Word: pbha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...PBHA does engage in the worthless endorsement game, they can look forward to driving away a number of volunteers who would have been interested in doing something about poverty, homelessness and racism...
...PBHA currently has 1200 volunteers. After the last time PBHA played the endorsement game, the number of volunteers dropped...
...PBHA's sole responsibility is to those people whom they serve, and not to their own egos. If they drive just one volunteer away from their organization because of politicking, then there is one less person serving the community. There is one less student who will have a tutor. There is one less person who will have someone to talk to during a meal at a homeless shelter. If there is one less person volunteering for PBHA as a result of this endorsement game, then PBHA has hurt the people it is trying to serve...
...PBHA is working. It does a fantastic job of getting people involved in community service. It should be commended for this. Motivating people to become involved in their communities and doing something about social problems is the most important statement that PBHA can make. Our society is not short of people who think that poverty, homelessness and racism are wrong; it is short of people who actively try to do something about it--by tutoring, providing meals to the needy, or simply listening...
...conclude, I must ask why Ehrenreich and others "firmly believe that there are times when PBHA has to take stands." By getting as many people as possible involved in the community, PBHA is making the most powerful statement it can possibly make. Why should this organization attract attention for their potentially divisive and alienating political beliefs when they have so many valuable gifts to offer? David Rettig...