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The Red Ribbon And The Black Cross: A Qualitative Study Of The Relationship Between Social Activism And Contemporary Black Church Responses To Hiv In Oakland, Ca, Justise Wattree Jul 2023

The Red Ribbon And The Black Cross: A Qualitative Study Of The Relationship Between Social Activism And Contemporary Black Church Responses To Hiv In Oakland, Ca, Justise Wattree

McNair Research Journal SJSU

The Black Church as a social institution has been a source of social activism during racial crises, but there is a lacking social activist response by Black churches to HIV’s disparate impact on Black communities. Previous research does not adequately explore the influence of community-based organizations on Black church responses to HIV in the context of social activism. This study examines the relationship between social activism and contemporary Black church responses to HIV in Oakland. It considers community-based organizations (CBOs) as potential drivers of social activism. Semi-structured interviews with Black church leaders in Oakland were conducted and content analyzed along …


Changing Lives Through Art: A Book Review Of Stephen Snow’S Ethnodramatherapy, Johnny Saldana May 2022

Changing Lives Through Art: A Book Review Of Stephen Snow’S Ethnodramatherapy, Johnny Saldana

The Qualitative Report

This book review introduces qualitative researchers to a specialized art form: ethnodramatherapy, the production of a play based on the study of the actions and thoughts of a group of people which aims to have a therapeutic effect on the individuals in the group. Stephen Snow’s Ethnodramatherapy: Integrating Research, Therapy, Theatre and Social Activism into One Method documents his decades-long work and expertise as a Registered Drama Therapist. Ethnodramatherapy is a multidisciplinary blend of qualitative research, mixed methods evaluation, arts-based research, dramatic improvisation for devised theatrical production, autoethnographic introspection, and—most notably—strategic therapeutic goals with selected participants from various populations. Ethnodramatherapy …


A Social Change-Maker And A Dreamer: Olive Schreiner’S Figures For An Ideal Future, Jessica Ampel May 2020

A Social Change-Maker And A Dreamer: Olive Schreiner’S Figures For An Ideal Future, Jessica Ampel

Periclean Honors Forum Scholar Award Winners

Social activist, theorist, and author Olive Schreiner dreamed and demanded that others dream as well. Living in the Victorian era, a time of extreme change but also rigid cultural values, she dreamed about an ideal future characterized by gender equality, sexual equality, and racial equality not just in her own “homes” of England and South Africa, but globally. However, for Schreiner, dreaming was not enough; we must act on our dreams in order to make the necessary social change to reach an ideal future. Schreiner acted on her own dreams for social change throughout her life by theorizing, joining important …


A Social Change-Maker And A Dreamer: Olive Schreiner’S Figures For An Ideal Future, Jessica Ampel May 2020

A Social Change-Maker And A Dreamer: Olive Schreiner’S Figures For An Ideal Future, Jessica Ampel

English Honors Theses

Social activist, theorist, and author Olive Schreiner dreamed and demanded that others dream as well. Living in the Victorian era, a time of extreme change but also rigid cultural values, she dreamed about an ideal future characterized by gender equality, sexual equality, and racial equality not just in her own “homes” of England and South Africa, but globally. However, for Schreiner, dreaming was not enough; we must act on our dreams in order to make the necessary social change to reach an ideal future. Schreiner acted on her own dreams for social change throughout her life by theorizing, joining important …


Card: Democratic National Committee Aug 2019

Card: Democratic National Committee

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Holiday card from the Democratic National Committee to Dr. Edna Saffy. No date given. Box 10 Folder 14


Handwritten Notes: Classroom Notes, Edna Louise Saffy Jun 2019

Handwritten Notes: Classroom Notes, Edna Louise Saffy

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Dr. Saffy's handwritten class notes, rhetoric and rhetoric of Aristotle. No date given.


Handwritten Note: Class Notes, Edna Louise Saffy Jun 2019

Handwritten Note: Class Notes, Edna Louise Saffy

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Notes pertaining to student assignments. No date given.


Typed Document: Classroom Notes, Edna Louise Saffy Jun 2019

Typed Document: Classroom Notes, Edna Louise Saffy

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Dr. Saffy's notes for classes held Monday and Wednesday 7:30, August 27-September 24. No year given.


Typed Document: Classroom Notes, Edna Louise Saffy Jun 2019

Typed Document: Classroom Notes, Edna Louise Saffy

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Dr. Saffy's notes for classes held Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00, August 27-September 25. No year given.


Flyer: Voting Information Jun 2019

Flyer: Voting Information

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Exercise your right to vote flyer with voting information on a straight democratic ticket. provided by the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee. No Date.


Typed Document: Course Description, Edna Louise Saffy May 2019

Typed Document: Course Description, Edna Louise Saffy

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Graduate Speech course description and brief biography for Dr. Saffy, Ph.D. No date given.


Typed Document: Introduction Outline, Edna Louise Saffy May 2019

Typed Document: Introduction Outline, Edna Louise Saffy

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Introduction to Dr. Saffy and the course including outline, defined terms and a brief history of early rhetoric. No date given.


Typed Document: The Objective Of Ancient Athenian Rhetoric, Edna Louise Saffy May 2019

Typed Document: The Objective Of Ancient Athenian Rhetoric, Edna Louise Saffy

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The objective of Ancient Athenian Rhetoric and notes for the first lecture. No date given.


Typed Document: Second Class Meeting Assignments, Edna Louise Saffy May 2019

Typed Document: Second Class Meeting Assignments, Edna Louise Saffy

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Assignment outline for the second class meeting. No date given.


Typed Document: Second Class Meeting Of Graduate Course, Edna Louise Saffy May 2019

Typed Document: Second Class Meeting Of Graduate Course, Edna Louise Saffy

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Outline for the second class meeting of the graduate course. No date given.


Typed Document: Third Class Meeting, Edna Louise Saffy May 2019

Typed Document: Third Class Meeting, Edna Louise Saffy

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Outline for the third meeting class. No date given.


Curriculum Vitae, Edna Louise Saffy Apr 2019

Curriculum Vitae, Edna Louise Saffy

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Dr. Edna L. Saffy's vita including education, activities and involvement, activities and involvement in Women's Issues, activities and involvement in party issues, awards and certifications, publications and presentations, and professional and association memberships.


Handwritten Notes: Miscellaneous Notes, Edna Louise Saffy Feb 2019

Handwritten Notes: Miscellaneous Notes, Edna Louise Saffy

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Dr. Edna L. Saffy's notes on women and their stories. Box: 4 Folder: 3


Recipe Card: Elect Donna Faxon, Democrat For State Senate District 5 Jul 2018

Recipe Card: Elect Donna Faxon, Democrat For State Senate District 5

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Political Advertisement for Donna Faxon, Democrat for State Senate District 5. Includes a sweepstakes winner recipe by her sister. No date given. Box 32 Folder 1


Handwritten Notes And Itinerary, Edna Louise Saffy Jul 2018

Handwritten Notes And Itinerary, Edna Louise Saffy

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Several handwritten notes, Summit of the America's, Miami, Florida. No year given.


Pilot Club Of Jacksonville, 53rd Annual Charities Antiques Show & Sale, 2002 Jul 2018

Pilot Club Of Jacksonville, 53rd Annual Charities Antiques Show & Sale, 2002

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Pilot Club of Jacksonville 53rd annual charities antique show and sale brochure, Prime Osborn Convention Center Jacksonville Florida January 11-13, 2002. Agencies helped include Alzheimer’s Association, Children’s Home Society, Community Hospice, Girls Inc., P.A.C.E., Police Athletic League, Daniel Payne Academy and St. Johns Terrace Home.


Addendum Items For Auction Jul 2018

Addendum Items For Auction

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Addendum items list for auction with handwritten notes. Uptown Civitan’s Swing Into Spring Charity Auction to benefit Pine Castle, Inc. No date given.


Uptown Civitan’S Swing Into Spring Charity Auction To Benefit Pine Castle, 1998 Jul 2018

Uptown Civitan’S Swing Into Spring Charity Auction To Benefit Pine Castle, 1998

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Program for Uptown Civitan’s Swing into Spring Charity Auction to benefit Pine Castle, Inc., held April 25, 1998 at Deerwood Country Club.


Miracle On Ashley Street 2001 Program, Clara White Mission Jul 2018

Miracle On Ashley Street 2001 Program, Clara White Mission

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Program for Miracle on Ashley Street 2001 Celebrity Chefs and servers benefit for the Clara White Mission.


Jacksonville Human Rights Commission Brochure Jul 2018

Jacksonville Human Rights Commission Brochure

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Jacksonville Human Rights Commission (JHRC) brochure explains the history, mission, vision and purpose of the organization. The JHRC is comprised of twenty diverse individuals appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council.


Handwritten Note Jul 2018

Handwritten Note

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Handwritten notes on discrimination and the middle class. No date given.


Paca Orientation Meeting Agenda Jul 2018

Paca Orientation Meeting Agenda

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Agenda for the Orientation meeting for the President’s Advisory Committee on the Art of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Preforming Arts April 21-22, 1995, Watergate Hotel, Washington D.C. as of April 10, 1995. Box 40 Folder April 1995 PACA Meeting


Introduction By Dr. Saffy For Derek Gordon Event, Edna Louise Saffy Jul 2018

Introduction By Dr. Saffy For Derek Gordon Event, Edna Louise Saffy

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Dr. Edna L. Saffy’s introduction for Derek Gordon, Associate Managing Director for Education of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Dr. Saffy also introduced and thanked Jay Stein, a Trustee of the Kennedy Center, Stuart Bohannon Evans, President of the Cultural Council of Jacksonville, Earl Farris, Dean of the Humanities and Fine Arts Director of the Nathan Wilson Center for the Performing Arts, Judy hall of Barnett Bank, Jackie Cornelius of the Douglas Anderson School for the Arts, Carolyn Gentry of the Florida Times Union, Jean hall Dodd of the Cummer Museum, Dorcas Tanner of Cerebral Palsy …


Introduction By Saffy For Derek Gordon Event (Version 2), Edna Louise Saffy Jul 2018

Introduction By Saffy For Derek Gordon Event (Version 2), Edna Louise Saffy

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Dr. Edna L. Saffy’s introduction for Derek Gordon, Associate Managing Director for Education of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Dr. Saffy also introduced and thanked Jay Stein, a Trustee of the Kennedy Center, Stuart Bohannon Evans, President of the Cultural Council of Jacksonville, Earl Farris, Dean of the Humanities and Fine Arts Director of the Nathan Wilson Center for the Performing Arts, Judy hall of Barnett Bank, Jackie Cornelius of the Douglas Anderson School for the Arts, Carolyn Gentry of the Florida Times Union, Jean hall Dodd of the Cummer Museum, Dorcas Tanner of Cerebral Palsy …


Handwritten Notes, Edna Louise Saffy Jul 2018

Handwritten Notes, Edna Louise Saffy

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Handwritten notes on The Breakers , Palm Beach Florida notepad.