Sources of Inspiration for Spring 2026
Morgan Murrah
Local Goodness - Bellingham Food Bank
The Bellingham Food Bank is a major source of inspiration. They have been around a while and are very organized. During the tough times like cuts to SNAP recently they had to turn down applications for new volunteers and put in a staggered onboarding schedule because they were so popular and well supported. That is how much goodwill they have in the community they had to manage new applications for help!
I personally recommend people prioritize donating money rather than food goods. This gives them more purchasing power themselves to buy the food in ways they can be strategic. But a little donation of good quality requested food items would not harm at all.
There is also some opportunity to volunteer tech skills: https://cricketsandcomb.org/ has been doing some tech volunteering for the food bank and I have been a supporter.
Education and Peer Mentoring - IndieWebCamp
The IndieWeb community has been around for longer than a decade, and has a strong history as a school of thought and practical implementation of ways to be more independent on the web. They emphasize a lot of good qualities and practical advice about navigating the web.
I have personally taken a lot of inspiration from IndieWebCamp events such as the Homebrew Website Club video meetings. They are always so educational- and affirming of good qualities of websites that are not always requiring to be the new hot thing but rather something that works and is more independent.
Accessibility - IAAP
The International Association of Accessibility Professionals is a good thing to be part of. I get all kinds of inspiration from their own website, where they really really have to put their ideals into practice and be as assistive as possible.
Lots of other things I could comment on, that give me inspiration. But these three are inspiring.