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Change And Program Evaluation In Social Organization, Alan M. Cohen

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

There is an assumption of an inherent rationality in linking information on program effectiveness to program change. This article briefly discusses three typical evaluation studies and demonstration projects that fail to link information generated on the effectiveness of what people do, to program changes. Perceived inaccuracy of the information and the perceived threat of the information are emphasized as two reasons for this failure of program information to affect change in social organizations. A pre-planning functional information base is proposed as an important prerequisite in the sequence of creating a more receptive environment for organizational change.

It is often assumed …

The Demonstration Project As A Research & Change Strategy, Leonard Rutman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The demonstration project is becoming a major instrument for social planning. In sponsoring demonstration projects the overall goal is for small scale "pilot" programs which include some form of research to contribute to program change and policy-making (14, 16, 19, 21). It is generally expected that the lessons learned from demonstrations, through the rigours of scientific research, will somehow result in large scale adoption and major shifts in aims, styles and resources, and effectiveness of social service programs. Models or prototypes for future operational programs are tested to determine their effectiveness in meeting states objectives. For this reason, they are …

Speech: Delivered At The Florida State Now Convention. November 23, 1974 In Support For The Era., Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Included is a letter from Edna Saffy to ERA supporter and flyer for an ERA march.

List: Women Elected To Statewide Office

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A list of women elected to states offices.

¡Qué Tal! November 1974, Mexican American Graduate Studies, San Jose State College

¡Qué Tal!

Issue 21

New Incentives For Middle Class Philanthropy: Radical Funding For The Public Good, Samuel M. Loescher

IUSTITIA

The recent expansions in membership and budget of the American Civil Liberties Union and, even more dramatically, the explosive funding by mail of newly-founded Common Cause and Public Citizen, all suggest the presence of evolutionary forces at work in the American political economy that are encouraging a renewal of middle class associations to monitor powerful institutions and to advocate in behalf of the relatively powerless.

The rash of whistle-blowing disclosures of citizen professionals which have alerted us to the multi-billion dollar wastage on C-5As and attack carriers, the existence of My-Lais, the military assemblage of dossiers on 30 million civilians, …

A Letter To Dr. Miller From Edna Saffy On September 29, 1974, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Draft of a letter written by Edna Saffy informing Dr. Miller, of her return to Florida Junior College, Jacksonville, Florida in August of 1975. As she had finished her doctorate course work at the University of Florida, she only needed to take her comprehensives and work on her dissertation.

The Social Welfare Workers Movement: A Case Study Of New Left Thought In Practice, Stanley Wenocur

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

During the upheavals of the 1960's many human service professions and academic disciplines (e.g. psychology, sociology, law, medicine, etc.) underwent severe criticisms of their goals and methodologies, generated both from within and without. In social work one such critique came from the Social Welfare Workers Movement (SWWM), born out of protest-oriented activities at the National Conference on Social Welfare in new York City, 1969. Although SWWM dissipated after about two years, interest in radical social work is still very much alive today. The intent of this paper, then, is to record and analyze the career of the Social Welfare Workers …

Toward Partisan Politics In A Professional Association: Utility Of The Candidates Poll, L. K. Northwood, Howard Crockett

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The purpose of this paper is to describe the initial efforts of one local chapter, The Puget Sound Chapter; to engage in partisan politics by the conduct of a poll of candidates for election to the Washington State Legislature in 1974. Properly speaking, the Chapter endorsed no candidates, merely rated them from "weak" to "outstanding" on their agreement with NASW policies on relevant programs and their social welfare attitudes. Thus, it is a mild form of partisan politics that will be considered.

The paper will analyze the social and organizational context in which the candidates' poll occurred, and then report …

Invitation For Cocktails August 3, 1974

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Card with handwritten invitation to cocktails on the back, August 3, 1974.

¡Qué Tal! June 1, 1974, Mexican American Graduate Studies, San Jose State University

¡Qué Tal!

Issue 19

State Of British Christianity Today, E. L. Hebden Taylor

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

¡Qué Tal! April 1, 1974, Mexican American Graduate Studies, San Jose State University

¡Qué Tal!

Issue 18

The Liberated Black Woman: A Question Of Black Power And Nationalism, Gail E. Bingham

IUSTITIA

The role of the Black woman in the liberation of womankind must first be clearly defined to establish the context in which the term "liberation" is used before discussion of the subject can have any significance. If by the term "liberated," it is meant the throwing off of some kind of yoke of oppression and dehumanization invoked by men which often reflects itself in unequal opportunities and pay scales, particularly in the professional world, then it is highly questionable that the Black woman needs this type of liberation as the ultimate object of her energies and concern.

If on the …

The Beginning Of The Women's Movement In Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1962, James Wade

IUSTITIA

No abstract provided.

The Black Woman: The Pr E-Decisional Stage, Phyllis Jackson

IUSTITIA

This discussion is leveled at all black people at all stages of awareness and committment. Essentially it proposes a view of a method of inquiry before making a decision. It asks that people move from molecular level questions to molar level questions. These molar level questions will form a basis of inquiry during the pre-decisional stage which has the triple function of relating ideas with ideas, ideas with experience, and experience with experience. Molecular questions, on the other hand, do not call for investigation but rather "yes" or "no" answers. The black woman, as a subject of unusual interest, provides …

Stranger In Our Midst: The Working Class Woman, Yvonne Van Der Klip Stam

IUSTITIA

Although some of the concrete goals of women's liberation such as adequate available day care for children are important to women of both the blue collar and middle classes, the philosophy expressed by the movement is not calculated to attract the working class woman. Two incomes may be increasingly necessary to the middle class family, and an increasing number of middle class women are now supporting their children alone, but the movement speaks of freeing women fiom child care to pursue a career, an idea which does not speak to a blue collar woman concerned with getting a job to …

Responses, Margaret Shaffer, Marilyn C. Zilli, Linda Lanam, Karen Cutwright, Sharon Wildey

IUSTITIA

Editor and author comments on articles from this issue.

¡Qué Tal! March 1974, Mexican American Graduate Studies, San Jose State College

¡Qué Tal!

Issue 17

Toward A Theoretical Understanding Of Ethnic Antagonism: The Case Of The Foreign Workers In Switzerland, Isidor Wallimann

Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Inhalt: Der Import ausländischer Arbeitskraft (vor allem aus Südeuropa) ist für die nordeuropäischen Länder in der Zeit nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg zum gemeinsamen Merkmal geworden. Ein vorrangiges Beispiel ist die Schweiz. Die Probleme, die mit dieser Wanderung von Arbeitskraft verbunden sind, sind vielfältiger Natur. Zu den Hauptproblemen gehört die Diskriminierung ausländischer Arbeitnehmer durch die einheimische Bevölkerung. Die Ursprünge dieser Diskriminierung können theoretisch mithilfe tauschtheoretischer Prämissen - und unter Beach­tung der Konsequenzen, die Wettbewerb auf dem Arbeitsmarkt nach sich zieht - erklärt werden. Im Rahmen ei­ner derartigen Analyse kann zugleich gezeigt werden, in welcher Weise die verschiedenen Formen von Diskrimi­nierung, wie …

Card: Vote For Edna Saffy, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Campaign card: Vote for Edna Saffy - Off Campus Senator - Sunshine Party - January 16, 1974. Illustration of Edna Saffy on the card.

The Vanguard (Vol. 21, No. 5), June 1974, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Many of the major publications have recently taken note of the twentieth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. The New York Times (May 12, 1974) commented, "Despite enormous strides by blacks and other aggrieved minorities, the battle for equality is far from over . . . " On page 3 of The Vanguard there is a story about an incident in a South Dakota courtroom, illustrating the indignities and injustice with which Indian people must contend.

The Vanguard (Vol. 21, No. 4), May 1974, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Through representatives who have been appointed by the synodical Board for Social Ministry The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has contributed to shaping a process aimed at meeting human need in Appalachia.

The Commission on Religion in Appalachia (CORA) works directly with a variety of poor people's self-help groups, seeking to develop community organizations designed to give the people an economic, social and political voice.

Lucille Vinyard Journal 1974, Lucille Vinyard

Lucille Vinyard Journal Collection

No abstract provided.

The Vanguard (Vol. 21, No. 6), Jul-Aug 1974, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Two years ago, Tom and Carolyn Jackson were persuaded to attend the annual LHRAA Institute on Human Relations. They came, they got involved, and for more than a year have been working as LHRAA Coordinators in Madison, Wisconsin.

The Vanguard (Vol. 21, No. 2), Mar 1974, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

In January, 1974, the United Farm Workers of America challenged the International Vice-President of the Teamsters Union to arrange an "immediate secret ballot election to settle once and for all the question of who represents the farm workers, the UFWA or the Teamsters.''

The Vanguard (Vol. 21, No. 10), Dec 1974, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Judge Nichol, who presided at the Wounded Knee trial ~ St. Paul, has also worked with the American Legion serving as chairman of its Americanism Committee. He could be considered a conservative man. According to some who were present at the trial, he spoke good words about the FBI participation in the trial calling it the finest agency of its kind in the world. Eight and one-half months and hours of testimony later, the judge spoke other words, giving a scalding assessment of what he had witnessed, concluding, "This has been a bad year for justice."

The Vanguard (Vol. 21, No. 8), Oct 1974, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

On March II and I2, I974, a citizen's panel assembled in Harlan County, Ky., to investigate conditions surrounding the then eight month old coal miner's strike against Duke Power Company's Brookside Mine in Harlan. The panel heard testimony from more than fifty witnesses on the issues involved in the strike, and went on an inspection tour of the Brookside Coal Camp.

The Vanguard (Vol. 21, No. 7), Sep 1974, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The building of new communities was the major emphasis for the LHRAA Institute on Human Relations, held during the last weekend in July on the campus of Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.

Institute participants worked together on techniques and procedures for cultivating Christian communities. Within such communities, issues of local concern can be assessed, resources evaluated, and decisions made about the kind of action which would most effectively address the problems.

The Vanguard (Vol. 21, No. 3), Apr 1974, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The statement was made by Bishop Leonard N. Auala of Namibia's Ovambokavango Lutheran Church, head of the African church and a leader in the struggle against apartheid policies imposed on South-West Africa. South Africa continues to control the territory despite the removal of the administrative mandate by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966, the UN-established council, in 1967, to govern the area until independence, and a 1971 ruling by the International Court of Justice that South Africa give up Namibia.