Description
These papers consist of reports on community issues authored by
Community Forum Task Forces or gathered by them for study. Report topics
include: education, crime, city image, water issues, traffic patterns, refugee
programs, and literacy. Also included are seminar reports, grant proposals to
CCHPP, correspondence, minutes, treasurer's reports, budgets, flyers and
publications about the conferences and seminars.
Background
The Community Forum of San Joaquin was a community organization
consisting primarily of educators and community leaders. The Forum's purpose
was to conduct community research and to present its findings to the Stockton
(Calif.) community through conferences and seminars in an effort to draw
individuals into new and active civic roles. Many members of the board were
faculty and administrators from the University of the Pacific and San Joaquin
Delta Community College. The President of the Board was Fran Abbott, a Trustee
of the Lincoln Unified School District. This collection was created by Ronald
Limbaugh, a member of the Board of Directors of the Forum, Professor of History
at the University of the Pacific and Archivist at the Pacific Center for
Western Studies.