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Show U)jLa free not for sale salt lake volume one august 10, 1972 number fifty one -- Commission which cover education, crime and delinquency and physical environment. He said the Coordinating Council will need to supplement the priorities set down by the Commission. Even though the City Commission realigned the priorities of programs voted on in July by the Coordinating Counicl, Holbrook expressed the need for citizens to be shown what has been accomplished. With the advise of the community on one side of an issue, he said, and the Commission on the other side, compromises could be used in establishing community programs. olbrook sai d he is confident that the City H Commission administration the Model Cities program permit better, co mmunity-governmen- t of will said, and closer contacts therefore, with the city can be maintained. The Model Cities program, Holbrook continued, is tremendous in that it honestly makes the effort to channel citizen input in bringing about change in the community. "Citizens ought to be heard, he said. Speaks Out On Issues their input in community affairs can bring about change. by Kirk Terry Stan Holbrook, new Coordinating Council Chairman and active resident in community affairs, said neighborhood councils should be strengthened, that the councils need more representation on the Model Cities task forces and the Coordinating Council. Holbrook stated that he would like to see the councils "people oriented instead of organization oriented. He said that people "rally around a strong, viable community organization if shown that On accepting the City Commission's priorities for community programs, Holbrook said he would just have to "wait until things yvork out." The City Commission will take over the administration of Model Cities on September 1 if an agreement can be worked out between them and the County Commission. The success of the change over, said Holbrook, will be largely dependent on the outcome. The new chairman said he supports the broad scope of the priorities established by the City Minority groups have been looked down on for a long time, Holbrook said. They make up an important part of the community and the goods, services and resources found in the community. "They want the things others have . . . they want the same opportunties. Services of all kinds should be offered to minorities with respect and dignity." The problems that plague minorities, expressed Holbrook, sometimes take the form of social sterotyping. All too often, he said, the minority, just because of background interested in community affairs when as a resident, he looked into the Model Cities program and realized the program could be made to work. He said he started going to meetings, and was soon voted in as the first chairman of the Social Services task force. He has been a member of the Coordinating Council for six months. HUD Urges HUD-assiste- Attitude guidelines to eliminate discriminatory advertising; and HUD's collaborative role with the or community it difficult to receive the adequate goods and services they need. Whether its a bank loan or just the protection from stray biting dogs, he said, services are not equally afforded location, finds Justice Department Change A Department of Housing called for and change in basic premises of the system of social services for residents. The need for change is evident, Jackson said, "in the lives of those who are every-da- y still hungry, poorly educated, untrained and isolated from the larger society; the evidence is strong in urban and suburban communities where equal rights and fair housing have yet to become realities for blacks, other minorities and poor whites." Jackson addressed the Natiqnal Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers in Chicago last week and declared, "It is equally strong in the fact that minority people suffer more from lead paint poisoning, cancer, malnutrition, high infant mortality rates, unemployment, underemployment, and all the to the minority individual. other negative aspects of Holbrook said he would like to see these situations of sterotyping and the subsequent problems minorities have to face done away with. society." Jackson identified in prosecution of Fair Housing Law violators. and Urban Development official emphasized the need for basic change in the institutions, public policies and attitudes that shape the lives of the central city poor. HUD General Assistant Secretary Samuel C. Jackson inter-cit- y who, what and how of social welfare. We need to our basic philosophy about what people who need help really need. If our insitutions are incapable of dealing with the realities of what is and what is needed, then we must change our basic premises to those which are real and will work." Jackson cited several HUD policy changes and initiatives resulting from the agency's own reassessment, among them: the new project selection criteria preventing mass concentrations of public housing in central-cit- y areas; development of affirmative marketing guidelines requiring all d sponsors of housing to actively solicit buyers or tenants of all races; fair housing more efficient communication. There will be fewer people to have to talk to, he New Chairman Holbrook said he became public that policies perpetuate such conditions in inner cities as "the same policies that dictate the "HUD will not support projects that merely provide more housing in areas that are neglected in all other aspects, and serve only to confine part of the population to those blighted areas," he said. "We will no longer permit our programs to be used to keep people dependent and restricted. If a city really wants to help, it will want good housing and all the amenities and public services that go with it, and it will want to provide these services in all locations at all prices." Book Sale On August 12, 1972 a book sale will be held at the Nettie Gregory Center, 742 West South Temple. Books of a variety of subjects and topics will be featured, however, most of the sale will consist of books on Black Culture, History and Literature. All proceeds from the sale of books will be used to provide scholarships for our young people. The sale will commence at 10:00 a.m. and end at 6:00 p.m. The public is invited to participate in this effort to financially enlarge our scholarship fund. For further information, contact Earlene Hopkins, 299-097- 7 Danny Burnett, 363-6031. Mrs. or |
