Word: willful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The staff position claims that political involvement will cost PBHA the support of its volunteers. The historical record dissents. Involvement in political stands is nothing new to the organization. PBHA has for years affirmed non-partisan positions on issues ranging from minority hiring to toxic waste. All the while, PBHA...
IN THE future, when The Crimson decides to return to printing real news, perhaps a story could be done on Project Literacy's new programs for single mothers and Harvard Dining Services workers. Or maybe a story could be done on the record number of PBHers who go into public...
Politics, Ehrenreich says, encompasses more than endorsing candidates for office and supporting ballot initiatives. "Someone working among Southeast Asian refugees will be most successful if he or she has a solid understanding of the particular history and culture of these refugees," she wrote.
Why? For the plain and simple reason that taking partisan stances will inevitably discourage some volunteers.
Even Ehrenreich has acknowledged as much. And discouraging volunteers directly undermines what should be PBHA's fundamental purpose--bringing students into public service to help local residents "gain control over their own lives." Every time a would-be volunteer balks at PBHA's political involvement, a few more disadvantaged citizens...