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Nussbaum said.
Mr. Nussbaum said Flint
once depended on its_pri-
vate entrepreneurial sector
— individuals with both
financial and community
resources. That group has
grown older. The Jews
moving to Flint are
younger and working in
academic and professional
fields.
The training program
will direct Flint's younger
Jews in ways to take on
more leadership roles in
the community.
"I don't think Flint is
necessarily at risk. In fact,
our numbers are up slight-

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ly from two years ago. But
like all smaller communi-
ties, we are seeing a
change," Mr. Nussbaum
said.
The greater Flint area,
including the city and sur-
rounding communities of
Lapeer, Davidson and
Clarkston, boasts a Jewish
population of 1800.
Armand Lauffer, director
of Project STaR, added,
"The idea is to give the
participants Jewish confi-
dence in addition to know-
how. Flint is a small com-
munity. If people don't
invest in it, it will disap-
pear." ❑

High School Students
To Learn Leadership

LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER

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ncreasing numbers of
high school students are
grappling with issues
larger than with whom
to attend prom or which
college to choose. They are
dealing with the problems
of drugs, suicide, preju-
dices and eating disorders.
With the help of parents,
principals and educators,
the West Bloomfield Clergy
Association has monitored
the situation. Believing
youth listen best to their
peers, the clergy formed
the Gary Faber Project
Youth: Leadership Devel-
opment Program.
In its first year, Project
Youth will recruit four to
six high school 'sophomores
from 15 to 20 Oakland
County schools for leader-
ship development training.
It will be administered
through the Ecumenical
Institute for Jewish-
Christian Studies.
"We'll be teaching how to
be sensitive to differences
without imposing value
judgments, conflict resolu-
tion without fists and
guns," said the Rev. James
Lyons of the Ecumenical
Institute. "We'll get kids
talking about building bet-
ter relationships and stim-
ulating family involve-
ment."
The Rev. Lyons said the
Project Youth idea comes
from a program run in the
1950s called Panel of
Americans. Jewish, black
and Christian students
would speak to their peers
about differences.
"It seems they (the stu-
dents) listened," the Rev.
Lyons said.

Project Youth partici-
pants will go through a
training program for the
first part of the year and
act as goodwill ambas-
sadors, speaking to middle-
school and junior-high stu-
dents during the second
semester. Juniors (in their
second year of the pro-
gram) will talk to fresh-
men, and seniors will be
sent out into the communi-
ty to discuss potentially
divisive issues.
Criteria for the program
have not yet been devel-
oped, but the Rev. Lyons is
confident they will be in
place so the program can
begin in the fall of 1993.
The program is named in
tribute to Dr. Gary Faber,
former West Bloomfield
High School principal and
current assistant superin-
tendent of the West
Bloomfield Schools. Under
Dr. Faber's administration,
West Bloomfield High
School was named
Michigan Exemplary
School twice and National
Exemplary School for the
1986-87 school year. He is
known among West
Bloomfield clergy for keep-
ing them aware of situa-
tions in the schools.
"I was deeply honored by
the West Bloomfield clergy.
I hope this is the beginning
of a long-lasting program of
cultural awareness and sen-
sitivity," Dr. Faber said.
Dr. Faber will act as a
consultant for the pro-
gram.
For consideration as a
Project Youth participant,
students should contact their
high school principal. ❑

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