The date marked on this tape, 3/8/68, is apparently incorrect, because during the course of the dialogue, Waymon made reference to the date of the next meeting being 2/23/68. (The meetings were held every other Friday morning, making this the meeting of February 9.) Also, due to the large number of people present, this meeting was held in an auditorium, and parts of the audio recording are not sufficiently audible to catch everything being said by some sitting farther away from the recorder.

Members of the Mexican American community made presentations about problems they were having in their communities, and voiced concerns that nothing was being done, although they had attended many meetings with school and city officials. Issues included placement of Mexican American children in classes for the mentally retarded, lack of bilingual counselors and others in positions of providing services to them, lack of recreational facilities for teens, areas without street lights, and a lack of representation in matters concerning them and their neighborhoods.

Other agenda items included the proposed resolution regarding a policy of anti-discrimination throughout city government, the need for an implementation plan as part of the policy, and the question of whether a separate city office needed to be organized to handle issues dealing with racism and discrimination. Also, the CIC's intention of obtaining a review and subsequent reform of the civil service selection and hiring procedures was reported to be still in the talking stage.

Finally, strong remarks were made about the continued lack of attendance at CIC dialogs by top city officials, and the importance of their presence for validating and lending dignity to the meetings, thereby expressing sensitivity to the concerns of the minority groups. One speaker posited that the failure of top officials to attend was, in the words of popular civil rights activist Dick Gregory, "an insult."

The meetings were moderated by CIC Executive Director Carroll Waymon, and his voice is often the first one heard in the audio recordings of the meetings.

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