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Sam's a good writer. And from time to time, people ask Sam to write for them. Not just to republish a blog posting, but to write something specific for a specific publication.
The folks at ethicsdaily.com asked Sam to write a review of a documentary a few weeks back.
Now they've asked him to tell the story of CoolPeopleCare to their readers. If you've got a few moments, read it in its entirety. If you've got 1 minute, here's an excerpt:
What was happening? Why were so relatively few people trying to land deals with big brokerage firms? Where were the people looking to make a career in sales, real estate or big business?
Was it just the company I kept? Or, was it something bigger? Was it a larger movement of young people who had come to the realization that things need to be changed and that they were the ones to do it, unyoked by marriage, children and home ownership?
But there seemed to be no one to organize this mass of do-gooders. They were like uncoordinated soldiers on some social battlefield. Each was Google-ing for opportunities.
Some struck nonprofit gold and got their unsexy wish--interning for free in D.C. by working nights in a coffee shop and dedicating their days to changing some policy that more than likely would never get their names into the history books.
But those unable to land Peace Corps internships or other socially aware gigs eventually shuffled into an office somewhere, punching a clock, serving not the public interest but the bottom line.
But their dreams of a better tomorrow were not shattered. They would give all of their weekend to a Habitat build, or serve on a nonprofit board, or teach a Sunday school class, or run every charitable 5k they could find. The grandeur of generosity had not faded. It was alive and well.
What's your dream of a better tomorrow?
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