A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and volunteers four hours a week and that’s considered exemplary. [Whereas] a poor kid who lives in that community and takes care of all the kids in that neighborhood four hours every day is not seen as a volunteer.

Dr. Patricia Hill Collins quoting Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz in her talk Answering the Call to Community Service. (via sexartandpolitics)

A microcosm of one of the fundamental issues with the non-profit industrial complex.

(via myflagisblackandred)

I need to read more about this, because this is pretty relevant to my life and the direction in which I desire to take it.  I have a sneaking suspicion it will actually enumerate the reasons non-profit orgs/volunteering has always irked my internally, and I will finally have the words to say why I’m actually often uncomfortable with my ‘chosen path’.

(via green-street-politics)

(via sointersectional)

Source: sexartandpolitics

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