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11-14-1968 Appalachian Migrant Workshop in Dayton

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DAYTON, Ohio, November 14, 1968 - The Mid-West Inter-Collegiate Conference On

Appalachia is sponsoring a workshop on the Appalachian migrant Novemer 15-17 at the Bergam C~nter in Dayton. The weekend program liill begin with registration at

5s 30 P.M. ~'Oh : Friday, November 15 and will end with a lunch at 12s)0 P.Il. on Sunday,

Tha~jor concentration of the workshop Will be on the mig~nt situation both in the rural and inner city areas. The fonnat of the workshop itself has been arranged so that an i nterdisiplinary approach may be employed using professionals in the field of sociology, psychology, theology, economics and political science. Participating in the workshop will be representatives from the Office of Economic Opportunity in

Washington, Chicago and Kentucky; representatives from "Scope"; Rev. Thomas lfillea f rom Chicago, t he author of "Ghetto Fever"; Marie Cirelo from Focis in Tennessee;

Dr. Robe rt Hoover, Chairman of the University of Cincinnati's graduate department of

Communi t y Planning; representatives from the Council of Southern Mountains; Rev.

Be rgeron f rom Boston; representatives from the Welfare Department in Ohio and Kentucky and the Hollywood Community Center • .

School s who Will be participati ng in the weekend poverty workshop are the

Universi ty of Dayton, Xavier University, Mount Saint Joseph's College, Edgecliff College,

Thomas Mo re College, Loyola of l..hicago and Ohio University.

Wiss Linda Wagner, a senior at UD, is Executive Director and Miss Vivian Snelling, a UD Junior will act as Chai rman ' of the workshop.