The Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial statue was completed and
placed in Lincoln Park, Washington, D. C:, on July 10, 1974.
With the National Council of Negro Women's task completed,
the U. S. Park Service of the Department of the Interior
is now responsible for continual maintenance and upkeep
of this "living memorial, which symbolizes in part the
Black peoples' contribution to American life.

WOMEN IN COMMUNITY SERVICE NCNW, in coalition with five
other national women's organizations, conducts programs of
outreach to young women 16-21 years who have suffered the
problems of poverty. WICS Volunteers in local communities
are involved in recruiting and screening candidates for
women's Job Corps. Volunteers provide programs of orienta-
tion to young women selected for enrollment in Job Corps,
and support services to Corpswomen returning to the com-
munity. Job Corps, after ten years in existence, remains
one of the better job-training, potential development
programs offered by the U. S. Department of Labor.

The Commission on Higher Education is the first special
interest group organized by NCNW to address the prob-
lems of discrimination based on both sex and race.
Since higher education represents the core of leader-
ship and knowledge in this country, it is essential
that Black women help shape our educational destiny.
A network of Black women in America's colleges and
universities work under NCNW's leadership to achieve
equal employment opportunity.

Dorothy Duke, Project Coordinator

Evelyn Harrison, Consultant

Berdina Williams, Administrative Assistant, NCNW

Appendix D

NATIONAL PRESIDENTS' MEETING

September 13-15, 1974

Summary of Meeting

List of Organizations Represented

The contract to produce this study was awarded by

the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Methodology and planning for the hearings and

June 1974.

seminars was completed during the summer.

On September 14 and 15, 1974, the National Council of Negro Women convened a weekend meeting of national presidents of 100 women's organizations. The meeting focused on two basic needs of life; shelter and food. Its theme was unity to secure justice, a lifelong concern of the Council's founder, Mary McLeod Bethune. It was held at the headquarters of the National Association of Homebuilders, 15th and M Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.

The meeting served in part as a public announcement of the plans for conducting the study reported in this document. The design developed to conduct the study called for by the contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was discussed. pose of the study was defined as the documentation of information which would produce a reference work on women and housing discrimination.

The pur

The program for Saturday, September 14, 1974, was devoted to women and housing. It was highlighted by the appearance of Mrs. Gerald P. Ford, wife of the President of the United States. Mrs. Ford expressed her concern

for an increased commitment to the role of women in

American life.