The Citizen Feedback Project was conducted in two of the eight districts in New York City in an effort to create a channel for average citizens to relay their problems, needs and recommendations to city administrators. (Author)

Discussed an effective mural program for the Mexican Americans of East Los Angeles. (Author/RK)

To provide assistance to South Carolina schools in developing volunteer tutorial programs, the Competency Testing Project at Winthrop College created this manual on program development. This manual is designed to be duplicated and disseminated to coordinators and tutors; and although designed for an elementary school program, it can be used as a…

This handbook was written for those residents of St. Louis who would like to involve themselves in the social, political, and public education tasks which are central to the desegregation process. Section I presents a factual summary of events in the school desegregation case beginning with the filing of the initial suit in February of 1972.…

Section I of this report presents a factual summary of events in the St. Louis school desegregation case and updates the summary presented in Part I of this series (UD 020 284). This update covers the period from February 18, 1978 to January 31, 1979. Events summarized include both legal proceedings in the court case and activities in the…

INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED TO FIND WHY NEGROES WHO HAD BEEN PROBOYCOTT IN OCTOBER CHANGED TO ANTIBOYCOTT STAND 4 MONTHS LATER. THOSE WHO CHANGED TENDED TO BE WELL-EDUCATED PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT MADE THEIR DECISION EASILY. THEY STRESSED THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION RATHER THAN RACIAL BALANCE IN THE SCHOOLS. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN "INTEGRATED…

THE GOALS OF THIS STUDY WERE TO USE WORK TO HELP PATIENTS LEAVE THE CAMARILLO STATE HOSPITAL SOONER, BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING. THE PROJECT SELECTED 146 SCHIZOPHRENIC MALES WHO HAD A HISTORY OF POOR WORK ADJUSTMENT. AS PART OF THE TREATMENT, THE MEN WERE PLACED IN THE HOSPITAL BAKERY. AFTER ADJUSTMENT TO THE WORK…

Societal needs and demands, together with the increasing interdependence between the university and its environment have forced the university to reassess its relationship to the wider community and reexamine its service responsibilities. The service function has become an integral and essential part of the academic scene, inseparable from…

This paper examines the local Commissions on the Status of Women (CSW) groups, whose primary task is to shape a women's agenda for the participation in politics at the community level. CSW's now exist in 150 communities across the United States as official advisory boards to general jurisdiction governments. Five questions are explored in this…

The Bryant-Anthony-Ramsey (B-A-R) Project is a desegregation/integration project aimed at assuring a smooth transition from a predominately segregated school environment to a desegregated or integrated environment. The Bryant, Anthony, and Ramsey Junior High Schools are participants in a desegregation effort that is one part of an overall…

This handbook for parents and citizens does not emphasize assessment of the scope of violence in the schools so much as it emphasizes the way parents and citizens can better understand the many factors that make the problem and may lead to its modification. The handbook begins by examining how citizens can become involved in the schools, what they…

The Task Force on Resource Development of the Cooperative Extension Service, Louisiana State University, decided to utilize the leader identification technique as a means of assisting the parish rural development committees in the rural development process. The technique is a procedure to stimulate effective citizen participation to identify…

The City of Washington, D.C., with federal funding, declared war on one of the city's most pressing problems--rats. The War on Rats Program, in conjunction with Operation Clean Sweep, made a city-wide survey of rat infestations and recorded the areas of heavy rat infestation. After the problem areas had been identified, community organizations…

The New Mexico State Library and the State Planning Office cosponsored a meeting to introduce Reading Is Fundamental to a wide cross-section of the state in September 1973. This meeting led to the establishment of numerous Reading Is Fundamental projects throughout the state in the summer of 1974. The planning, organization, execution, and results…