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Delores Barr Weaver FOREVER EVENT FUND PLATINUM SPONSORS THE TRAGER FAMILY FOUNDATION ...CBAPTIST 'Ill d HEALTH DAVID & LINDA STEIN bestbet F/Q-rida Blue +.� JACKSONVILLE In the pursuit of health' GOLD SPONSORS @Vx�t�r � .. FIS (:) *stellar JAGUARS FOUNDATION UNF UNIVERSITYnj NORTH FLORIDA. PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS CHARITIES THING SOLUTIONS FURTHER" DAN &CINDY EDELMAN ��  PRODUCTIONS JOHN BAKER - Pajc}�P�cilc SILVER Availity, LLC • Brooks Rehabilitation • Century Ambulance Services • Charles D. Hyman & Company• Dr. & Mrs. George H. Dorion • Elite Parking Services of America • Martin & Susan Goetz • Robert & Margaret Hill • Industry West • Islamic Center of NE Florida, Inc. • JEA • Michael Munz• OE&S and Haworth • THE PLAYERS • UF Health and University of Florida College of Medicine • Women's Giving Alliance BRONZE Ackerman Cancer Center • Alive Credit Union • Americas' Medical Partnership, Inc. • Ameris Bank • Batson-Cook Construction • The Berman Family Foundation • Sandy & Bill Bond • J.F. & Peggy Bryan • Community First Credit Union • The Community Foundation for NE Florida • Community Hospice and Palliative Care • Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens • Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP • Barbara Drake & Joyce DeVillez • DuBow Family Foundation • The Fiorentino Group • First Coast Cardiovascular Institute • Fisher Tousey Leas & Ball • Gate Petroleum Company • Greenshades • Connie & Bill Hodges • HUB International Jacksonville • Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp • Jewish Community Alliance • Robert & Anne Lufrano • Sherry Magill • Mayo Clinic • The Miller Family • Orender Unlimited • Pamela Paul • River Garden Senior Services• RR Donnelley• Ryan Schwartz• Robert Scott & Keon Delaere • Selevan Family Foundation • The Shircliff & Sisisky Company • SunTrust Bank • Taylor Day Grimm & Boyd Law Firm • Taylor Engineering, Inc. • Taylor Residences • UF CARES • Wells Fargo • Susan S. Wilkinson, Ed.D. • Winston Family Foundation • YMCA of Florida's First Coast 1 Many thanks to our In-Kind Sponsor: Rose of Sharon European Florist PROGRAM---­WELCOME AUDREY MORAN - Emcee Executive Vice President Baptist Health, President Baptist Health Foundation DR. DAVID SlYMANSKI - President University of North Florida DINNER CHAIRS HOWARD KORMAN - CEO of bestbet JOY KORMAN- Community Trustee and Volunteer PRESENTATION OF ACOSTA-RUA YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD KEEPING THE FAITH INTRODUCED BY CONNIE HODGES - Chair, OneJax Board of Directors INVOCATION KYLE REESE, D.MIN. - Senior Pastor, Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church "Heal Us Now" LED BY HAZZAN JESSE HOLZER - Cantor, Jacksonville Jewish Center TOMMY SHAPARD - Minister of Music & Worship, Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church DINNER PRESENTATION OF SILVER MEDALLION AWARDS A MILESTONE YEAR FOR ONEJAX AND A SPECIAL PRESENTATION NANCY BRONER - Executive Director, OneJax PRESENTATION OF SILVER MEDALLION AWARDS BENEDICTION ONEJAX YOUTH - Reprise: "Heal Us Now" CLOSING REMARKS AUDREY MORAN 2 3 2019 HONOREES MYRON FLAGLER Former Executive Director of the Jewish Community Alliance SILVER MEDALLION Myron Flagler served as the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Alliance (JCA) for the past 20 years, retiring at the end of 2018. Coming to Jacksonville from the Massachusetts Jewish Community Center, a former elementary school teacher and principal, he entered the nonprofit field as a Jewish Community Center day camp director. He participated in the inaugural Jewish Community Center Association Executive Fellows program, led an Executive/Leadership Seminar and has been a regular presenter at national and professional conferences for his innovative programs and leadership practices. Under his stewardship, the JCA of Jacksonville has been at the forefront of innovative programs that have been replicated in the National Jewish Community Center movement. The JCA has consistently displayed positive results in its annual Jewish Community Center Association (JCCA), benchmarking scores which compare the effectiveness of Jewish Community Centers throughout North America in areas of Financial Stability, Member and Staff Satisfaction and Program Innovation. JANET OWENS Executive Director of the Jacksonville Office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (USC Jacksonville) SILVER MEDAWON Janet Owens is the Executive Director of the Jacksonville office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (USC Jacksonville), the nation's largest nonprofit community development organization that is dedicated to helping underserved neighborhoods become strong, healthy communities of choice­good places to live, do business, work and raise families. Since opening in 1999, USC Jacksonville has invested more than $326 million in residential, commercial and educational development projects in Jacksonville. � Before joining USC in 2010, Janet was Vice President of Marketing and Communications at United Way of Northeast Florida and held previous leadership roles at Girl Scouts of Gateway Council and Volunteer Jacksonville and with the city governments of Washington, D.C, Adrian, Michigan, and Greenville, South Carolina. She was recently recognized by Leadership Jacksonville as an outstanding community trustee at its 2018 Leadership Celebration. Janet serves on the boards of several nonprofit programs and has a lifelong commitment to helping vulnerable families, children and communities thrive. JULIA TAYLOR Community Trustee SILVER MEDALLION Julia Taylor has a strong business, education and community background having served as the Director, Boutique and Agenda, Stein Mart, Inc., Assistant Vice President, Institutional Advancement at the University of North Florida and State Director of Development for PACE, Inc. A long-time community trustee, Julia has served in leadership positions on numerous boards. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation for Northeast Florida; as Chair, Barnabas Center, Inc. Endowment Campaign; on the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center Leadership Council; as Co-Chair of the Jacksonville Women's Leadership Coalition; and is a member of the Jacksonville Women's Network. 4 5 Julia is a graduate of both Leadership Jacksonville, Inc. and Leadership Florida, Inc., and was named a 'Woman of Distinction" by the Girl Scouts of Gateway Council - Northeast Florida. She received the EVE Award for Community Service and the Junior League's Tillie K. Fowler Award for Community Service, among other honors. PATRICK "PAT" GERAGHTY Chief Executive Officer, GuideWe/1 Mutual Holding Corporation, Florida Blue and GuideWe/1 Group, Inc. SILVER MEDAWON Pat Geraghty serves as Chief Executive Officer, GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation, Florida Blue and GuideWell Group, Inc. He chairs the Florida Council of 100, a private, nonprofit, non-partisan organization of Florida business leaders who advise the governor on improving the state's economic growth and wellbeing of its residents. He also serves as a member of the board of the National Institute of Health Care Management (NIHCM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the efficiency and quality of America's health care system and other industry organizations. In addition to serving as an expert source to leading news media such as NBC's "Meet the Press," "Fox Business News," CNBC's "Closing Bell," The Wall Street Journal's "Money Beat" and "PBS Nightly Business Report" among others, Pat is frequently sought after for his insights on important health care policy matters in Washington, D.C. and Tallahassee, Fla. In 2016 Pat became a member of the Health Governors Community of the World Economic Forum, the international organization for public private cooperation, and a trustee for its Global Challenge Initiative on The Future of Health. 2019 HONOREES BASMA ALAWEE Florida Refugee Organizer, Florida Immigrant Coalition (FUC) ACOSTA-RUA YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD Basma Alawee arrived in the United States in 2010 as a refugee. She arrived from Iraq at age 23 with her husband and oldest daughter because her husband had been working with the American military as an interpreter, and it was no longer safe for them to live in Iraq. Basma quickly realized that she arrived with the advantages of fluency in English and a college education. Moved to action, she began to volunteer for World Relief and Lutheran Social services, two of the three local resettlement agencies, helping other refugees with translation and with navigating the complex bureaucratic and cultural process of starting a new life in Jacksonville. Basma's credentials as an engineer were not recognized in the U.S, so she got a job teaching at the Foundation Academy and became the lead teacher for math, science and social studies. As a teacher, she used her bicultural experience to teach her students about other cultures and created some amazing experiential learning activities helping children from all backgrounds to understand what it means to be an American citizen. She also volunteered to run the Jacksonville Science Festival for three years. 6 CIRCLE OF HONOREES 1970 J. J. Daniel 1972 Edward G. Balance 1973 Rabbi Sidney M. Lefkowitz 1973 Msgr. John J. Lenihan 1973 Rev. Hamilton West 1974 Guy W. Botts 1974 Alexander Brest 1974 John H. McCormack 1975 Herbert Panken 1975 Dr. W.W. Schell Jr. 1975 Robert l Shircliff 1976 Prime F. Osborn Ill 1977 Florence Davis 1977 J. E. Davis 1978 John D. Buchanan Jr. 1978 Rabbi Israel L Kaplan 1979 Adm. Norman K. Green (Rel.} 1979 Dr. Andrew A. Robinson 1979 W. Ashley Verlander 1980 Jack Coleman 1980 W.W. Gay 1980 D. J. Lanahan 1981 David C Hastings 1981 Dr. Frances B. Kinne 1981 Dr. Charles B. McIntosh 1982 Wellington Paul 1982 Judge Louis Safer 1982 Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat 1983 Dr. C Earl Cooper 1983 Hobart H. Joos! 1983 Billy J. Walker 1984 Albert Ernest Jr. 1984 Rabbi Howard R. Greenstein 1984 Minerva Mason 1985 J. Shepard Bryan Jr. 1985 Wendell P. Holmes Jr. 1985 James H. Winston 1986 Frankl Brennan 1986 L Earl Crittenden 1986 Rev. A. Gene Parks 1987 Helene S. Coleman 1987 Preston H. Has1<ell 1987 Bishop John J. Snyder 1988 Hon. Jake M. Godbold 1988 Hugh H. Jones Jr. 1988 Arnolta Williams 1989 Hon. Charles E. Bennett 1989 Hy W. Kliman 1990 Alexander Brest* 1990 Nathan H. Wilson 1990 Lt. Col. Alton W. Yates (Rel.} 1991 Tom Baker 1991 Hon. Willye Dennis 1991 Joe P. Safer 1992 l O'Neal Douglas 1992 Rev. Rudolph W. McKissick Sr. 1992 Pamela Y. Paul 1992 Judge Harvey Schlesfnger 1993 Bernard V. Gregory 1993 Sisler Mary Clare Hughes 1993 Jay Stein 1994 Dr. Chester A. Aikens 1994 Dr. Roy M. Baker 1994 Wilford C Lyon Jr. 1995 Howard L Korman 1995 Gertrude Hoffman Peele 1995 William E. Scheu 1995 Robert l Shircliff* 1996 William C Mason 1996 Douglas J. Milne 1996 Dr. Orrin Mitchell 1997 Dr. Gaston Acosta-Rua 1997 Lois Chepenik 1997 Ted S. Johnson Sr. 1997 Willard Payne Jr. 1998 Richard S. Brawdy - - ~--• "'<•., ... __ �· --.-. ....-· . 1998 William E. Flaherty t 1998 Elizabeth G. Means 1999 Alvin R. "Pete" Carpenter 1999 Dr. Adam W. Herbert 1999 Dr. Davalu Mudd Parrish 1999 Richard L Sisisky 2000 Sherry Burns 2000 John B. Coxwell 2000 Melvin Golllieb 2000 Delores Barr Weaver 2001 Rear Adm. Kevin F. Delaney ( Rel.} 2001 Cynthia G. Edelman 2001 Hon. Belly S. Holzendorf 2002 Delores Pass Kesler 2002 Howard L Korman* 2002 Carol C Thompson 2002 Nathaniel S. Washington Sr. 2003 Hon. John A. Delaney 2003 Katherine E. Wilson 2003 Iris l Young 2004 Michael Cascone Jr. 2004 Joy G. Korman 2004 Ricardo Morales Jr. 2004 Clemente Inclan f 2005 Dr. Guy L Benrubi 2005 Toni Crawford 2005 Ronnie A. Ferguson 2005 Hon. Tillie K. Fowler 2006 Rabbi Michael Matuson 2006 Ted P. Pappas 2006 Hon. Gwen Yates 2006 John J. Snyder, Bishop Emeritus* 2007 Henri Landwirth t 2007 David A. Stein 2007 MaliVai Washington f 2007 Sister DeSales Wisniewski, D.C 2008 Gertrude Hoff man Peele* 2008 Michael J. Korn 2008 Dr. James Burt t 2008 Deborah Pass f 2009 Scot Ackerman, MD 2009 Ann Baker 2009 Eleanor J. Gay 2009 Gregory E. Matovina 2010 John J. "Jack" Diamond 2010 Martha "Marty" Lanahan 2010 Cleve E. Warren 2010 Dr. Albert H. Wilkinson Jr. t 2011 Delores Barr Weaver* 2011 Martha Barrell 2011 Nathaniel "Nat" Glover 2011 Mark M. Green 2012 Sol G. Brotman, DDS 2012 A Hugh Greene 2012 Yazan Khatib, MD 2012 Karen Wolfson 2013 Dottie Dorion 2013 Steven T. Halverson 2013 Frieda Saraga 2013 Madeline Scales-Taylor 2014 Preston H. Haskell* 2014 Nina Waters t 2014 Parvez Ahmed, Ph.D. 2014 Eleanor Ashby 2014 William Cody, MD 2014 Ronald Elinoff, DDS 2015 Cindy Edelman* 2015 Gary Chartrand 2015 Audrey Moran 2015 Charlene Taylor Hill 2015 Cindy Watson 2016 Alton Yates* * Gold Medallion Recipient, t President's Citation, t Acosta-Rua Young Professionals Award DINNER CHAIRS 1978 Hon. Robert E. Knowles 1979 LE. Crittenden 1980 J. H. McCormack 1981 Preston Haskell 1982 A. Paul Funkhouser 1983 W.W. Gay 1984 Hugh H. Jones 1985 Charles Hughes 1986 William E. Nash 1987 Al Sinclair 1988 William A. Hightower 1989 Robert 0. Purcifull 1990 Rober!T. Shircliff 1991 William G. Dresser 1992 Beth A. McCague 1993 Steve Wasserman 1994 Francis I. DuPont Ill 1995 Robert M. Harris 1996 Ernest N. Brodsky 1997 Everett M. Devaney 1998 Chris A. Verlander 1999 Michael Stewart 2000 Douglas J. Milne 2001 Richard L. Sisisky 2002 Sherry Burns 2003 Marty Lanahan 2004 Deborah Gianoulis 2005 Ginny Myrick 2006 John A. Delaney 2007 Martha Barrell & Scott Cairns 2016 Hope McMath t 2016 Michael Boylan 2016 Harry Frisch 2016 Kevin Gay 2016 Susan Greene 2017 David A. Stein* 2017 Jean Ludlow t 2017 James B. Crooks 2017 Rodney L. Hurst, Sr. 2017 Shah Faisal Sayed 2017 Sabeen Perwaiz Syed f 2018 John Delaney* 2018 Barbara Drake 2018 Lawrence "Laurie" Dubow 2018 Sherry Magill 2018 Darnell Smith 2008 Michael Munz & Ed Burr 2009 Sol Brotman 2010 A. Hugh Greene 2011 Michael R. Hightower 2012 Michael R. Hightower & Kelly Madden 2013 John A. Delaney & Nathaniel "Nat" Glover 2014 Gary Chartrand 2015 Steven T. Halverson 2016 Darnell Smith 2017 Audrey Moran 2018 Hugh & Susan Greene 8 ABOUT ONEJAX A PROUD TRADITION OF SERVICE IN NORTH FLORIDA Originally formed as a local chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1970 and later known as the National Conference for Community and Justice, the organization has addressed the ever-changing needs and challenges that come with promoting interfaith respect, acceptance and inclusion. In 2005, the Jacksonville chapter disaffiliated from its national group and formed OneJax. The reputation of OneJax and its work continued to grow over the next several years. The range of topics addressed in its many forums of discussion expanded to include ethnicity, race, culture, ability/disability and sexual orientation. In February 2012, OneJax formally affiliated with the University of North Florida to become an Institute of the University. This partnership has brought numerous benefits to both OneJax and UNF. By bringing OneJax onto its campus, the University has positioned itself to strengthen its community partnerships to play an even more significant role in Northeast Florida's conversations about diversity and inclusion. While OneJax works closely within the UNF community to support its initiatives, it also continues its work in the broader Northeast Florida region in areas such as education, advocacy and community engagement. OUR MISSION OneJax is an interfaith organization dedicated to achieving civility, understanding and respect for all through education, dialogue and community-building. OUR VISION Our vision is an inclusive community where difference is welcomed and celebrated. DINNER COMMITTEE Howard and Joy Korman, Co-Chairs • Nancy Broner • Sol Brotman • Cindy Edelman • Adam Frisch • Kevin Gay • Marty Goetz • Hugh Greene • Connie Hodges • Michael Korn • Phillip Lee • Alan Margolies • Audrey Moran • Mobeen Rathore • Mike Santarone • Ryan Schwartz • Ali Korman Shelton • Jamie Shelton • Darnell Smith • David & Linda Stein • Ellen Wiss EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Connie Hodges, Board Chair• Michael J. Korn, Chair-Elect• Shari Shuman, Treasurer• Sonny Bhikha, Secretary• Jan Lipsky, Past Board Chair• Martin Goetz • Kyle Reese • Thomas Serwatka BOARD MEMBERS Elizabeth Bahar • Michael Boylan • Clare Chance • Mark Dawkins • Nancy Felton • Wilfredo Gonzalez • Steve Goyer • Jonathan Lubliner • Jerry Mallat • Patricia McElroy • Mobeen H. Rathore • Nicole Thomas • Robert Arleigh White SENIOR ADVISORY COUNCIL Audrey Moran, Convener• William B. Bond • Sol Brotman • Charles Commander • John Delaney • Cindy Edelman • Ronnie Ferguson • Nat Glover • Susan Greene • Steve Halverson • Connie Hodges • Jan Lipsky • Sherry Magill • David Miller • Pam Paul • Kyle Reese • Madeline Scales-Taylor• Tom Serwatka • Clay B. "Chip" Tousey, Jr. • Nina Waters • Susan Wilkinson • Nancy Broner, Executive Director STAFF Nancy Broner, Executive Director Jacey Willbach, Assistant Director of Operations Deidre Lane, Assistant Director of Youth Programs Kathleen Gram, Coordinator of Administrative Services 10 HEAL US NOW Music and English Text - Leon Sher, 2002 Hebrew Text - Healing Liturgy, Numbers 12:13, Psalms: 145:18, 85:10; 28:9; 118:25 R'faeinu Adonai v'neirafeh, hoshi-einu v'nivasheah. El karov, /'chol korav, ach karov, li-reav, yishoh. Heal us Adonai, and we shall be healed. Save us and we shall be saved. God is close to all who call out to God. Surely, help is near to all who call out to God. "We pray for healing of the body. We pray for healing of the soul. For strength of flesh and mind and spirit. We pray to once again be whole." El na, r'fa na /ah, r'fuat hanefesh, u'r'fuat ha-guf, r'fua sh'/eimah. Oh God, please heal us now; healing of the soul and healing of the body, a complete healing. This piece weaves together healing liturgy, biblical text and psalms. We hear Moses' voice as he calls out to God to heal Miriam, "El Na R'fana La." We are reminded that there are times in our lives when we need healing of the mind, of the body and of the spirit. The passionate melody echoes our fervent cries to God for healing. This text reassures us with conviction: "God is karov/close to all who call out to God. Surely help is near to all who call out to God." 

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