What was the waveland retreat

Please check these titles or first lines against the papers that are in your-packet now. Pick up papers you do not have at Jones Hall office. Why do we organize, where do we organize, what do we do with what we organize, and the relationship of these questions to structure and decision making. There was general agreement on the question of whether or not a very serious staff meeting was needed. Anyone who writes other papers can bring them to Jones for mimeographing.

Women and Social Movements ». Headnotes to documents written by Elaine DeLott Baker. Document "Freedom Primer No. Document "Trip to Washington," Washington D. Miles Speaking, Batesville, Mississ SNCC Retreat Please check these titles or first lines against the papers that are in your-packet now. What is the Student Voice?

Silas Norman 3. Norman 4. Some Basic Considerations for Staff Retreat 6. The New Building 8. To the SNCC family there was one question. Summary Report--Campus Travellers From Sherrod What is SNCC? What should it be to accomplish its goals? SNCC in the North James Pittman paper on decision making Working Paper: Poor Whites and the Movement All those little newspaper articles. Battle fatigue and the accompanying tensions because of it was another factor.

Over 40 papers were presented. They looked at a range of issues such as the role of education in organizing, the role of women in the organization, and the issue of race among the staff.

Proponents of this position felt that the only way to achieve internal unity and cohesion was through a centralized executive body. Others believed that SNCC should remain a decentralized cadre of organizers in the field, with authority primarily lodged in the organizing of local projects. For some, the Waveland Conference signaled that the democratic interracial culture that SNCC had cultivated since its founding was beginning to fray.

Other staffers left the conference more optimistic about the future. Cheryl Lynn Greenberg, ed.