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Show Page3 activity in your community with a. critical eye for accurate, unbiased coverage. Sit WHAT CAN on court day’s proceedings calendar, for a PBX RECEPTIONIST, IBM KEY punch, desk computer, dictaphone, 10-Key, typing, medical, legal sec., acctg., shtnd., general office, gen. sec. Low tuition, no age limits, free placement. Off-street parking. looking critically for the ways minorities are treated. YOU in which Investigate the representation of minorities at all levels of the judiciary and related departments, €.g., probation, etc. ABOUT: INTERMOUNTAIN 130 E. 9th South Frontlash- WELFARE Check Know: The cost of welfare for aid to dependent children — where the money comes from; the percent of cost in the state, county, and federal budgets. The amounts received by families. The restrictions for receiving aid. The actual level of fraud among people on welfare. : | Organize with people inform the public on public assistance. | to ke on whether there are private ‘‘security services’ community, their practices and responsible. in to whom By Clifford Williams your functions they and Today, are people (and related 3 discourage popular participation at the polls. It’s no woner less than half of America’s elegible voters POVERTY better the facts of cast ballots in national Congressional elections. Throughout the nation, voter Look into the pros and cons of various forms of guaranteed national income, especially the proposed pilot project in New Jersey. turnout is lowest in minority and 3 low-income communities, which have grinding problems of daily life and the empty promises of many public officials leave people with a ' Find out federal and state standards for basic needs (food, housing, etc.); compare welfare grants with costs of living; initiate organized action to insure equitable standards and grants. sense of hopelessness. more centers, e.g., industry sponsored centers for children of employees and trainees. are The feeling of poverty hurts. It hurts to see it, it and it hurts not anything directly Some people hurts to be about living of of do its to live in it, able to do it. in poverty. are people on welfare. Welfare, as it is now, is hurting people. Welfare they can’t go anywhere or barrios do Investigate the possibility of the use of aids (para-professionals) in welfare work, with opportunities for education and advancement. hurts-to see children’s coats and because we haven't reached their shoes two sizes too big or small or level. My feelings on poverty? Poverty is rotten, you have to live their pants with holes in them. Look into the practices and availability of public and private children social services in with people poor and/or to enforce just does not that.are the isn’t enough money and for police (especially relations). extent of the _ local on in schools in would like to 7 Welfare is not considerate of the poor people it is supposed to be in human Work with the local and county police on adopting policies for the use of non-lethal weapons to control civil disturbances, as recommended by the National Commission on Civil Rights. Look into grievances means of redressing of both police and minority citizens. Other items... Insist on the enactment of control laws by your city county governments. Read press coverage of gun and police and people family landlords don’t want to rent the good spends a big sum poor ones. A of their income on a place which isn’t fit for a dog to live in. A tenant who cries out for help is ignored by the big city heads who turn their backs. A question that endure don’t have enough of nothing.” it to believe in it understand it. for the equitable welfare programs; be familiar with the recommendations supporting. Families are starving of the Commission on Civil because of poor consideration and Disorders, pp. 462-467. families will forever starve if someone does not pay attention to the many loud cries within our city. Money is also lacking in the POLICE & COURTS : family. income to rent a nice home Find out the type training provided in it and in school. There 2Nd activities that go minority areas, including medical which children services and their adequacy. ; participate. Organize consider is frequently asked by our upper class leaders. Why do they live this way? One answer, lack of money. Money only comes when the parent has a skill that will enable them to work ona good job that is of interest to them. To acquire this skill, a person must be able to endure the pain of wanting to add more problems to the ones they already have. They have to be willing to study, work hard, and to cope with living and other everyday problems. bewildered — if not to help them exercise their political rights. anything. ‘* , . We Welfare makes up the hurt of The people that have got what poverty. Poverty hurts-to watch the poor children go to school without they need and everything they’ve only look down on us balanced breakfast. Poverty wanted Welfare often fearful — about the bureaucratic procedures that surround the electoral process. Too few organizations make an effort to reach people in the slums and the keeps reciepients in positions where Determine the protection welfare clients under the power the welfare system; what voice clients have im the system and operation? : _ Those who lack formal education By Shirley Shields | Find out about day care centers for working mothers and _ people seeking employment; act to secure it is Most state and local election laws are a hodge-podge of cumbersome, restrictive and out-dated rules that service, E.G., bail). it’s easier to buy a gun, get married or rent a car than to register to vote. Look into the availability and cost of legal services for minorities and poor Participation | | | | | and by and r Look into the differences causes of crime committed minorities and whites, poor affluent. | Political COLLEGE 355-7507 ‘ DO in full “If they would give us more job opportunities ... we would have better housing and more food... ’’ So long as these conditions prevail, the votes of the wealth and the priviledged will count more than the votes of the poor. ~ Young people who care can help Overcome the obstacles to registration; we can educate citizens on the importance of using their voting power to gain a meaningful voice in government. Frontlash — is directed at these problems. Frontlash gives students and concerned young citizens a common cause in the movement for a more just social order. Frontlash is an effort to mobilize the energies and idealism of youth for non-partisan register-and-vote drives in poor and working-class communities. The goals of Frontlash are to: — Bring students into grassroots coalitions for voter registration and. voter education in low-income communities. : — Broaden the Franchise and help make the democratic process more open to the people. — To combat the backlash and the Reactionary trends that thrive On fear, apathy. To frustration learn more and voter about Frontlash, contact the headquarters for worksop leaders and other assistance.. Prepare and distribute literature to explain the registration process and motivate people to exercise their voting rights. Write to Frontlash, 112 East 19th Street, New York,.N-Y,; 10016. | |