Yes... you can...under one condition... you help the POOR!
In both AVODAH and After Seatle the message of helping others was stressed. "AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps" looks for social change. AVODAH looks to change the lives of people suffering poverty. This change is accomplished through improvement of the people's neighborhoods and providing opportunities. (Lynch,Wysocki 117) After Seatle spoke about outreaching to the less fortunate through such as Global free trade. Global free trade promotes economic growth and in the long run, provides the poor foreign countries with conditions in which democracy and respect of rights can be attained. (Lynch,Wysocki 122)
I do believe that AVODAH website considers their work "advocacy" because throughout the whole website it stressed justice, and doing what's right as if no one nowadays was...The Alumni profiles they chose also showed how AVODAH's motto is "advocate." One particular Alumni, Abby Miller summed up how well AVODAH has influenced her, "'AVODAH faciliated the collaboration of faith, working for JUSTICE, trying to understand poverty, looking for community...all of these things I had been trying to figure out on my own. My year in AVODAH put it all in one place'" (Lynch,Wysocki 119). Alumni's can either make great or bad advertisement...and AVODAH chose well...
Finnegan's After Seatle, is text that internationally would be appreciated for its recognition of such orgs as WTO, but sympathically speaking, readers who are passionate in helping the less fortunate would be more intrigued to read this.
Both articles made me take a step back from my comfortable life, and think...MAYBE I CAN HELP TOO =)
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