{"value"=>"<p>Series pertains to IFCO's attempts to develop a national and later, an international, training program. Included are correspondence, reports, minutes and program evaluations that document one of IFCO's primary objectives - to train blacks, Asian-Americans, American Indians, Mexican-Americans, Chicanos, poor whites, Eskimos, and Africans to become community organizers who would, after their training, return to their communities to organize grassroots activities and programs. Although relatively sparse, the files show the trajectory of IFCO's planning in this area. Among the files are proposals for training in leadership development and community organizing. There is a 1969 report to the IFCO Training Committee regarding a proposed demonstration training institute developed by IFCO and a file for IFCO's first instruction project, a Ministers Leadership Training Program which they created for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. There are also files for the Community Organizers Training Institute (COTI) established in 1972 in Washington, D. C., and the Amilcar Cabral Training Institute, 1973-1974.</p> <p>The National Organizers Conference in 1976 was one of IFCO's most successful projects, and was planned by a forty-one-member steering committee, including IFCO staff. In addition to steering committee planning documents, file contents include correspondence, mailing lists, notes, panelists' papers and biographical sketches, conference evaluation forms, and an analysis of the conference possibly prepared by Marilyn Clement, one of the primary organizers. The entire conference was videotaped, however, the videotape is not included in the collection. A play script by Amiri Baraka, \"Senate Bill #1\" which was performed at the conference, is included.</p>"}