Micah Hauger 🔹
Bio
Currently working in the nonprofit education space while pursuing an MBA in Global Sustainable Development. While I’m new to Effective Altruism, I’m increasingly drawn to its ideas - especially around global health, development, and scalable impact.
I’m beginning to engage more intentionally with the EA community through Christians for Impact (CFI) and EACH, have taken a Trial Pledge with Giving What We Can, and am enrolling in the EA Introductory Program to build a stronger foundation.
My long-term goal is to get more involved with EA-aligned organizations and eventually launch a charity focused on high-impact work in this space. I’d love to connect with others exploring global development, especially at the intersection of faith and EA. Always eager to learn, contribute, and grow alongside others committed to doing good better!
How others can help me
I’d love to connect with others working in global development, especially those who’ve transitioned into EA-aligned careers from similar nonprofit backgrounds. I’m looking for:
- Guidance on navigating early EA career steps
- Feedback on ideas related to launching a charity in the global development space
- Referrals or introductions to people working at the intersection of EA and faith, or in organizations like CE, GWWC, GiveDirectly or GiveWell
- Accountability or encouragement as I explore more structured EA engagement
How I can help others
I'm happy to support others who are exploring EA from a faith-based perspective or transitioning into the space from adjacent fields like nonprofit work. I can offer:
- Feedback on writing, messaging, and marketing or communications strategy (especially for nonprofit or EA-aligned audiences)
- Support with job applications, bios, or introductory materials
- Encouragement and insight for those discerning how their values align with EA
- A listening ear for anyone navigating career pivots or early-stage project ideas
Comments2
Hi everyone! I’m Micah.
I work in the nonprofit education space and am currently pursuing an MBA in Global Sustainable Development. I’m fairly new to EA and actually stumbled into it through Christians for Impact (CFI) after seeing their work through LinkedIn. I’ve been drawn to EA’s emphasis on global health, economic empowerment, and scalable, evidence-based solutions to poverty.
I’m starting to get more engaged with EA. I’ve taken the Trial Pledge with Giving What We Can, started connecting with EACH, and am enrolling in the Intro EA Program to build a stronger foundation. Long-term, I’m interested in working with EA-aligned organizations, or eventually launching a high-impact charity through CE’s incubation program.
I’d especially love to connect with others working at the intersection of EA and faith, or who’ve transitioned into the EA space from nonprofit backgrounds. Always eager to learn, grow, and contribute!
Fun fact: I started a Thai rolled ice cream business in high school, complete with custom flavors and a little cart! That experience sparked my interest in entrepreneurship and building things that serve others (even if it started with sprinkles).
I really appreciated this post. Like many here, I find it hard to make sense of our strongest moral convictions, especially about things like torture or slavery, without concluding that some moral facts are objective. As C.S. Lewis put it, we don’t call a line crooked unless we have some idea of a straight one.
I understand the concern that moral facts might seem metaphysically strange, but I don't think they are any stranger than logical or modal truths. Denying them also seems to undermine the kind of moral discourse we often want to have.
Personally, I ground morality in the character of God. Even putting that aside, I find moral anti-realism hard to accept. If nothing is really wrong, then what reason do we have to care about injustice beyond our own preferences?
I'm curious how anti-realists would approach serious moral disagreements, such as those involving human rights abuses, without appealing to something deeper than social consensus or personal feeling. Can we say "this is wrong" in any meaningful way if morality is only expressive or constructed?