoolers.
Organizational health
We advise organizations, events and groups in EA on establishing a good culture and dealing with problems that come up in their spaces.
Our approach
How we approach our work
We want to help
If you’ve experienced a problem in the community, we’re here to help. We know it can be intimidating to discuss something bad that’s happened. We will take your story seriously. More about our approach here.
Dealing with messy realities
We know problems can be complicated, and they often involve conflicting incentives and strong feelings.
Risk assessment
We help projects reduce risks while preserving the upsides of their work, recognizing that some risks are more worthwhile than others.
Our writing
We have advice and resources on a variety of topics
Power dynamics between people in EA
This post explores how power dynamics can impact the way people interact in the EA community and offers some suggestions for addressing any negative effects that may arise.
1 June, 2022
Things to check about a job or internship
A lot of great projects have started in informal ways: a startup in someone’s garage, or a scrappy project run by volunteers. Sometimes people jump into these and are happy they did so.
12 February, 2024
Correctly Calibrated Trust
This post comes from finding out that Asya Bergal was having thoughts about this and was maybe going to write a post, thoughts I was having along similar lines, and a decision to combine energy and use the strategy fortnight as an excuse to get something out the door. A lot of this is written out of notes I took from a call with her, so she gets credit for a lot of the concrete examples and the impetus for writing a post shaped like this.
23 June, 2023
