Hello there. For the first time, I actually have some concrete questions about activism/doing my part in a union.

I’m in a teaching assistant union that’s currently on strike. Since I’m sick for a few days, I’ve requested to be part of the “remote work” group, and the task I’ve been assigned is to find contact information for people who’ve donated to the university.

It occurred to me that “tracking down a person’s contact information” is probably a fairly useful skill to have in the context of organizing, so I thought I should ask whether there is any advice I should follow here?

The university lists the names of donors alongside the scholarships, grants, etc. So far, I’ve mostly just been Googling “(person’s name) (name of university)” until I narrow down the right person, and usually find either a LinkedIn page or a page related to that person’s business. (Or, a few times, an obituary). The only slightly more sophisticated thing I’ve done is “whois” lookups for websites. Is there anything else I should consider?