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the cancer awareness programs that many of you have already
started, and especially with a strong emphasis on mammogra-
phy screenings and developing greater cancer awareness among
Black men.
Another important aspect of program planning under National
Trends and Services will be the continuation of our social action
programs. Following the workshops in Washington on Capitol
Hill many of you returned home to continue focusing on your
congressmen and senators to urge passage of the 1990 Civil
Rights Act. While this bill did not pass, we should not let it die
there, but urge the President and the congress to pass a Civil
Rights Bill that will be acceptable and will enhance the quality of
life of our women, children and youth. Keep your letter writing
campaigns going. Remember the more personal letters we send,
the greater the impact. Be on the lookout for the social issues
that impact your own local community and focus on those as
well. Remember, Links are known for action. Materials that are
important in this area will be sent to you as they come to the
attention of this committee.
As we work with our projects remember umbrella planning is
important across all four program facets. Keep good records of
your activities so that you will have them at hand when it is time
to report. After concluding your reports for the National Assem-
bly, your next reporting period encompasses the period leading
up to your respective Area conferences. Then continue your
work in preparation for reporting to the next National Assembly.
SERVICES TO YOUTH
Irma P. Jones, Director
My reappointment as National Director of Services To Youth
program facet is an honor and a privilege. I am anticipating this
biennium to be productive, rewarding and exciting. Having had
the opportunity to review and evaluate hundreds of Services To
Youth umbrella and single-facet programs over the past few
years, I am aware of chapter's concerns with some of the
personal and social issues which impact our African-American
communities. From these program reports, the following trends
have been noted.
I. Program Issues (a) Project LEAD, (b) Literacy and, (c) Self-
esteem.
2. Time Tables: (a) Planning time - 1-12 months, and (b)
implementation - 1-5 years.
3. Target Populations (a) female youth, (b) younger children
and (c) male youth. The latter population focus is gaining in-
creasing interest in chapters more recently.
4. Funding (a) State and local grants, (b) fund raisers and
service-in-kind.
5. Networking: (a) Professional and community organizations
and (b) other Links chapters in close proximity.
Based upon these findings, Services To Youth program fac-
ets are encouraged for this biennium to expand upon and
strengthen existing programs or to develop and implement new
programs that will address the forementioned areas of concern.
Chapters will exercise the option of selecting a primary target
population and incorporating one or more of the areas of per-
sonal/social concerns. An example of this might be the follow-
ing:
African-American Male (Youth)
Literacy
Project LEAD
Self-esteem
Project LEAD: Chapters are to be commended for their inno-
vative and sensitive approaches in addressing Project LEAD.
Substance abuse remains a very destructive force in our com-
munities. Often times it is related to other critical youth issues.
Please get in touch with the professional resources available in
your local communities for assistance with your programs.
Self-esteem: Increasing interest is being shown by chapters
in developing self-esteem programs or incorporating a strong
component of self-concept issues in Project LEAD. I am recom-
mending the following publications which represent the 1990final reports of the California Task Force To Promote Self-
Esteem and Social Responsibility: (a) Toward a State of Esteem
- ISBN 0-8011-0846-2, $4.00 (b) Appendixes to Toward a State of
Esteem - ISBN 0-8011-0854-3, $4.00 and (c) Images: A Work
Book for Enhancing Self-esteem and Promoting Career Prepa-
ration For Black Girls - ISBN 0-8011-0782-2, $6.00. Address all
orders to:
California Department of Education
Bureau of Publications, Sales Unit
Post Office Box 271
Sacramento, California 95802-0271
Make checks payable to California Department of Education.
No additional charges are made for packaging and shipping the
books.
Literacy: Under the aegis of Services To Youth, The Links,
Inc., is now a partner with the Library of Congress - The Center
For the Book - in declaring "1991 - the Year of The Lifetime
Reader." First Lady, Barbara Bush is chair for this nationwide
campaign. As partners, all Links' chapters are privileged to the
following:
I. Refer to affiliation with the Library of Congress;
2. Utilize the facilities and resources of the many State Cen-
ters (contact Library of Congress for center nearest your
chapter);
3. Participate in any of the national events in the 1991 cam-
paign as partners;
4. Use their official campaign logo and slogan,
"Give us books, give us wings," and;
5. Develop our own national literacy project and receive
recognition by The Library of Congress.
For further details and information please contact me or write
directly to:
Mr. Michael S. Thompson, Consultant
The Library of Congress
Center For The Book
Washington, D.C. 20540
For this biennium, the National Services To Youth Committee,
which includes our four area Services To Youth Chairmen, will
comprise the Self-Esteem Task Force and work toward making
operation SEED (Self-esteem Enrichment Day) a national ob-
servance. Chapters are not asked to program around this con-
cept. We will keep you informed of our progress and at some
point in time you will be asked for some type of support and/or
participation. This will be a monumental undertaking and not
one which can be accomplished overnight, however, we are
confident in our united efforts to make a difference.
May God continue to bless you and your efforts as we move
forward in cherishing the past, cultivating the present and creat-
ing the future.
DELEGATE TO THE U. N.
Iris DuBose
A recent poll by the Roper organization shows that 92% of
Americans have heard of the United Nations but only a very few
had any depth of knowledge, 16% could name a body or agency
but the World Health Organization (WHO) was virtually un-
known. However, this is not true among The Links, Inc. thanks
to Etta Moten Barnett, who has been beating the drum for the
U.N. for over 15 years, before The Links, Inc. became NGO's,
which was 5 years ago. Her words of, "Think globally, act locally,
"have not been in vain, Links are really doing it. This has been
a banner year for participation by the chapter's and cluster's
U.N. activities.
Carol Tate, International Trends Chairman and the Piano,
Dallas, Texas Cluster Group, Senator Eddie Bernice Johnson
and students from '"The Save the Children Program," were flown
in by American Airlines with an African-American pilot to Wash-
ington for a conference. They came by train to New York and by
bus to the U.N. for the tour, where I escorted them and pased
out U.N. folders and posters. They presented me with a Save
The Children tee shirt, which I really appreciate. Oct. 3, 1990
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