outreach
Extending helping hands
Outreach is the effort to extend services or assistance beyond usual boundaries, especially to underserved populations: community outreach, voter outreach.
Organizations conduct outreach to connect with people who might not otherwise be reached: The clinic's outreach program provides care to homeless residents.
As a verb, outreach means to surpass in reaching: Her influence outreached his.
Promoting beliefs to others
- missionsAssigned important tasks
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- revivalReturn after decline
- crusadeZealous effort for change
proselytizing · witnessing · tract · testimony · fellowship · congregation · missionaries · gospel
Support or aid given
- aidSupport given freely
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- welfareComfort and prosperity
charity · humanitarian · relief · food bank · shelter · hotline · crisis · intervention
Commitment to wed or attend
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- involvementState of being engaged
participation · neighborhood · grassroots · local · door-to-door · townhall · liaison · inclusion
Advocating to decision-makers
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- activismDirect effort for reform
- petitionFormal written appeal
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
coalition · mobilization · rights · reform · legislation · policy · justice · constituent
Organized effort toward goal
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- educationSystematic development of mind
- informationKnowledge about something
messaging · sensitization · promotion · broadcasting · communication · exposure · enlightenment · PSA
Relationships between things
- contactsPeople you know professionally
- partnershipsFormal business alliances
- referralsDirected endorsements elsewhere
- introductionsInitial formal presentations
meetups · conferences · liaising · collaborating · forums · events · mixers · professional
Individual academic guidance
- workshopsGroup learning sessions
- seminarsStructured educational discussions
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
literacy · scholarship · STEM · after-school · enrichment · programming · curriculum · instruction
evangelism
Promoting beliefs to others
- missionsAssigned important tasks
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- revivalReturn after decline
crusade · proselytizing · witnessing · tract · testimony · fellowship · congregation · missionaries · gospel · discipleship
assistance
Support or aid given
- aidSupport given freely
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
welfare · charity · humanitarian · relief · food bank · shelter · hotline · crisis · intervention · mobile
engagement
Commitment to wed or attend
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
involvement · participation · neighborhood · grassroots · local · door-to-door · townhall · liaison · inclusion · accessibility
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- activismDirect effort for reform
- petitionFormal written appeal
grassroots · coalition · mobilization · rights · reform · legislation · policy · justice · constituent · testimony
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- educationSystematic development of mind
information · messaging · sensitization · promotion · broadcasting · communication · exposure · enlightenment · PSA · flyers
connections
Relationships between things
- contactsPeople you know professionally
- partnershipsFormal business alliances
- referralsDirected endorsements elsewhere
introductions · meetups · conferences · liaising · collaborating · forums · events · mixers · professional · business development
tutoring
Individual academic guidance
- workshopsGroup learning sessions
- seminarsStructured educational discussions
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
training · literacy · scholarship · STEM · after-school · enrichment · programming · curriculum · instruction · demonstrations
- civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
- church growthchurch growth, church planting, expansion, multiplication, growth strategies
- awareness campaignscampaigns, advocacy, education, PSA, awareness month
- communication skillspersuasion, active listening, empathy, body language, storytelling
- community outreachmobile clinics, bookmobiles, mobile libraries, volunteer networks, health screenings
- community spiritneighborliness, mutual aid, unity, solidarity, cooperation
outreachwithdrawal
Act of taking away
passivity · disengagement · inaction · waiting · inertia
outreachisolation
Complete separation from others
exclusion · seclusion · insularity · withdrawal · detachment
outreaches, outreached, outreaching, community outreach, public outreach, medical outreach