Word: snapping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Puerto Ricans will probably win a majority on the Council," says Molino, "and SNAP serves the Spanish-speaking people in many other ways, too. We operate a family service clinic, a credit union, and we founded SEMCO...
Molino, one of the five "Puerto Rican representatives" working for SNAP, has become a staunch organization man. And with his mention of SEMCO, he identifies still another competing faction in the power struggle in the South...
DeJesus is a worthy successor. He knows the South End well, and since August, when he took over, the Centro has rapidly expanded its activities. Two weeks ago he and two of the five Puerto Ricans hired by SNAP, Ivan Gonzalez and Tony Molino, unveiled another acronym--APCROSS (Association Promoting Constitutional Rights of the Spanish-Speaking APCROSS is a corporation, which means that it can solicit federal and state funds for employment, housing, and health programs directly, without depending on SNAP. A power struggle over the control and scope of APCROSS seems to be shaping...
...available from the Poverty Program for job development in the South End," says DeJesus. "I incorporated APCROSS to get this money and money in the future. APCROSS, which is really just the Centro with a different name, will take over all activities for the Puerto Ricans. SNAP will just take care of the Negroes...
Molino sees no chance of the Centro replacing SNAP, either. He points out that next week the first Area Council will be popularly elected in the South End. The Council is a committee of 15 neighborhood men and women, formed to represent the community in SNAP...