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so + “t . . ' oe an + ‘ oy .o Met 4 ey a ay = - i, 2th Jom pes ' _members are finding it to be a rewarding experience, The group appears to have va, accomplished much in the field of human relations; 4t continues to eid the Youth «7: Development Center to help the boys, and members of the group are getting te know | _ @ach other better. We are continuing to discuss and work on ideas we feel will be ’ beneficial to the boys as well ag our group. This week our group did not take dts” usual day off but remained on campus to aid the staff in presentation of a track ar ——— swim day. For next week the recreation committes is planning a group trip to Harris _. burg. The education committee is continuing to plan for some speskers in addition ‘to renting films on _ interesting subjects. Morale of the group | continues to penatn a yhigh. .. alee 4 ? | rr re “CIV. RIQHTIS eis Civil Rights Aide, berkeley, California. (13 participants are working ‘at varied” - activities under supervision of civil rights agencies. ) Period covereds June 19 4 . toa s We vieited the eleven organizations v with which we could choose ‘to work. the first “day brought lots of discouragement as we begen to ees the tremendous amount of organizing, the enormous area to be covered and the general drab bureaucratic detat Each of us realized that we had to face thie summer not only the exciting experience of working in the civil rights field but also the accompanying failures and futilit; of irmcdiate success. Meditations have been fairly successful considering that mary “of the members had never participated before. The most colorful organization is | Youth for Jobs which is a small group of young adults looking for jobs and trying tc form a membership organization with clubs and begin some kind of tutorial or recrea- tional program. Two girls work with CORE, one in charge of the office and helping “fo crganize restaurant elt-ins; the other also helps jn the office and is beginning .8 survey for the War on Poverty. ‘Two boys are working for the Mexican-American : Unity Council and beginning a summer of "community organization" visiting Mexican- _ Amorican families in the area. The League for Decency in Real Estate, with which ti * girls are working, is currently engazed in studying housing discrinination, results of which will be compiled. Another interesting organization is Welfare Righte, made { up primarily of welfare recipients working to ensure rights of welfare recipients a “they deal with the County Welfare Department. One girl is working with SNCC which functions in this area as an organization to help the cause of the Mississippi . ‘Freedom Democratic Party. Another works on 4 survey of hiring and admittance practices used by hospitals in the Oakland area (a national survey being conducted | by NAACP). We have assigned a volunteer to the Oakland Direct Action Committee whic is doing token work with the East Oakland gangs. Another participant is working at the West Oakland Christian Parish tutoring elementary school children and, finally, . the East Day Conference on Religion and Race haa engaged one of our group in a eurve of integrated housing. wie Citizenship Education Project, Rock Hill, S. C. (13 participants are engaging in ms yover registration, ettLzen Education workshSps, and tutoring.) = Period covered: June 26 to wily 2 The group began working on voter registration July 1. Prior to this they were orie: ted to AFSC philosophy. Tutoring began on July 6 and the need for more orientation and workshops on tutoring was recognized. There was en opportunity to meet most of the Negro ministers in town and these expressed gratitude for the project and indica ted they would help in any way possible. Plane were made for an open house at the project location, and a softball game was played against some of the neighborhood boys (with AFSC participants the losers)! The project agreed not to form separate ‘sommittees" but instead act as a whole on everything. Meditation has been apprecis ‘ted because it gives each participant a time to collect hia thoughts. The group haz