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Enola Maxwell
Enola D. "Miz" Maxwell (August 30, 1919 – June 24, 2003) was an American civil rights activist from San Francisco in the United States. She was a community leader, active in the Potrero Hill neighborhood. Biography In 1968, Maxwell became the first woman – and first black person – to be named as lay minister at a Presbyterian Church, she served at Olivet Presbyterian Church in the Potrero Hill neighborhood. Maxwell was later appointed by the church as the executive director of the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House from 1971 until 2003, a role she served until her death at the age of 83. The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House serves the local community with adult education classes, youth and summer school classes, a kindergarten, a meeting hall, and offers theatre performances and dramatics classes. In 2001, the Potrero Hill Middle School was renamed to the ''Enola D. Maxwell Middle School of the Arts''. The ''Enola D. Maxwell Middle School of the Arts'' is located at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the List of California cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population, 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Francisco Bay Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potrero Hill
Potrero Hill is a residential neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is known for being one of the sunniest neighborhoods in the city and having view of the skyline, Sutro Tower, Twin Peaks, and the bay. A working-class neighborhood until gentrification in the late 1990s. It is now an affluent neighborhood home to some of the highest income residents in the city according to the ''United States Census Bureau''. The neighborhood is a popular location for movies and television shows because production can capture sweeping views, steep hills, and a residential area all in one shot. Location Potrero Hill is located on the eastern side of the city, east of the Mission District and south of SOMA (South of Market) and Showplace Square. It is bordered by 16th Street to the north, Potrero Avenue and U.S. Route 101 (below 20th Street) to the west and Cesar Chavez Street to the south. The city of San Francisco considers the area below 20th Street between Potrero Ave and Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lay Ministers
In religious organizations, the laity () — individually a layperson, layman or laywoman — consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g. a nun or a lay brother. In secular usage, by extension, a layperson is a person who is not qualified in a given profession or is not an expert in a particular field. The phrase "layman's terms" is used to refer to plain language that is understandable to the everyday person, as opposed to specialised terminology understood only by a professional. Terms such as ''lay priest'', ''lay clergy'' and ''lay nun'' were once used in certain Buddhist cultures, especially Japanese, to indicate ordained persons who continued to live in the wider community instead of retiring to a monastery. Some Christian churches utilise lay preachers, who preach but are not clergy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses the term ''lay priesthood'' to emphasise that its local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House (also known as "The NABE") is a multipurpose community center and historic building built in 1922 at 953 DeHaro Street in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, U.S.. The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since July 9, 1977. Architecture Potrero Hill Neighborhood House building was designed by architect Julia Morgan, and was completed on June 11, 1922. It is a single story Arts and Crafts–style building. The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House design contained a large lobby with a fireplace, an assembly hall, clubrooms, a kindergarten, and a gymnasium room. In 1924, the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House structure was moved 90 feet in order to make way for the construction of a new street called Southern Heights Avenue. In 1930, a new Julia Morgan-designed building on Carolina Street was created to accommodate the kindergarten. History During the 1920s a number of imm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Maxwell
Sophie Maxwell (April 9, 1950) is an American politician. She is a former member of the San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Board of Supervisors, representing San Francisco Board of Supervisors#District 10, District 10. Early life Maxwell has lived in the Hunters Point, San Francisco, California, Bayview district in San Francisco, California for the last twenty years. Prior to her election, Maxwell worked as an electrician for Amtrak. Political career In the 2000 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election Maxwell defeated San Francisco Planning Commissioner Linda Fadeke Richardson, who was supported by mayor Willie Brown (politician), Willie Brown. As a result of the shift from at-large to district elections, she served a transitional two-year term. She ran unopposed in the 2002 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election. She won re-election in the 2006 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election against six other candidates. Themes of her work covered issues su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Americans In San Francisco
African Americans in San Francisco, California, composed just under 6% of the city's total population as of 2019 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, down from 13.4% in 1970. There are about 55,000 people of full or partial black ancestry living within the city. The community began with workers and entrepreneurs of the California Gold Rush in the 19th century, and in the early-to-mid 20th century, grew to include migrant workers with origins in the Southern United States, who worked as railroad workers or service people at shipyards. In the mid-20th century, the African American community in the Fillmore District earned the neighborhood the nickname the "Harlem of the West," referring to New York City's Harlem neighborhood, which is associated with African American culture. Among the United States' biggest 14 cities, San Francisco is near the bottom in the percentage of Black residents, along with San Jose, California, San Jose, which is about four percent Black. The Black population o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
