Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps so. But politicians of all political stripes agree that "poverty is wrong." They simply differ on the best ways to deal with it. No ideology or political party commands a monopoly on moral opposition to social problems...
...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...
PBHA isn't a college daily, blithely irresponsible for the effects of its actions. It is a human service organization that annually affects the lives of 15,000 people in the community. The PBHA Cabinet consists of the directors of 36 different social service and social action committees, all accountable to the community to provide effective and respectful services...
...emphasize training and orientation for volunteers. That's why we think it's important to provide structured opportunities for people to reflect critically on their volunteer work. And yes, sometimes this involves thinking about "political" issues. This is not exactly a radical earth-shattering observation; most social service organizations take it for granted...
...PBHA cabinet's recent opposition to Prop 1-2-3, a Cambridge ballot initiative that would weaken the city's system of rent control, is a classic example of the ambiguous political implications of opposing social problems. Ehrenreich defended the move by saying that "the proposition would severely hurt the populations our programs are trying to serve...