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Chun, Jacqueline Clibbett Daughter of Sydney H. and Hilda C. Moore.
( This book examines the successful organizing and mobili...)
This book examines the successful organizing and mobilization activities of urban poor women for social change and how they struggled to convince the larger society of the legitimacy of their cause. Challenging traditional views of poverty, women on welfare began demanding structural changes in the institution of social welfare in this country, but lacking the support of others their efforts were unsuccessful. To explore this issue an analysis is made of the Brooklyn Welfare Action Council (B-WAC), a grassroots cooperative established in 1967 and disbanded in 1973. Its purpose was to obtain social and economic benefits for its members through the promotion of changes within the system. The Brooklyn Council distinguished itself by being the sole welfare rights group controlled by and addressing the needs of the recipients. Demonstrations at welfare centers, disruptions at a major store as well as selling their blood are among the activities presented in sensitive, poignant, even humorous style. Taking large bites of the bureaucracy that fed them, for a time, recipients held hostage one of the most powerful agencies in the nation. The author employs an historical approach to chronicle the welfare recipients' activities, analyze their strategies and examine B-WAC's weaknesses and strengths. Social scientists, activists, and social and program planners will find this a particularly timely book written from the perspective of an urban planner who was herself personally involved in the 1960's welfare rights movement and in this unique grassroots organization.
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Chun, Jacqueline Clibbett Daughter of Sydney H. and Hilda C. Moore.
Student, London College Music, 1956—1958. Bachelor summa cum laude, University Hawaii Manoa, 1992. Master of Fine Arts, University Hawaii Manoa, 1997.
Freelance musician, singer, songwriter, since 1960. President JCM Productions, Honolulu, since 1978. Lecturer painting Kapiolani Community College, 1999.
Faculty Kaimuki Community School Adults, 1988—2008. Member publications board University Hawaii Manoa, 1987—1991, vice chair publications board, 1988—1989, studio art lecturer, art department, 1996—2007. Courtroom sketch artist Station KGMB-television, Honolulu, since 2000.
Founder, director Girl Scout Band and Choir, 1987. Poetry editor Hawaii Review, 1992—1993, assistant managing editor, 1993—1994, nonfiction editor, 1994—1995. Member art advisory board Kapiolani Community College, University Hawaii.
( This book examines the successful organizing and mobili...)
Author: (plays) By the Hand of a Woman, 1992. Co-author, co-illustrator, co-editor: Moiliili, The Life of a Community, 2005. Editor: The Touch of God, 1999, The Science of Happiness, 2000.
Composer: (official school song) Ala Wai Elementary School, 1978, (official theme song) Girl Scout Council 75th Anniversary, Girl Scouts, 1988. Contributor articles to professional journals. Recording artist DECCA Records, London, 1967, Texas Records, Milan, 1978, JCM Records, Hawaii.
Band director, choir director Girl Scout Council Pacific, Honolulu. Music teacher Ala Wai Elementary School, since 2010. Member of American Society of Composers, Hawaii Watercolor Society, Mortar Board Society, American Federation Musicians, Academy American Poets, Portrait Society of America, National Music Public Association, Musician's Association Hawaii, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Edward water closet Chun, December 1967. Children: Christine, Diana, David.