High school drop-outs
ha e numeric problem.
Be . e the obvious one of
employm nt, . ety rns
to fro th . youth
'viD them 1 c of
lf-confidenc and pride.
They sometime becom
bored d restl , getting
into riou trouble.
A youth orgaization
eel 70 00 1 offers help
d upport ot OUI out­
of-school youth.
70001 Ltd. got it'
rt in 1969 in ilming-
De reo Con med
both econimic and
problem u d by
out-of- hool youth the
Thorn cAnn Company
ed th D' tributi
Education Clubs of Ameri
D A for help, The goal
to provide an avenu
by hich the youths
could receive immediate
employm nt along 'th on­
the-job training, education,
personal moti tion, and
the If-confidence neces-
to enter and dvance
in th field of marketing
and distribution.
Technically, the name
70 00 I originated by t ing
the budget lin number off
the I bor tim sheet. The
name them adopted
because it unded futuris­
tic, like the orgainization.
One of the program's cor­
dinators, Shirley J ohnson
id, " e also feel, more
importantly, that our name
nds for the 70,001 ways
have to help the area
young people.
70,001 Ltd. is a unique,
nation�de or�tion
which serves economically
di dvantage youths ag
16-22. Th young people
mu be high hool drop-
outs and/or ET A elegible
to become members. The
organization help youths
to finish their education
by GED te ting and to
find and eep employment.
The program consists of
three main components.
The first, la ts about
3 ee s cia in good
wor attitude, good . or
habit, and human relations.
The second componet
is studying for the GED
exam.
SEVCE is the third
component of the program
and, the on1y youth organ­
ization of its kind in the
area. The 70,001 Career
ciation or SEVCA
provide the motivation
personal and vocational
developernnt and self-
confidence necessary for
ce in employment.
SEVCA holds field
trips and contests for the
kid . There is a n etter
edited and writen by the
oujh themselves, Guest
en from the Com­
munity come to 70,001
to tell the kids a little
bout the retailing business.
SEVCA i community
oriented and teache sur­
vival skills such as, banking,
economics and ho to get
credit on your own.
The group toUIS local
busine d and conduct
fund-raising events. On the
17th of August SEVCA will
be holding a car sh at
Kroger . SEVCA is curren­
tly serving 35 activ mem­
bers.
70,001 Ltd. em to
be quite ucce sful showing
a 71 % retention rate.
Shirley J ohnson explain,
"When the kids go for a
job intervi , they are very
prepared for the work
situation. This attributes to
OUI high rate of employ­
ment.' The organization
al 0 follows up with moni­
toring and hom visits to
e ho the youth i doing
after employment.
AUGl S� 22 - 28, t979
THE CITIZE
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In this" Intemational Year
oj t Child .': 1979. it should
be si nificant for our youn -
er and older readers to
e plor« om of th inner
or in s of a distin uished
black Am ri an. James �/­
don Johnson. ho hares th
often poinful secrets of his
childhood and early life ith
us.
Jam 'eldon Johnson
(I 7/-193/1) rote "Lift
E ry Voi and in ." often
called 'Th egro 'ational
nthem." He as a poet.
compo r, educator and dip­
lomat. A orthy project for
students as /I as for adult
ould M /0 locate and
examin as many Jam Wel­
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gold chain and a great gold
atch .ith which he
alw y willing to let me play.
:' admiration as almo t
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hoe , He used to come to the
hou: e evenings, perhat s two
or three limes a ee; -id it
became my ppointed duty
hen ver he came to brin
hin a pair of tippers and to
pu th shiny hoes in a
particul r corner; he often
ave m in return for thi
er icc a bri ht coin, hich
m mot her taught me to
promptly drop in a little tin
bank. I remember distinctly
the I t time this tall man
cam to the little house in
Georgia; that evening before
1 ent to bed too me up
in his arms and squeezed me
very tightly; my mother tood
behind his chair iping tears
from her eyes. I remember
ho I t upon his nee and
arched him laboriously drill
a hole through a ten-dollar
gold piece, nd then tic the
coin around my nee ith a
string. I have om that old
piece around my' nee the
greater part of my life, and
till posse' it, but more than
once I have i hed that some
other way had been found of
attaching it to me besides
putting a hoi through it.
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childish fancy it as an
endl territory. I can till
recall the thrill of joy, excite­
m nt,and onderitgavem
to 0 on an explorin expedi­
lion through it, to find the
blac berri ,both ripe and
green. that gr alon the
edge of the fence,
I remember ith hat
plea urc I used to arrive t,
lid tand before, a little
e do ure in hich stood a
pari mt co che ing her cud,
ho I 0 Id occasionally
01 fer her through the bars a
pi. � of my bread and mo­
I' , nd ho I ould jer
b c my hand, in half fright if
he made ny motion to
ccep my offer.
I have a dim recollection of
\, ral people ho mo ed in
and b ut this little hou ,
bu t I h ve a distinct mental
ima c of only t 0: one, my
moth r; and the other, a tall
man ith small, d r mo -
tache. I remember that his
h or boots ere al ays
c from th hou a sh-nv. and that he ore a
etable arden r n, per­
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hundred feet; but to my
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