Themes:
Education - Sequoia Union High School District
People of EPA
Annexation
Nairobi Movement
Non-Profits
Incorporation
Subjects:
Legal Aid, Community Law Project, Mid-Peninsula Congress on Racial Equality, Henry "Hank" Organ, Girls to Women, Girls Club of the Mid-peninsula, Drew Health Foundation, Nairobi College, Community Development Institute (CDI), Nairobi Day School
Date of Creation or Publication:
6/27/2019
Creator
Jesse Norfleet
Donor
Henry "Hank" Organ
Language
English
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Interview of Henry “Hank” Organ by Jesse Norfleet about the Nairobi Legacy. Topics include: his schooling at all Black schools; working at Lockheed Martin Space Division in Sunnyvale, CA; purchasing a home in EPA in 1970; involvement with the Mid-Peninsula Congress on Racial Equality; moving to Menlo Park in 1975; various non-profits he worked with; first African-American elected to the Sequoia Union High School District Board and his experience on the Board; annexation, development and incorporation; and cultural diversity in the public sector.
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