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eee a een ree . ee he at ree A ee ee, he Ae tile nek weno dal Peane alhiaiet Be Pd bes ee, a eee TEAR dete ees : ’ _ C! ) -6- formation of a block club. We have been divided up in twos and threes and assig to various community organizations and projects. It didn't quite work out to be official entrance into the life of the community, for our plane were disrupted 6 tha anti-Willis march on City Hall. Some of the community leaders we were to ha met decided to join the march and, as it turned out, half of the project partici pants joined in also. So, we began our involvement in the life of the city -- b unofficially so to speak, not as AFSC workera. The march ieft Grant Park around 3 P.M. Most of us caught it on State Street. From there, walking five abreast, took us about an hour to reach City Hall. There may have been a thousand in the protest which was certainly impressive. There wore times when the organization march was very poor -- etraggling, improper spacing, and very confused singing." The East Garfield Park Community Organization is an overgrown Block Club. It ha around twenty full time members, mostly from the immediate area. Its work has h foci. One focus is on housing. They have successfully brought several landlord to fix up their buildings and are now working on several more in various stages, though no pickets are in progress now. Their means of action have been negotiat ultimatum, action, that io pickets or court action. The other focus is the move They have been very active. I marched with them both Monday and Tuesaday. Monda ', there were seven hundred with eighty arrests. Tuesday, seventy with twenty arre ‘They charter busses and distribute leaflets, etc. Last night I went to thelr we meeting. They operate in a spirit of consensus. The meetings open with a praye end clese with "We Shall Overcome", We are locking forward to Martin Luther Kir “wisit of July 2 to 26 during which neighborhood rallies will be held. Internes in Teaching, Detroit, Michigan. (17 participants are assisting local te ina teaching and cultural enrichment program for elementary school children.) Period covered: cune 19 to July 2 the firat week we prepared for our teaching experience through orientation. But far the most interesting day was Friday. In the morning we met the children. f had a general acquaintance period, made invitations for a parent-staff tea that held in the afternoon, and perhaps did a little more work. Later discussion rev that everyone was satisfied with their assigned classes, teachers, and assisting mothers. The second project week has brought for all of us a marked settling do and digging in, with both work and community life begun in earnest and we are growing to' feel that we "belong" in Royal Oak Township. We began our first full week of teaching and the five days have been in turn exhilirating, challenging, exhausting, and deeply depressing as we began to realize the charm and wonder ar crying needs of our children. As work takes on more personal meaning, our proje life develops too. I think learning to be loving with each other when other thi ake tema tet oe mmse eet tT Be ame AF thn met Emmet ant alamané a of é¢he aimee Stem mors ampor tant May Weae OF OIG GL CHS MOSSY UMpPOriany TaSMenvs Gi Lie Simmce Meditation continues to be for many of us a vital feature of each day. Several to orchestra concerts, the Detroit Library and church have been important and go parts of our extracurricular life. It's been a full week, a wonderful, terrible delightful, exhausting week. We've a lot to learn, a lot to live. I think we'r anxious to work at it. Compensatory Education, Linnell, California. (12 participants are undertaking a program of education and recreation with children and adults of Spanish-speaking - background. } Period covered: June 26 to July 2 (A‘tentative education program scheduled for morning and evening classes has beer up. An initial reading program, involving 5 to 7 children is under way, as is «4 recreation program involving 15 to 20 children. A branch of the Tulare County Library has been established and opened. It will be on a regular schedule soon. Anide from a raging battle between hayfever eufferers and the pollen which float ‘946 ban haan aveel lant, Protect particips