KTLA News: "National Association of Black Social Workers conference" (1974)

[Music] Mr Cox what is the aim of the conference well the aim is um this is a sixth annual conference of the National Association of black social workers our aim is to uh in fact the effect the process of deliver of Human Services in such a way that they' be more beneficial to the people who are recipients of those Services uh our interests um you know or as an organization centers around uh black Economic Development and as our theme for this conference which is survival and Beyond indicates we're talking about not only what are the levels of survival for black people in America we're talking about what are the some of the processes and necessary development going into systems in order to go beyond M level of survival into some enhancement some enrichment and some development of programs that will affect the meaningful and the development of black communities throughout the nation are you only concerned with the poor black people or poor people of all backgrounds I I think basically you know if we are talking about affecting the delivery of Human Services we're talking about things ad will uh you know you know Elevate all kinds of services relating to that our specific interest being of you know the black community um you know we are workers for the most part the majority of us are working in the black community and therefore Our concern uh is there in terms of development uh we feel that with our concept of of affecting Human Services it extends then you know throughout all eties are you getting representation from all 50 states um for the most part not all 50 states we do have since the chapter be uh the National Association began in 1968 we have what over 100 chapters throughout the nation what have you done in the six years Mr Cox along the goals that you wish to achieve I think you know uh along with that we've created some vehicles in terms of or organizational skills we've been able to develop programs that were meaningful we've been able to develop resolutions that give us goals toward the kinds of things that we feel necessary to be developed um we have organized I think a vehicle that you know black social workers in America will have a voice in some of the things that affect the lives of black people and six years has been a process of building and and I think this is our aim is to build uh for instance we're anticipating a a crowd this year uh in excess of 5,000 to 6,000 people uh the you know the hotel itself is booked in this kind of thing and we are gaining in terms of Education in terms of knowledge of ourselves in terms of relating to each other and all of those are the positive goals of development that we are about in terms of the National Association of black social workers thank you you can and go I'll register you here I'll register you here and when we're finish there 14 hours [Music] we