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Sunnyhills Neighborhood History
Please join Executive Producers Donnie Eiland and David Mosqueda for a special virtual viewing of… 54: The Story Of The First Planned Integrated Community In The Country History of the Sunnyhills Neighborhood Association Sunnyhills was the first planned racially-integrated community in the United States in 1956, arranged by a Union co-op of the United Auto Workers. Today, Sunnyhills still has one of the highest levels of integration of any neighborhood. More detailed version. Sunnyhills Neighborhood Association June 2022 Breakfast Meeting K’Meyer related the story of how the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker social action organization, and the United Auto Workers union cooperated in the early 1950s to build…
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Sunnyhills Neighborhood Association Scholarship
The Sunnyhills Neighborhood Association (SNA) recognizes the importance of higher education to the residents of our community, and the burden of it’s expense, especially for those in financial need. The SNA Scholarship is available to members of the senior class of Milpitas High School (MHS) and Calaveras Hills High School (CHHS) who will attend college following graduation and are from the Sunnyhills area (from the Milpitas/Fremont border to Jacklin Blvd, between Milpitas Blvd. and I-680). Priority will be given to those who can establish financial need and those who have volunteered or performed community service for SNA. The scholarship shall be presented at the Milpitas High School Senior Awards ceremony…
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Sunnyhills United Methodist Church History 1957-1982
History 1957 – 1982 Acknowledgments Preface Sunnyhills and Milpitas Sunnyhills–The Origins Early Efforts Additional Problems Still More Problems A Beginning Building Changes and Involvement Pastoral Leadership A BEGINNING — Braxton Combs, 1951-1959 RECOLLECTIONS — Glenn S. Fuller, Pastor 1959-1961 MEMORIES — Thomas Hicks, Pastor 1961-1969 REMEMBRANCE — David Schilling, Pastor 1970-1976 REFLECTIONS — R. Lee Hayward, Pastor 1976-1982 IMPRESSIONS — Pamela D. Cummings, Pastor 1982 Acknowledgments Historical efforts are the result of the collective work of many persons, not all of whom are directly connected with the purpose of the history, but without whom the history could not be completed. The authors merely place in some continuity of style the…
