Advocating Together for Lasting Change

Kommunity Cares is a civil society organization that lowers the barrier for entry to civic engagement. A large swath of our community is engaged in fighting to improve the lives of our neighbors. The thesis of Kommunity Cares is that there exists an even larger population that want to be involved, but prohibitive factors exist that prevent our would-be engaged neighbors from doing so.

By creating a nexus where people can find and sort through every community nonprofit, advocacy group, neighborhood association, and political organization, Kommunity Cares streamlines the search process for unengaged individuals to get involved.

Kommunity Cares connects our partners not only with the unengaged but interested populations that bolster their support, but with the already established bases of groups that would otherwise not overlap.

After all, are the interests of the neighborhood member not the same as the interests of the activist?

So, whether you’re interested in broadening your audience, building your coalition, or just embracing your community, Kommunity Cares is for you.

Jonathan Kay has a long history of activism and community service dating back to his sophomore year of high school, leading a school walkout after the gun violence at Parkland High School.

In college, Jon spearheaded a movement to have Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas removed as adjunct professor at GW’s law school because of his concurring opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, which laid out his desire to strip rights to contraception and same-sex marriage, as well as re-criminalize homosexuality. The public pressure proved too much for Thomas, eventually leading to his resignation.

After graduation, Jon worked for the Global Healthy Living Foundation, pushing legislation that rolled back the predatory insurance practices of step therapy and prior authorization in multiple states.

Now, in addition to Kommunity Cares, Jon is a commissioner on Jersey City’s Historic Preservation Commission while studying law at Seton Hall.

Meet the Founder