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Why volunteering is worth it

2024/11/27
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Rachel Cohen:最初认为志愿工作无意义,但通过自身经历发现志愿工作不仅能帮助他人,也能提升个人幸福感和社会联系,改变了对志愿工作的看法,并积极参与其中。她认为志愿工作与政治行动或系统性变革并不冲突,两者可以并行不悖,个体行动的价值不应该被忽视。 Jane Wales:志愿服务和慈善捐赠的下降并非富人问题,而是社会孤立、信任度下降等问题导致的。许多人认为社会问题太大,个体无法产生影响,导致志愿服务意愿下降。 Robert Putnam:志愿工作对志愿者和被帮助者都有益处,并引用了生理变化和幸福感提升的证据。志愿工作具有外部效应,不仅对参与者有益,也对整个社区有益。社会联系的减少导致了美国政治的极化和社会问题的恶化,他认为应该将志愿工作和参与社会活动作为一种自我关怀的方式来推广,强调其对个人和社会都有益,并指出社会孤立对健康的危害,鼓励人们积极参与社会活动。 Mark Anderson:志愿者如果获得有意义的体验,更有可能持续参与志愿工作。 Rachel Cohen:最初认为志愿工作无意义,但通过自身经历发现志愿工作不仅能帮助他人,也能提升个人幸福感和社会联系,改变了对志愿工作的看法,并积极参与其中。她认为志愿工作与政治行动或系统性变革并不冲突,两者可以并行不悖,个体行动的价值不应该被忽视。

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Rachel Cohen reflects on her decision to stop volunteering, influenced by societal critiques of individual action and the belief that small acts wouldn't make a significant difference.
  • Rachel stopped volunteering due to the belief that individual actions were pointless.
  • She was influenced by the era of Occupy Wall Street and writers like Naomi Klein.
  • Volunteering rates have declined, especially among younger generations.

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Many of us think our individual actions can’t combat systemic problems. Vox's Rachel Cohen and Bowling Alone author Robert Putnam explain why volunteer work, no matter how small, can make a difference for you and for us all.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette and Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.

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