Virgin Views

by Virginia

On November 18, 1967 the Alpha chapter of FPE broke new ground in the process of education of the non-TV. We had an Open House to which we invited all those persons that any of the members had dis- closed anything to about themselves. Some were rel- atives, some were professional some were just ac- quaintances or friends. But they came. We had a discussion and a lot of interested questions follow- ed by refreshments and general socializing. It came off very well. There were about fifty outsiders and eleven members of Alpha present, as well as four wives. Since this was so successful the group plans to hold a somewhat similar gathering sometime in the Spring and make a point of inviting, lawyers, judges, police officials, doctors, marriage counsellors, min- isters, probation officers and members of any other profession which may have an interest in the field. This should go a long way toward breaking.down the barriers of ignorance and prejudice that beset us every turn.

In the hope that other chapters and groups might be interested in following our lead and seeing what we did and how we did it I have reproduced on the next page the little invitation that was sent out. The front cover (it was a double folded, one side printed little booklet) was the drawing of the split head figure which was used on TVia #40.

Following the drawing is the talk that was given to the group prior to the question period. This too is reproduced here for any suggestions or value it may be to any other group in attacking the problem.

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