New Directions Dinner: Meaningful Service and Organizing

Volunteer work, community service, and direct action all command our attention and energy in this historical moment amid stark inequality and communities under threat.Volunteer work, community service, and direct action all command our attention and energy in this historical moment amid stark inequality and communities under threat. How do we avoid “volun-tourism,” or performing service work without having a meaningful impact? Is relationship building or crisis intervention more important in devoting our time to others? What can members of the Tufts community do to take responsibility for the impact university expansion might have on our neighbors?

As a part of our annual New Directions series exploring the changing spiritual landscape in America, the Tufts Humanist Chaplaincy is hosting a dinner conversation around service work and community organizing on Monday, April 22 in the Interfaith Center. Everyone is invited to join us as we ask what makes for meaningful and impactful work in communities other than our own and how we consider our own positionality in doing that work. Dinner will be served at 6pm with conversations facilitated at various tables in a manner similar to our Death Cafe last February. Visit the Facebook event page to RSVP and recieve updates.