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Show page 5 “Write - On" Beginning with this issue, young people will be invited to submit articles, photographs, poetry or drawings (black and white) for a special new section - ‘‘Write-On”. Mail material to be published to 975 East 3300 South, Suite 1 or drop off at the Wordpower Urban Journalism Center, upstairs, 327 East 6th South. Include name, age and address. Material willbe returned after publication. Racing “Genie’’came in 4th place Wordpower will cover any community event or program with a reporter and photographer. Please call 486-9371 at least 24 hours before the event is to take place. We are also taking applications for free training programs to be offered at the Urban Journalism and Communication Center, 327 East 6th South. Call 486-9371 for information or to register. Afternoon and evening classes available. Onthe-job training provided. Wordpower Newspaper is your newspaper let us know when something is wrong in your neighborhood or when something good happens. Call to report community happenings or to offer suggestions and ideas. ae by Rodney Sheilds and Chad Thomas Yale Thomas driving his Ford, Wordpower - Your Paper in the ‘Phoenix International Thomasis a local driver, starting his Meeting For Raceway. Notice Teens Weekly career at the age of 22. His first car was a Corvette that he and a friend Dave Knoll built. Since then, he has driven many different types of cars. When asked if he thought racing There will be a meeting every Tuesday at 7:30 P.M. for teens. It will was fun, he smiled. ‘Well, it’s something you get in your blood and Ba it’s pretty hard to get out.” He doesn’t want to become a professional driver but thinks it isa fun sport and likes to be around the tracks. In the Phoenix International raceway, there were 32 cars, including drivers Steve McQueen and James Garner. McQueen came in be held at Central To Interested Students: City The University of Utah College Community Center, 615 S. 3rd E.in the Teen Room. Come and become involved in the planning and participation of activities and programs which are existing or in the planning stage. Barabara L. Harris of Medicine has released a statement with regard to minority students. It seems they are anxious to enroll students from all minority groups in their medical school. The University of Utah College of Medicine is presently doing some counseling with minority students in an effort to direct them toward medicine or other health science related areas. |. The UNiversity of Utah is rapidly trying to increase the number of it’s students who come from the Indian, Mexican-American and Black communities, as well as other students who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Efforts are being directed toward identifying those students who are interested in a higher education and who are likely to succeed ina University environment. The University should be prepared to provide the necessary 2. COMMUNICATIONS § To financial and academic support create a neighborhood staff, a programs which will give each Central Information Agency, to student a maximum opportunity to keep residents abreast of projects succed in his academic work. lt. Their efforts are being within their areas. directed toward identifying and 3. OUTREACH To develop encouraging applications from those outreach procedures from the students who are likely to complete the medical curriculum successfully. neighborhood point of view. The University and the College of 4. JOB DEVELOPMENT To Medicine should be prepared to establish a Minority and provide financial and academic Disadvantaged Employment Center support programs which will give student a maximum in order to assure accessibility to the each opportunity to succed in his Labor Market. academic work and professional Call 486-937 1 first. to be included Thomas is working on a new car, designed by himself and Dave. It will be small, super light and low. They hope to make the national SCCA. on mailing list. Citizen Participation Programs By Jorge Arce-Larreta The growing discontent that has resulted from the lack of effective community participation in federally supported programs must be dealt with in a realistic and Productive manner. Individual agencies which have, and are attempting to grapple first hand with gripes, are finding the problems too far reaching to deal with adequately. The role, function and responsibility of. community input must be ‘critically and initially determined to avoid further unrest. There has appeared most recently a drastic change in the attitudes of the poor people's Society. They are beginning to realize that their participation is the key to the achievment aspirations. The hours of of 3 dialogue, their token verbal: gestures and delegations of authority, which are not backed by Specific action, are no longer acceptable, hor should they be. A new focus on the needs of the poor and disadvantaged be- brought: about, minorities must a focus on the realities of the problems and viable solutions as well. However, a realistic solution must include the participation of the poor in the planning, implememtation, administration and follow-up process of any program. The Salt Lake Model Cities is in a unique position to bring about this new focus. It can and should be the agency necessary for bringing resources together the of all levels of government and, most importantly, the leadership and representatives of the very people it is trying to serve. This partnership is heavily reliant upon the williness of local government to face reality, to accept the existance of discrimination, poor housing conditions, lack of proper education and other pressing problems. It is equally reliant upon the capability of neighborhood residents to actively and effectively Participate in directing the process of change. The basic objective must be to build a structure and design a mechanism that meets the real needs of the poor. Here then is the real challenge, to cultivate and maintain a rapport between the poor and the affluent, and among the brown, the black the red, the oriental, the poor white and the silent majority, which will foster understanding and bring about Solutions for one another’s Problems, and thus pave the way for action programs to alleviate Inequality and lack of opportunity. The: untapped exist in this resources Community must that be utilized in a new and different manner. Model Cities Inc, CAP and Other agencies can provide the needed coordination and direction in the delivery of services. And at the same time, they must lead the way to establish community-government rapport and to open new, effective channels of communication. HOW WE CAN SUCEED There are a number of agencies currently involved in citizens, participation. bach -effort, is significant and should not be underestimated. However, close coordination, in terms of input and output to and from the community and the sponsoring agency is critical. It has become obvious that the most strenuous efforts in community affairs cannot result in true success without sound inter-personal communications The final decision to initiate, develop, and implement physical, social and economic programs rests with the acce ptance of these programs by the people. However, before the people can act responsibly, they must understand all facets of the problem and the alternative solutions available. The people in the deprived areas of the city, the ghettos and slums, must be informed of the problems immediately available and those being formulated and planned. This would be the task of the Salt Lake Citizens Participation Agency. 1. TRAINING To develop a training mechanism to achieve maximum involvement of the residents in their own community affairs. 5. ADMINISTRATION Staffing of the administrative branch of this project should rely heavily upon the neighborhoods themselves. Again, we must emphasize the fact that unless administrative responsibility is placed upon the residents, their acceptance and participation will be both minimal and unproductive. WORDPOWER NEEDS REPORTERS - NO EXPERIENCE NECCESSARY training. Programs available are for predominately Utah residents. it is clear that the present educational system has not been effective in their efforts to guide or encourage students, especially from low-economic backgrounds, to investigate or extend their interest in this direction. | If you are interested in any of the available programs please contact: Robyn Bush CAP, Central City 327 East 6th South Salt Lake City, Utah Phone: 363-4593 |
