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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAuthorizing the Mayor to submit grant applications to the Indiana Committee for the Humanities for the Youth Service Bureau of the City of South Bend, IndianaRESOLUTION N0. 685 -79 Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, I February 26 Iq 79 Attest: / City Clerk / z�� Z2 President of Common Council Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, February 27 19 79 Approved and signed by me ��— �� °� 19 2� City Clerk RESOLUTION N0. $ -'� A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, 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. WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of South Bend is the Chief Executive Officer of the City, and is the Applicant for funding of any grant applications which may be made by the City of South Bend, Indiana. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana that: SECTION I. The Mayor of the City of South Bend is hereby authorized to submit an application for funding in the amount of $6,550.00 to the Indiana Committee for the Humanities, for funding of a program focusing on ethnic and neighborhood awareness to be operated by the Youth Service Bureau in conjunction with its summer fun program. SECTION II. The Executive Director of the Youth Service Bureau shall be designated the Administrative Agent for this grant. For every category established under this Resolution, the Mayor shall submit to the Common Council a line item budget prior to the expenditures of any grant money received upon approval of this application. SECTION III. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. PRESENTED , P4 - ;� 4 - 7 NOT APPROV D ADOPTED Q G G 7hO4 Qtr� Member f the Common Council FEB 2 1 1979 Irene Gammon CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND, J���`l • DE p CITY of SOUTH BEND ::E • m PETER J. NEMETH, Mayor • 2 ti �b2lpO�d COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Carl Ellison Director Jon R. Hunt Deputy Director V. LaMar Wilson Assistant Director February 21, 1979 Members of the Common Council 4th Floor, County -City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 Dear Council Members: 1440 County -City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 219/284 -9335 There will be presented at the February 26, 1979 Council meeting a resolution requesting authorization for the Youth Service Bureau to submit a preliminary inquiry (see attached project prospectus form) to the Indiana Committee for the Humanities. The amount of grant money requested is $6,500. The purpose of this project is to complement the rich tradition of the Summer Fun Program with a focus on neighborhood and ethnic awareness. The young parti- cipants of the Summer Fun Program will be involved in various humanities activi- ties, including oral and written histories, creative writing, dramatic presenta- tions and community forums. The Committee has expressed their desire for children's projects and preliminary discussions with their representatives have shown a favorable response to the Summer Fun Program. Humanities Projects require a dollar for dollar match and may be satisfied through either "in- kind" or cash sources. A tentative response has been received from a local contributor to meet the cash match needs of the proposal. This project will not involve any monies currently in the Youth Service Bureau budget! If you have any questions regarding this proposal, I would be glad to answer them! Thank you. Sincerely, Bonnie C. Strycker, Executive?Director Youth Service Bureau ICH Pro iect Prospectus Furm 1. Name, address & phone of sponsoring group Youth Services Bureau 121 S. Michigan.St. South Bend, Indiana 46601 219 - 284 -9231 2. Name, address & phone of project director Patrick J. Fleming Youth Services Bureau 121 S. Michigan St. South Bend, Indiana 46601 219 -284 -9231 3. Project title: "The We Nobody Knows ''-- Neighborhood- Ethnic Awareness 4. Briefly describe the proposed project. Include your objectives and means of reaching them. Estimate the number of public sessions involved. This project will complement the activities of the Summer Fun Program, a five year old program of the Youth Services Bureau, which provided diverse activities to over 250 young people, age S to 16, each day during the summer of 1978 at six neighborhood sites. The goals of the Summer Fun Program are consistent with the overall goals of the Y.S.B., namely, to prevent delinquency through the creation of environments which promote posi- tive self- awareness experiences and social skill building. Through a humanities project, the Y.S.B. will attempt to foster a sense of neighbor- hood and ethnic awareness in the young participants of Summer Fun '79. An eight week program of activities addressing pertinent neighborhood /ethnic concerns, inc. changing neighborhoods, communication between young and old residents, and youthful contributions to the oral and written histories of the neighborhood, will be conducted by three project facilitators, schooled in one or more humanities disciplines and experienced in various forms of youth programming. Activities will include oral and written inter- views of a cross section of neighborhood residents who will be invited to participate in a series of community forums, poetry, short -story and essay composition on neigh- borhood /ethnic themes and dramatic experiences bringing to life neighborhood concerns. In addition, with the assistance of the Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Notre Dame and its director, Dr. Thomas Broden, neighborhood memorabilia, including photographs, written material, handicrafts and music representing different periods and cultures of neighborhood life, will be collected, catalogued and offered for pre- sentation at the 1980 Ethnic Festival in South Bend. Logistically, each facilitator will be assigned to two neighborhood parks and will conduct a three hour activity program four times weekly at each site. To stimulate involvement with various humanities' disciplines, the facilitators will develop various activities, inc. guided neighborhood tours, ethnic- neighborhood games, and movement interpretation of ethnic music, On the fifth day of each week, the methods and projects developed by the facilitators will be shared with other community agen- cies involved in summer youth programming, inc. the South Bend Recreation Department. Each facilitator will be involved with the project for two weeks prior to Summer Fun to meet with the planning committee of humanists to discuss the project and develop materials and for two weeks after Summer Fun to compile information and produce a representative cross section of the young participants' labors. 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. 7. Explain how the humanities and humanists are central to the project. Describe the project's major ideas and disciplines. The humanities provide the vehicle for both individuals and groups to utilize creative expression to confront significant human concerns. Thus, while concern- ing one's self with an art form, the individual is also encountering issues of more or less personal concern. In addition, the individual is also given the opportune y to contribute to the creative expression of his or her time. The philosophy of the Y.S.B. is one that utilizes various forms of activity (employment, recreation, and special events) to which an individual can relate his total lifestyle. In many ways, the positive or non - judgmental nature of activity can allow a person to express his own legitimate concerns and obstacles to growth. By involving individuals in the disciplines of the humanities, we will be providing another activity component in which young people can see themselves more clearly. Humanists have been involved throughout the planning stage of the project and are listed below. Their impact has been such that certain disciplines of interest to young people can be made accessible to them through careful preparation and follow -up. These disciplines include: oral and written history development, photographic investigation, a history and demonstration of the games and sports of a culture, dramatic interpretation of contemporary themes, and creative writing experiences exploring roles and concerns of an ethnic /neighborhood variety. 8. Name some of the humanists who will be involved in planning and presenting the project or indicate how you hope to find such persons.. Dr. Thomas Broden Dr. Thomas Institute of Urban Studies University University of Notre Dame In addition, two local clergyman have been participation in the project. Humanists i and oral history are also being pursued. J. Schlereth Dr. Richmond Calvin of Notre Dame Indiana University at South Bend contacted and have indicated tentative i the area of dramatics, creative writing 9• Identify any other possible sources of cash support for this project. Two funding sources (non- federal) have been approached to provide cash match on the order of approximately $2500. One source is a local church and the other is a service club. These sources do not care to be identified at this time. 10. ROUGH BUDGET ESTIMATE: GRANT FUNDS CASH MATCH IN -KIND MATCH AVM1N1J1KA11UN 4500 3000 SPEAKERS 300 TRAVEL ' 200 I 50 SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT 800 720 PRINTING, DUPL., POSTAGE 700 OTHER COSTS 1. Facility Rental 400 2. Office Space I 225 Total $6500 $2500 $4395