The report also states that the Commission "has called upon holiday cornmissionsState/city/local--as well as other organizations. and groups to identify and undertake a Martin Luther King. Jr. Heritage Action Project." These projects "must address problems of poverty. racism. war. and violence in Its many forms. and how these issues impact upon the human experience." The report sets out appropriate examples. including: First. housing for the poor. second. shelters for the homeless. third. creative efforts to promote peacekeeping and peacemaking. fourth. community service programs to help the elderly. the handicapped/physically challenged or other disadvantaged groups. fifth. programs to address the problems of drug abuse. teenage pregnancy. illiteracy. crime. unemployment and underemployment. sixth. assistance to small farmers and refugees. seventh. scholarships for students and adults to receive nonviolence training at the King Center in Atlanta. and eighth. nonviolent projects to eliminate apartheid in South Africa and to promote independent nations in the southern African region. Mr. President. many of these efforts sound like very good projects.
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