2010-03-10T23:43:46Z http://blog.blacklives.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.blacklives.com,2009-01-22:96dcaf97-eec3-4789-afe8-a391ff1c7b7d BlackLives.com Host 2009-01-22T19:19:00Z 2009-01-22T19:19:00Z <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=2>I’ve been a volunteer for numerous organizations throughout my lifetime and the one thing I’ve noticed is that it seems much harder to get African Americans to volunteer than it is to engage other ethnic groups. Now, Blacks will donate money just as frequently as others, but getting them to pitch in and help out is another issue. <P>It could be that more African American adults have less free time than others due to numerous work and family commitments. I haven’t read anything that bears this out, but it’s a possibility. It could also be that African Americans don’t see the value in volunteering or that nonprofits don’t do a good job of reaching out to Blacks. Maybe they don’t advertise or have outreach programs in predominantly Black areas.</P> <P>Honestly, I don’t know why it seems a smaller percentage of African Americans volunteer than do other ethnic groups.</P> <P>What has your experience been? Feel free to chime in.</P> <P>Jae </P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> tag:blog.blacklives.com,2008-12-30:3fefc9d6-204e-4a90-941d-fbd9f9663675 BlackLives.com Host 2008-12-30T14:16:22Z 2008-12-30T14:16:22Z Welcome to the blog for Blacklives.com. Please feel free to post a comment and read what others are saying.<br>