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—_—___ ee nee ee mee ee atte ew hd a PRD .AFOTIR Ween aetee oo . -6- formation of a block club. We have been divided up in twos and threes and assig to various community organizations and projects. It didn't quite work out to be official entrance into the life of the community, for our plane were disrupted b ths anti-Willis march on City Hall. Some of the community leaders we were to ha met decided to join the march and, as it turned out, half of the project partici pants joined in also. So, we began our involvement in the life of the city «- b unofficially so to speak, not as AFSC workers. The march left Grant Park around 3 P.M. Most of us caught it on State Street. From there, walking five abreast, took us about an hour to reach City Hall. There may have been a thousand in the protest which was certainly impressive. There wore times when the organization march was very poor -- straggling, improper spacing, and very confused singing." The East Garfield Park Community Organization 4s an overgrown Block Club. It he around twenty full time members, mostly from the immediate area. Its work has h foci. One focus is on housing. They have successfully brought several landlord to fix up their buildings and are now working on several more in various stages, though no pickets are in progress now. Their means of action have been negotiat ultimatum, action, that io pickets or court action. The other focus is the move They have been very active. I marched with them both Monday and Tuesaday. Monda +, there were seven hundred with eighty arrests. Tuesday, seventy with twenty arre They charter busses and distribute leaflets, etc. Last night I went to their we meeting. They operate in a spirit of consensus. The meetings open with a praye end close with "We Shell Overcome". We are looking forward to Martin Lu’ visit of July 2k to 26 di during which neighborhuod rallies will be held. Internes in Teaching, Detroit, Michigan. (17 participants are assisting local te Tha teaching and cultural enrichment program for elementary school children.) Period covered: cune 19 to July 2 The first week we prepared for our teaching experience through orientation. But far the most interesting day was Friday. In the morning we met the children. 1 had a general acquaintance period, made invitations for a parent-staff tea that held in the afternoon, and perhaps did a little more work. Later discussion rev that everyone was satisfied with their assigned classes, teachers, and assisting mothers. The second project week has brought for all of us a marked settling do and digging in, with both work and community life begun in earnest and we are growing to’ feel that wo "belong" 4n Royal Oak Township. We began our first full week of teaching and the five days have been in turn exhilirating, challenging, exhausting, and deeply depressing as we began to realize the charm and wonder ar crying needs of our children. As work takes on more personal meaning, our proje life develops too. I think learning to be loving with each other when other thi seem mors important may well be one of the most important elements of the sumer Meditation continues to be for many of us a vital feature of each day. Several to orchestra concerts, the Detroit Library and church have been important and go parts of our extracurricular life. It's been a full week, a wonderful, terrible delightful, exhausting week. We've a lot to learn, a lot to live. I think we'r anxious to work at it. Compensatory Education, Linnell, California. (12 participants are undertaking s program of education and recreation with children and adults of Spanish-speaking background. } Period covered: June 26 to July 2 A tentative education program scheduled for morning and evening classes has be up. An initial reading program, involving 5 to 7 children is under way, as is recreation program involving 15 to 20 children. A branch of the Tulare County Library has been established and opened. It will be on a regular schedule soon. Aside from a raging battle between hayfever wufferers and the pollen which float {740 baw haan aveallant. Project particips