I tried joining a group related both to my intended profession; architecture, and a serious societal issue; homelessness. I signed up for Architecture for Humanity. The local chapter (Boston) shortly fell apart thereafter. Then the group tried to sort-of start up again with new 'leadership' but its views are muddled, and I don't see them doing anything in the upcoming months that is related in any way to actually 'helping' people. It seems that the group falls short of its intended goals, and falls towards much less lofty ideals of design-education for the masses, rather than solutions to real problems. You know, helping people.
I don't know. I've lost interest fast, partly because they want to meet in the evening sometimes in Boston, sometimes Cambridge, sometimes Somerville, when I need to be at work at night, always in Haverhill. And partly I think that their compassion degrades into self-appreciation. Maybe I'm just not cut out for such a group. That's okay, when I tried to volunteer for the Tsunami Relief Effort, (awhile back, say 6 months) all I saw available were jobs I was not qualified for, (got an e-mail effectively saying thanks but no-thanks) and several unscrupulous sites which seemed to offer activism vacation-packages for the low-low price of a couple of thousand dollars.
Weird. The problem with the world is; anyone who actually has the urge to help, can't. Everyone else is either in it for self-interests or self-promotion. That's fucked-up.
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