Word: e4a
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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THIS is a self-critical time for E4A. The Student Board members are questioning E4A's role as it exists now and as it may evolve in the future. The Harvard-Radcliffe "non-merger" may mean the loss of some financial support. In the past, administrative costs have been covered by Radcliffe and the Student Board has been responsible for fund-raising activities to get the money used for grants...
...that students have done in the past. In general, student efforts to bring about social change, be they individual's efforts or more collective efforts, are very short-lived. (Witness the strikes of the last two years.) Organizations die and enthusiasm dwindles long before one could realistically expect results. E4A hopes to help people deal with the immense problem of evolving a viable lifestyle from their political and social commitments by bringing together people who are building their lifestyles. Our hope is that by working together, by sharing ideas and information, people will become more effective over a long period...
...lack of communication with people who have had interesting and productive experiences. How do you find out what is going on? How does one make contacts with people to work with, people to live with while you struggle together? What can you do to share information that you have? E4A attempts to offer answers...
...merger" has precipitated a lot of soul searching. What other needs could E4A be filling? Which functions have perhaps outlived their usefulness? How could we do what we do better? Some of the things that will be emphasized are the information clearinghouse and job counseling, funding only full-time projects when a student takes a leave of absence, or perhaps organizing E4A projects and funding students to work on them...
...this year at least, E4A will be funding students to work on social action projects over the summer. Grants for the summer normally cover subsistence plus required earnings for students with financial need and/or project expenses. Some people thing of E4A as a sort of a "mini-foundation." Ideally, however, the E4A money can be shared by everyone who is struggling and people will think of the money as only one of the resources of the E4A community...