http://boyinthebands.com/archives/blog-in-review-january-march-2004/ Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://boyinthebands.com/archives/blog-in-review-january-march-2004/#comment-47590 Jack Davis Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:20:02 +0000 http://boyinthebands.com/?p=2539#comment-47590 I have been very interested in Voluntary Simplicity for 30 years and who has been active in living it for ten years. Back in the mid 90s I was Chairman of the Board of a Non-profit whose major goal was to attract more people to a VS lifestyle so we could minimize our environmental footprint. I must admit that we discovered that those who gravitate to it are white, middle class and liberal. Many of our meetings were in UU churches. We tried to get younger people involved and tried to get minorities involved. But they were not interested for the most part. Young people are focused on their careers and getting more "stuff." Minorities are somewhat the same and generally are not that comfortable in a study circle of white, middle class liberals. And, I would add that the percent of women was about 2:1. Now, that said, does that mean that VS is wrong? Because there are few minorities interested in it does that mean it is a racist or elitist gathering? Of course not. I have been very interested in Voluntary Simplicity for 30 years and who has been active in living it for ten years. Back in the mid 90s I was Chairman of the Board of a Non-profit whose major goal was to attract more people to a VS lifestyle so we could minimize our environmental footprint. I must admit that we discovered that those who gravitate to it are white, middle class and liberal. Many of our meetings were in UU churches.
We tried to get younger people involved and tried to get minorities involved. But they were not interested for the most part. Young people are focused on their careers and getting more “stuff.” Minorities are somewhat the same and generally are not that comfortable in a study circle of white, middle class liberals. And, I would add that the percent of women was about 2:1.
Now, that said, does that mean that VS is wrong? Because there are few minorities interested in it does that mean it is a racist or elitist gathering? Of course not.

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