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this momentous effort as its major prior­
ity, emphasis has been on attracting lead­
in blac Americans in our education sys­
tem and many highly skilled reeently-re­
tired educators. This progressive program
has met with tremendous success and as a
result no concerted and effective efforts to
be launched have to suffer from a lac of
the most talented and experienced
ohmteers in America. 1bere are absolute-
ly no paid staff either locally or nationally.
All funds raised from the pri sector
will go 100 percent for materials to be used
in the program.
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It t this point that th blac-
oriented p of The BMI Cooperati e
d ided that only a ell-organized b c -
led coalition could fully combat
thi a me dilemma and comp ely
er e illiter amon blac people
of this nation"
This dynamic far thinking group of
b pub" too the initiative in
bringin together 0 er 70 national blac -
led organizations fo the expr purpose
of "r bing out" and "reaching "
to help th around th m.
ive environ­
m nt in our commuru i so untenab e
hundreds of thousands of volun­
teer pr y working "thin their
sepal e organizations, have seen the
n ity of orking interorganization­
all to 'REACH B C "to that func­
tional) illiterate SO percent n presently
eachabl through con entional sch 1
and other bling programs,
�VJOt;�y , fi , if any, of the major
(and white«icnted) organizatioos
involved in " programs today have
other the or expel ience or a suc-
record that cou1d the
segregated and always-inadequatcly-fm-
anced -led literacy improvanent ef-
forts of OIP-related organizatioos.
of the -experienced pro-
and other enabler un
from America are intcrrdatcd
DIP. Th t a delivery sysUm of
�U'V'\a'lC'ly unheard proportions is now
ready to both and complement
efforts of our educational in stltlltlOlrlS
and others in this urgently needed remedia­
tion effort.
in the fact
organizatioos ba literal­
ly thousands of independen programs
aarcaov in place. Through OIP these ef­
forts and newly focused interorganiza­
tionaI ones are now put in in
� in this nation.
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