Authorizing the Mayor to submit grant applications to the Indiana Committee for the Humanities for the Youth Service Bureau of the City of South Bend, Indiana

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In addition to the ongoing humanities project in the parks conducted four times weekly for eight weeks and serving over 250 youth each day, the project will spon- sor a total of twelve community forums (one during the third week.of the program and another during the seventh week) to which neighborhood residents will be invi- ted to share their impressions, memorabilia and creative productions and to observe and react to the impressions and productions of the young Summer Fun participants. It is estimated that 40 people will attend each community forum which will be video - taped for inclusion in the 1980 Ethnic Festival. Finally, a sampling of the forums, the memorabilia, the poetry and the histories will be presented at the Final Day Celebration of Summer Fun, conducted at a neigh- borhood park for all the participants of Summer Fun, their parents and the communi- ty at large. In 1978, this gathering attracted over 400 people. 5. Identify your target audience and explain how you hope to reach them with publicity and later involve them actively in the project. One target audience will consist of the youth age 6 to 1h residing in the neighborhoods of Summer Fun activity. The publicity network will draw-upon the existing drawing cards Summer.Fun utilizes, school announcements, flyer and posters, and word of mouth. In 1977, attendance averaged 190 each day; in 1978, the figure rose to 250. The other target audience will consist.)f neighborhood residents in the various areas of Summer Fun involvement. Contact with neighborhood associations has been estab- lished and will serve as a prime publicity tool. In addition, the young people them- selves will serve as ambassadors of community interaction. Posters and flyers will again be utilized. The project facilitators will provide activities which promote leadership on the part of the young participant who will serve as the primary leader of the community forums. 6. How does your project deal with contemporary social issues, meet community needs and/ or bring the humanities to new audiences? The Me Decade of the Seventies has continued to address two questions part and parcel of the foment of the late Sixties, namely, Who am I? and What am I? However, revolu- tion or a new order appear to have given way to self development and community identity. Although the comtemporary issues may have changed, the humanities remain as one of the most eloquent spokespersons of this age. Local concern with e 0nic• neighborhood issues has been spearheaded by two projects - -the Institute for Urban Studies at the University of Notre Dame and the Ethnic Heritage Project at the Indiana University of South Bend. Through both projects both local and national attention has been given to ethnic /neighborhood concerns. However, the target audience for both pro- - jects has been primarily an adult population. Thus, by designing a program for and about youngpeople's impressions and contributions, a significant contemporary community issue can be Broached to a new audience.