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Show rage cigni - Blacks aim effort at the community met a few problems and stopped the course. He is now working on a legal counseling office in the Black communities so that people who do not know much or any ot law, can be assisted. A drama project is the fourth group consisting of Cail Ortega and Theo Harper. Cail and Theo help kids in the Black community by making the kids feel aware of their talent and exploiting these talents by the use of the theatre The sixth project is one which involves school, and is being conducted by Andrea Bourdeaux. Her job is to go to those elementary schools that have black students and teach them crafts and to develop a sense of pride and dignity in them. The last project is a drug proiect that is handled by Willy Allen and William (Nicky) Harper. These students are to work with the Black citizens in the community who have a drug problem. Mr. Adams concluded that the Black students felt, that it was their obligation to work with the Black community as best they could, and to somehow do their part that needs to be done today. By VERDO THOMAS Chronicle Staff The Afro-American Counseling Center, which is being run by 10 undergraduate students under the supervision of Harold Adams, was started initially by a course offered of-fered last quarter by the Department of Social Sciences under independent study. The program is being co-sponsored co-sponsored by the Community Services Division, and minimal funds are given by Title One of the Higher Board of Education. "The project was proposed as a result of similar projects being created by the National Association of Black Students (NABS), "Mr. Adams said. "The students wanted to do something to tie in their learning experiences with their skills, and develop leadership skills." he said. Mr. Adams explained the functions func-tions of the project as being "some way for the Black students to do something for the Black community instead of sitting around and rapping in the Huddle." Mr. Adams has a masters of social work degree and is a professor in the Graduate School of Social Work. He recently came to Salt Lake from Sacramento, Calif. The project is divided into seven groups in which two or more students work. The first project is the welfare project and is being conducted by Jim Fanning and Darrel Wallace. These students work in defense for families on welfare who are having any sort of trouble with the Welfare Department. The second project is the medical project which is under the supervision of Chuck Kelly. Chuck's job is to get some sort of clinical services started in the Black community. An off-shoot of the project is the family project, and deals primarily with kids having any trouble in school. The third project is the school project being handled by Jim Robertson. Jim had formally held a Black awareness class at the Point of the Mountain Prison, but |