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When you realize your charitable work might be causing harm

I have been volunteering with this nonprofit for two years but the board makes all the decisions and they never actually ask the communities we serve what they want.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Good intentions confront the reality that help without humility can perpetuate the problems it seeks to solve.

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“Where Are You with Mob psychology and belonging to a cause?”

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