Robin Hood Was Right: A Guide to Giving Your Money for Social Change. This item is unavailable.Robin Hood Was Right: A Guide to Giving Your Money for Social Change

Collins, Pam Rogers, and Joan P. Garner, all longtime activists and directors of social change organizations, show that traditional charity most often reinforces the status quo and maintains the dynamics of dependency and control. They maintain that the progressive ethic of giving, on the other hand, offers ingenious ways to attack the root causes of social problems. Step-by-step explanations of how to be a deliberate and progressive giver address topics such as learning how to assess what one can give, investing proactively, making a socially beneficial will, understanding tax-wise giving, when and how to find help and guidance, and making an actual funding plan. The book contains many anecdotes and cartoons. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Chuck Collins co-directs the United for a Fair Economy project; Pam Rogers is the special projects coordinator at the Haymarket People's Fund in Boston, one of the oldest social change foundations in the United States. They live in the Boston area. Joan P. Garner directs the Atlanta-based Southern Partners Fund, which supports community-based social change organizations across an eleven-state region in the Southeast.