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Negative shows a group of men and women who are y-walk participants gathered around Jenifer Williams in the YWCA parking lot. Jenifer, who is the chair and appears to be African American, is standing with a man at a microphone. She may be giving away prizes. Another women is standing behind Jenifer and is carrying what may be a blanket. There are plants on a table next to Jenifer which are probably prizes. Some of the participants watching are holding balloons and some of the people are holding drinks. Many of them are wearing tee shirts that read: Walk for women. "YWCA 1986." On envelope 1986 Y-Walk. "Executive Director Faith Rein (the top job had been renamed again) and President Sarah Janigian launched two annual events that heaped public attention on the association: the Y-Walk downtown in 1984, in which volunteers enlisted sponsors to raise money for YWCA programs; and TWIN, Tribute to Women and Industry, in 1985." From Fran Smith, "Breaking Ground: The Daring Women of the YWCA in the Santa Clara Valley, 1905-2005, " (2005), p.87. Jenifer Williams was a high-tech manager whose mother Iola served as San Jose's first black vice mayor. Jenifer would rise to YWCA president. From Fran Smith, "Breaking Ground: Th 1986 Scanned with Epson Perfection V700 photo; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3
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