Sending a connection request

If there's another volunteer you'd like to message regularly, ask them to connect. Connections are a two-way agreement.

Step 1 — Open their profile

Click their name anywhere you see it — on a post, in a group's member list, in a search result.

Step 2 — Send the request

Near the top of their profile you'll see a Send Connection Request button (or, in the compact name row, a little person-plus icon with a Send connection request tooltip). Click it. There's no separate dialog or note field — the click sends the request directly. The button swaps to a Request Pending chip.

Step 3 — They get notified

The other person sees your request in their Connection Requests section on /connections and gets a notification. They can press Accept or Reject.

After they accept

The button on their profile turns into a Connected chip and you can message each other freely.

A note about already-pending invitations

If you'd previously emailed them an invitation, or if they'd already sent you a request, the click can connect you instantly instead of creating a new request. You'll see the chip jump straight to Connected.

If they decline

You won't get an explicit "declined" message. The Request Pending chip on their profile is the only outward sign, and that's not something you need to do anything about. Don't take it personally — people decline for all kinds of reasons.

Cancelling a pending request

There's no cancel-request button today. If you sent a request by mistake, press No, this didn't help below and we'll help.