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A few weeks ago in a meeting with volunteers at Back Bay Mission, I was asked what long-term sustainability looks like for the people we serve. No one had asked me that question before, however, immediately I knew that the volunteer’s question captured the distinction between giving a person a hand-out and giving a hand-up. […]