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NAACP newsletters, Fort Madison Branch, Fort Madison, Iowa, 1968
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-3- Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, will be the site of a Social Action workshop, November 16 - 17th. It will be sponsored by the Catholic Inter-racial Council, The Religious Education Office, the Dioceasan Sister's Council and the Lay Council. The sessions will deal with the phenomenon of change, the psychology of prejudice, the "myth of race," the economics of poverty, the historical background of minority groups and how to change the social structure on the local and national levels. The fee for attending the workshops is $5.00. Anyone who wants an application blank, may get one by contacting the Branch Administrative Secretary, Virginia Harper - 372-3542 or 372 7335. Sister Marian McAvoy of the dioceasan Religious Education office said the concern about socail problems and the workshop is aimed at those who feel the need for change but who lack background information and practical knowledge. She also emphasized that the workshop is being put on wit the presumption that concern for social justice and social action is part of the normal duty of Christians. it will emphasize the practical elements in answering those who ask, "How can we change the structure?" -taken from the Keokuk Daily Gate City We are still waiting to hear from people who would like to participate in the new series of Home Visits which will be starting in the very near future. We need white and black homes...and black and white participants. Communication is a very important factor in inter-racial relations and this community is no different from others when it comes to The Problem. Don't sit around and wait for the right time,...for it will never come. "force never changed anybody's mind, but education and understanding have won a lot of victories, even though they take longer. -Charles E. Wilson Did you know... The Howard University Medical School in Washington, D. C. opened on November 9th in 1868. Eight students made up the members of the first class and Dr. Alexander T. Augusta was the only black man serving on the original faculty of five. He was the first negro to serve on the faculty of any American medical school. Fort Apalachicola or Negro Fort, as it was known, built and manned by runaway Negro slaves and Indians under attack by Federal forces, fell on July 24, 1816 when a red hot cannon ball dropped into the powder magazine. All but 60 of the 334 occupants of the Fort were instantly killed including many women and children. General Andrew Jackson's instructions had been to the Federal troops, Blow it up. Return the Negro to their rightful owners." Two survivors, a Negro and an Indian were executed on Jackson's orders. IF YOUR NAACP MEMBERSHIP ISN'T PAID...DON'T DELAY...TAKE CARE OF IT NOW! ! ! IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MEMBERSHIP...HELP THE CAUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS...BY JOINING THE NAACP, TODAY! ! ! "On the matter of race I am compelled to conclude that all over the world many of us who belong to the more civilized and polite society have been and continue to be more responsible for the perpetuation of racial discrimination than the out and out racists. And the damnable thing is that we do not know it nor do we want to know it." -From an address to the U. S. Conference for the World Conference of Churches by the Reverend Daisuke Kitagawa - April 24, 1963 University of Iowa Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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-3- Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, will be the site of a Social Action workshop, November 16 - 17th. It will be sponsored by the Catholic Inter-racial Council, The Religious Education Office, the Dioceasan Sister's Council and the Lay Council. The sessions will deal with the phenomenon of change, the psychology of prejudice, the "myth of race," the economics of poverty, the historical background of minority groups and how to change the social structure on the local and national levels. The fee for attending the workshops is $5.00. Anyone who wants an application blank, may get one by contacting the Branch Administrative Secretary, Virginia Harper - 372-3542 or 372 7335. Sister Marian McAvoy of the dioceasan Religious Education office said the concern about socail problems and the workshop is aimed at those who feel the need for change but who lack background information and practical knowledge. She also emphasized that the workshop is being put on wit the presumption that concern for social justice and social action is part of the normal duty of Christians. it will emphasize the practical elements in answering those who ask, "How can we change the structure?" -taken from the Keokuk Daily Gate City We are still waiting to hear from people who would like to participate in the new series of Home Visits which will be starting in the very near future. We need white and black homes...and black and white participants. Communication is a very important factor in inter-racial relations and this community is no different from others when it comes to The Problem. Don't sit around and wait for the right time,...for it will never come. "force never changed anybody's mind, but education and understanding have won a lot of victories, even though they take longer. -Charles E. Wilson Did you know... The Howard University Medical School in Washington, D. C. opened on November 9th in 1868. Eight students made up the members of the first class and Dr. Alexander T. Augusta was the only black man serving on the original faculty of five. He was the first negro to serve on the faculty of any American medical school. Fort Apalachicola or Negro Fort, as it was known, built and manned by runaway Negro slaves and Indians under attack by Federal forces, fell on July 24, 1816 when a red hot cannon ball dropped into the powder magazine. All but 60 of the 334 occupants of the Fort were instantly killed including many women and children. General Andrew Jackson's instructions had been to the Federal troops, Blow it up. Return the Negro to their rightful owners." Two survivors, a Negro and an Indian were executed on Jackson's orders. IF YOUR NAACP MEMBERSHIP ISN'T PAID...DON'T DELAY...TAKE CARE OF IT NOW! ! ! IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MEMBERSHIP...HELP THE CAUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS...BY JOINING THE NAACP, TODAY! ! ! "On the matter of race I am compelled to conclude that all over the world many of us who belong to the more civilized and polite society have been and continue to be more responsible for the perpetuation of racial discrimination than the out and out racists. And the damnable thing is that we do not know it nor do we want to know it." -From an address to the U. S. Conference for the World Conference of Churches by the Reverend Daisuke Kitagawa - April 24, 1963 University of Iowa Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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