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August 8, 1969 Mr . Clay Cos , Editot Civic Eduction S~rvic 1733 Kay Stre t, NW W ehington, D. C. 20006 Dear Mr . Cose: 11'1 r ferenc to your 1 tt r of June 11, I have b n .ked to ahed ome light on the iH of atudent invol'~ement in te'l'm8 of what the Atlanta Urb n Corp is attempting to do . on whos st .ff I • rv , 1a n o:tganization who purpose ia to cbann 1 stud nt · nergy nd tal nt into aervic .-ori nted job in th metropolitian Atl .nt _t Atl nta UJl'b- n Corpe (AUC), AUC be nit o ratiorte tbi t r. Th r~ in apprcntiGt~ly 20 other · rtcan eiti of th n r · of t nta nroil d ' nd r '~rb n Con• M, Our op r Uon is c o ed of pp~oxin\a t ovetnment d par nte nd 38 priv te att Che4). W ·b. V Our f1nanc1n c a. tonal ·ducation fr in 17 city te lb~ b pp~O'Xi: ev, ral 1ourc ,: rd, worki · • v t':loue loc l buai Pragr of funetionin ran very widely in te oft · prdgr involv Th Cicy of Atl nta, The South rn with which our interns ar ate•, · nd Tb ed ral Colle• Work-Study lnanca of the •g neie Althou b our pr ntly ongoing job, terminate at the lid of the • ha lre.dy - de plan• to oo tin our o · ra lo'tl n l i it b sh uri T 14r acho 1 ye r, an pl ntn for• proftra - to involv 1.000 ,, tudent, nex e ·r. At.JC eubs<iri to. · · d b e • it• xtatene o th.a Ml.adv ly MV d •tton•l theory of ·• rvu:•-learni Thu prop aitS.on cont _ that signHic ;nt itional d ntion to t . hl11t.r •ducatton.al h -to be f out1i th• fo -1 ol.&11,ro ,, etti tt l" 1p ~ to le iti t.e crie.1 for rel vant ••rte ed ti~l expt,Tlencea by contributing to ffort• to revla hi her d cation in a NY that would allow than of rely . c amiciana. AU · re for t - the ttruetur• of of ra ti i ~ t • train! ulunt ,ataff int.at~ • full•ti dU4ittion- · l~tf.on staff of foul" and ft ulty m111De1r1 vhos oollective t'etp®•1bilt y it ta t · ke •• tft a t •• 01.at'bl th e4 adonal •xperi nee of our lntema. The ·• taff of fi •* - �So, in the final an ly . is, the ucces t £ Uure of our pro gr ,a nd others like it depend on hetb.er this v ry re 1 obatacl · c n be overcome . If those in the eetal>li bment re disposed to ch nge, students ·re willing to work 1th them to acheive it. If there are enough i~ the est blisbment wbo re detennin d to resi.s ·. c;hange, then EJtudents re p1;epar d to do wrun: is nece•sary to force it . And if' this be the only way to acbie change, .en: though destructive taedca may be us d, the· effort could prov indeed to be the ost troly eons·tructiv action that co~ld b tak n. Sincerely, Tim F. Rogers Atl nu Urban Corps TFR:blu Enclo u1te cc: Sam Williama ., Director Atlant.a Urban Cot'p cc: Mr. D ·:n Swe - t Office of th City of Atl ·· ~ �re 111 rr vt its to tnt:ems f.n the teld, djuatmen Ide U.y a . rv1e • leat'ni~g org · 1• don aucb the AtJC provtd si titf ie n~ p rt of the iUIJilW1:l1'r to t q tion of hov tadent diesent and dies tf. if ct.ion c n b - cb .n-neled into construed. tion. Tb re are o b ic crite-r which muat b .t if lt i in f ct to b · ably the t 1 ht. �
