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Magazine
Volume 2, Number 24. March 12, 1986
ORtZGON
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B L A C K W O M L M K ADI- NS S t A l P A C T — In a sym bolic
jo in in g of hand«, black wom en leader« o f the Young W o ­
m en'« C h ris tia n Association I V W I A) and Ihe W om en'«
Bureau In Ihe I .S. D e p a rtm e n t o f I ahor com m itted th e ir
org an izatio n« to a jo in t e ffo rt Io boost the e m p io « meni
p otential o f teenage m other«, high school d ropout« and
o th er young women w ith labo r m a rk e t disadvantages.
G w end olyn C a lv e rt B aker il e f t i , esecutive d ire c to r of th r
n atio n al hoard o f Ihe A W C A; (ìw e n d o ra Mc II w ai n Putnam
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(re n te r ), p re v id rn t o f th r h oard , and W o m rn '« B ureau Di
re c to r I rn o ra ( o l e A levand er (r ig h t! met recently in
W ashington to discuss the one »ear fed erally funded
I W t y jo b pro ject M odel program « developed at two test
tile s , Boston and M ia m i, w ill p ro vid e personal counseling,
re m e d ia l classroom in s tru c tio n , jo b «kills tra in in g and
support services such as re fe rra l« for help w ith < h ild i a re,
housing, food p ro cu re m e n t, m edical services and m enial
health consultation to 4(1 low - income women In io 21 sears
o f age.
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