Tis the season for giving, and one of the organizations that encourages giving the most is The Salvation Army. Their army is stationed outside stores all over the world, ringing bells with their little red buckets asking for donations. They do a lot of good work, but unfortunately, they also have a history of sexual abuse and discrimination.
Sources for this episode:
- CharityWatch
- CNN
- Forbes
- The Guardian
- Huffington Post
- The New York Times
- NL Times
- The Salvation Army
- Sydney Morning Herald
- Time Magazine
- Think Progress
- Vox
- USA Today
- Brittanica
- Wikipedia
Trigger warnings: Homophobia, transphobia, and sex abuse
Noncreepy organizations for donations:
- Direct Relief https://www.directrelief.org/
- Enterprise Community Enterprise Community Partners
- MAP International https://www.map.org/#
- Rotary Foundation https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary/rotary-foundation
- Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/