All of the COIIImeDtatOll'l,
dudiDg 8eDator
-the . liberal Se
fromDclawarecompiained
jObs uad eeo omic doYdop­
__ .. -- totaDy separate &
•
tions abo further dey tate
lready impovished com­
munities.
NothiDg short of t the
te Urban Le ue Director
Witney Y unl called
DO.eaic Marshall PlaD will
bqin to act at the root ca . of
drug abuse, the dr ecooomy,
crime aDd violence in AfricaD­
American communities.
. BiOi or'dollars will need
to be iD�ted in co unity
economic development, job
.. the revitalization of
public educatio d housing.
ADd while all of want safe
commODities, the wareh .
of drug and offeDde .
. e as a strateIY.
·AHEALni. 0 ...... & .....
Drui Deeda to be see
prilDarily public health
issue aDd a �JOr priority m
be plaeed ·on drug education
counscq aDd tre tmeDl.lf t
majority of those 10. to
prison days are bei iD-
carcertated because of drul
abuse drug related oft
then the focus of c:rimiDa1
ju tiee ystem must be
redirected to place peatei'
phalli OD co eliq. treat-
at; d wn develop at
•• for drug aDd
poor the affected com­
mUDities will ha to forge their
qe:DOa for and ct
. theo
d to .
society.
Ron DGnieb $ as Pm;-
dent of 1M 1 . lOT Com-
munity Organization ·and
Development in Youngstown,
Ohio. He may be contacted at
(216) 746-5747.
ce .. writing aad drawing
projects, I
Los Angeles yo are fand-
� an altemati\le t the gangs in
the city's -Clean and Green­
pfOll'llD. Workiag· t the
youagpeop can earn a modes
hourly lie fOT fCrforming
s� t as p� trees aDd
setting up recyclin8. programs.
They also a co to
ticipate in educ i01lA1 c-
tivities. .
Young adoleSce in ew
. Yor City are gettins an oppor­
tunity to ork with young
children through the -Early
AdoiesceDt H,lper Program"
At child care f cili· they help
pervise children's play and
live the youapten individual
tten ·00. In . . to f er-
iag adult· maturity
aad i'espoaIibility in the youog
teeas, the program pea
skills tha will help iD the futUre.
That·· a small sample of
J • • th
the creatM and excatmg you
service programs uDele
ay in our nation. Re: endy,
there has been iDa . iDter­
est in Wa.hingto , DC in
mak· a federal g rament
iD in yOuth service. I
would welcome a f at role to
make sure di dvantaged
yo have an equal chance to
participate iD these progr .
To find out more about
youth service progr order
your copy of Scm Oppor­
tunities for You • or S4.50
&om croF, 122 C S
Washington, DC