{"id":7390,"date":"2025-01-06T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=7390"},"modified":"2025-01-05T13:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T21:04:23","slug":"philanthropy-is-commendable-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2025\/01\/philanthropy-is-commendable-but\/","title":{"rendered":"Philanthropy is commendable, but&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MLK-Jr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MLK-Jr.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., looking thoughtful. \" class=\"wp-image-7391\" style=\"width:402px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MLK-Jr.jpg 780w, https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MLK-Jr-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MLK-Jr-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MLK-Jr-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In anticipation of MLK day later this month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPhilanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice, which make philanthropy necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a related theme: <a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/shifting_philanthropy_from_charity_to_justice\">Shifting Philanthropy From Charity to Justice<\/a>, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\">Stanford Social Innovation Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also see my earlier blogs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2019\/03\/charity-isnt-enough\/\">Charity isn\u2019t enough<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/09\/gaps\/\">Volunteering, by itself, isn\u2019t enough to save the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In anticipation of MLK day later this month: \u201cPhilanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice, which make philanthropy necessary.\u201d &#8211; Martin Luther King, Jr. On a related theme: Shifting Philanthropy From Charity to Justice, from the Stanford Social Innovation Review. 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