The
following is a partial ist of the social
service projects and activities at Mount
Holyoke College
during the 1968-1969 academic year. (33)
Community
Organization:
Urban
Ministry Incorporated - College Force. A
program is being developed by Mount
Holyoke students and Holyoke's Urban
Minister which
will enable students to participate in
the reformulation of "South City," Holyoke's
Ward II area. Students will use their
research skills to study the area and to
analyze problems, and will work with South
City residents in the creation and shaping
of new social structures.
Educational
Projects:
Holyoke Tutorial Project: Approximately
125 students tutor elementary school
students in Holyoke Public Schools,
Wards I, II, and IV. Holyoke Tutorial
Project also sponsors a Neighborhood
Center Program. Students work in
the Ward I Neighborhood Center, organizing
recreational programs after school
hours and supervising evening study
halls. The Project is funded by Commonwealth
Service Corps.
Children's
Protective Services Tutorial Program: Students
work in cooperation with Children's Protective
Services to provide one-to-one relationships
with children who experience emotional
deprivation and/or physical abuse. The
children are brought to campus one day
a week to spend time with their "tutor".
Recreational
Programs:
Riverview Project: Mount
Holyoke students volunteer to run sports and recreational programs at the Riverview
Housing Development in Springfield. Children and teenagers living in the Riverview
Development take part in the recreational activities throughout the school year.
Skinner
Community House: This
limited program is designed to increase
local participation at Skinner Community
House, which is located in Holyoke's
South City. To this end, students both
teach a sewing class and recruit local
people for the class.
Student
Organizations:
Students For One Society (S.O.S.): The
purpose of this organization is to inform and educate the white community abut
existing raqcial problems. At the present time there are three sub-groups of
S.O.S.; the Urban Studies Group which as set up Congressional Files with voting
records of all Congressmen, a Discussion Group which plans to show films in the
dorms and lead discussions, and the S.O.S. Newsletter Group which will publish
news of S.O.S. and the Afro-American Society's activities along with other pertinent
materials.
Biafra Relief Fund: Students
are raising money which Church World Services will use to send food to Biafrans.
Those involved are concerned with awakening
the Campus to the severity of the war as well as with collecting funds.