Category: community engagement
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Volunteerism is Bad
My friend Sara wrote to me over the weekend with some great questions about volunteerism, and I want to share my response to her with you. She wrote: What in your personal experience is the catalyst from thought to action? Or is it backwards action then thought? In other words, what in the end is […]
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The Youngest Mayor Ever
In 1885, the mayor of Van Buren, Arkansas, was Alexander Aaron. He was thought to be the youngest in America at the age of 21. During a fight, Mayor Aaron was cut with a razor, and consequently shot his attacker (New York Times). In 1972, Jody Smith was elected mayor of Ayrshire, Iowa, a town […]
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Essential Reading for Volunteers
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the popularity and misconceptions many people and organizations have about volunteerism. Like the disease of alcoholism or the compulsion of adultism, it seems like there is a segment of American society that simply wants to volunteer – without knowing exactly why or how. I’m simply not sure about […]
Adam F.C. Fletcher 