Word: buts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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But soup kitchens will not reduce the number of homeless people, and tutoring programs cannot overcome racism, poverty, illiteracy, or environmental distruction. These are the issues which PBHA volunteers confront every day. Month after month, PBHers dive into the river and try to teach their pupils to swim. But, day...
A few volunteers may shy away from an organization that stands up for social change. The loss of those volunteers to public service would be regrettable. But it would be far more regrettable for PBHA to forsake the opportunity to work toward real, long-term improvements in our society.
But as I continued to scan the article I began to have an uneasy sense that something was wrong. First of all the name of Ehrenreich sounded vaguely familiar. Then I realized--why, Ehrenreich! That's me! Why hadn't I recognized myself?
PERHAPS it's just that most people refer to me as "Rosa" But perhaps it was that something crucial was missing from the article. I struggled to pin down just what it was.
Nevertheless, there is a real world. Over 1000 PBHA volunteers go out into it every week, trying to help solve the real problems that are faced by real people. In the real world something like Proposition 1-2-3 can leave hundreds of low-income tenants facing eviction. In the...