I don't feel comfortable talking about it in detail,* but it involves a possible ethics breach at my nonprofit. Best case scenario: the data has been misread and everything was a misunderstanding and hopefully we'll push past it and continue to do great work in our community. Worst case scenario: They get exposed for what's going on, I have to find another AmeriCorps position and possibly go to court about this to testify... eeek.
But the whole thing just hit me like a sack full of bricks. What if I've come to California and dealt with one horrible situation after another just to be working for yet another corrupt organization?** Did I cut my pay by 2/3rds just to be even closer to corporate pollution?
And that makes me feel utterly and completely lost in the world. Are there no more honest people left? When did the Dreamers turn into the Embezzlers? What happened to make Ivy League graduates steal billions on Wall Street? When did it become just common practice to exploit and steal and lie to get ahead in the world? Why do people act like this is okay? Why are they getting away with it!??!
That's not the world I want to live in. I became an AmeriCorps volunteer to make the world a better place. And I knew it was going to be hard work. I'm just horribly disgusted by everyone in the world around me who would rather take the easy way out and do something immoral rather than try a little harder to do good. Isn't doing good worth the effort?
*Uh, this is the Internet and all.
**Yeah, past PR firm? Totally corrupt, top-down.
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