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Atlanta, Georgia Part III, Page NS February 17, 1967 social activities rather than long-range programs for the total neighborhood. Among them are: Summerhill Civic League, People's Town Civic League, Capitol Homes Tenant Association, The Wesley House Cent er, Ne gro Voter's League, Pittsburg Civic Le ague, Mechanicsville Civic Le a gue, Couns_elor of Wome n, Summerhill-Mechanicsville Community Improvement Committee, John Hood, Member Georgia Legislature, and others. 9. Church e s These institutions poss e ss gr e at influence anq organizational strength, not as units of social service but as bodies' under whose pastors and lead e rs ther e i s v e to or endors ement powe r in community affairs . Ove r 100 Bapti s t, Episcopalian, Me thodi s t, Presbyterian, Holline ss, African Me thodist and oth e r Atl a nta Urba n Leag ue congr ega tions , lar ge and sma ll ar e active in th e area. This local unit of th e Na tion a l orga ni za tion works with Ne i ghbo r hoo d Or g ani za tions and diss emina tes Mod e l Ne ighborho od Progr am in f orma tion to th em. to th e ir club membe rs. They, in turn, pr ese nted thi s information They also comp il e d a list of active ne ighborhood as s oci at io ns in th e a rea . Go a ls What are th e goa l s so ught with r espec t to citi ze n pa rticip at io n ? 1. Provi d e ne i ghb orho od r es id ents with a more mea ni ngful r o l e in th e r e - bu ild ing and restru cturi ng o f t h e ir own communit i es. Pl anni ng shou l d be c arr i ed out with , as we ll as for , th e peop l e liv i ng i n t h e a ffected a r ea. a. Promote l oca l s upp9r t f or pr ogram s uccess. b. Deve l op more c apacity and se l f-suff i ci e ncy among area residents nec e ssary to sust a in gains mad e throu gh th e pro gram. �Atlanta, Georg ia Part III, Page N9 February 17, 1967 c. Incre ase commu nit y neighbo rho od orga nizations' capacity to continue actively to repres e nt neighborhoods beyond th~ execution period of Mode l Ne ighborhood Progr am. 2. Provid e more mechanisms in th e program for a flow of communication and social contact b etween the citi ze ns of the area and residents in other parts of th e city. Th e result will be two-fold: low income resid en ts of the Model Neighborhood Area will see the life style of other p eop l e and th e latter wi ll better und e rst a nd the probl ems of the Model Neighborhood. 3. Dev e lop a Citi zen Partic ip a tion Program ~D g ive a voice to all elements of th e loc al population fro m all parts of th e are a through s ma ll churches , meet ing places and li tt l e gatherings in addition to large one s. 4. Uti li z e ex is t ing ne i ghborhood organizations where possible, find and involve unor ga ni ze d peop l e , ge t to know eve ry fami l y, knock on doors. 5. Provid e fu ll in fo r mat ion t o are a r esidents concerning th e program, pla nni ng d ~cis i ons to be ma de , al t e rnative cours es of action; solicit e xpres s ion of r e sid e nts' conc e rns , d e s i res , and nee ds , individu a lly and in gr oup s . 6. Inco r pora t e r es id e nt ' s conce rn , desir es and nee ds in planriing and exe cution o f th e progr am. 7. Dev e lop mea ns of in t roducing vi ews of ar ea r es id e nts in policy making. 8. Af f or d opportuniti es to city~wid e and me tropolit a n groups to discuss th e i mpact of th e pr ogram on th e ir par ti cu l a r ar ea s and int e r es t s and b r i ng to b ear t he ir p o int s o f v i ew in th e pl ann i ng and execution of th e d emonst r at io n p rogr am. 9. Util ize ex i s t i ng citi ze n c owJTiitt ees esta bli sh e d under oth er Fe der a l p rogra ms such as CACUR , and EOA gr oups. �