NCJ Number
88644
Date Published
1967
Length
72 pages
Annotation
The Los Angeles Community Relations Project included two 8-week leadership seminars held in 1966, involving public and private community leaders in Los Angeles County along with leaders of the black community. All were gathered to explore ways of cooperating to prevent urban race riots in the Watts area and to improve the community.
Abstract
The University of Southern California designed the project to incorporate a behavioral science perspective, emphasis on attitude change, flexibility, and evaluation by the general public of recommendations developed by the McCone Commission on dealing with racial conflict in Los Angeles. A variety of teaching methods were used in the leadership seminars, incluing group discussions, management exercises, sensitivity training, team projects, and a field trip in which participants role played the part of panhandlers, among others. The McCone Conference culminated in the two seminars and enabled ghetto and other community residents to meet face-to-face over the issues of the day. About 60 references, evaluation instruments, a survey questionnaire, correspondence, and newspaper clippings are supplied.