Three of us have been volunteering together at the legal aid clinic for two years and we're all struggling with whether we're actually helping people or just making ourselves feel better about an unjust system. One of us wants to quit and do direct action instead, one thinks we should stay and work for reform from within, and I'm not sure we can keep working together without talking about what we really think we're accomplishing.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group united by shared values is discovering that good intentions aren't enough to resolve fundamental disagreements about how justice actually gets done.
“Where Are You with Legal & Civic Life?”
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