{"id":3130551,"date":"2019-01-01T00:15:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T05:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/theodore-neff\/"},"modified":"2019-01-01T00:15:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T05:15:11","slug":"theodore-neff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/theodore-neff\/","title":{"rendered":"Theodore Neff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Neff<\/strong>\u2014<em>Theodore Neff, <\/em>de 97 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 1 de febrero de 2017 en University Retirement Community en Davis, California. Ted naci\u00f3 el 11 de julio de 1919 en Marion, Ohio. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, fue un objetor de conciencia que sirvi\u00f3 primero en un Cuerpo Civil de Conservaci\u00f3n realizando trabajos forzados y luego en una escuela para adultos con discapacidad mental. Asisti\u00f3 a la Universidad de Otterbein, donde conoci\u00f3 a su futura esposa, Almena Innerst, llamada Mena. En 1947, la familia se mud\u00f3 a California para estar m\u00e1s cerca de la familia de Mena, y Ted sigui\u00f3 su carrera en la educaci\u00f3n. Fue maestro, director y administrador en escuelas en Costa Mesa y Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Pas\u00f3 incontables horas a lo largo de su vida como voluntario en organizaciones y grupos dedicados a la paz y la justicia, no sin sacrificio: durante la era McCarthy fue despedido de su puesto de director de la escuela de Costa Mesa cuando la junta escolar se enter\u00f3 de su membres\u00eda en el grupo interreligioso por la paz Fellowship of Reconciliation y sus esfuerzos por asegurar viviendas para minor\u00edas en los vecindarios del Condado de Orange.      <\/p>\n<p>En 1964, \u00e9l y su familia se mudaron a Davis para su trabajo en el Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n del Estado en la nueva Oficina de Relaciones Intergrupales, cuya formidable tarea era identificar y remediar la segregaci\u00f3n racial en las escuelas p\u00fablicas de California. En uno de sus trabajos m\u00e1s gratificantes, trabaj\u00f3 incansablemente por todo el estado con distritos escolares, juntas escolares, padres y maestros durante las d\u00e9cadas de 1960 y 1970 para lograr escuelas racial y \u00e9tnicamente equilibradas. Fue el autor principal de muchos planes importantes de desegregaci\u00f3n, incluidos los de grandes distritos escolares como Oakland y Berkeley, peque\u00f1os distritos rurales e incluso reservas indias. El trabajo de la oficina fue tan efectivo e innovador que en 1970 fue invitado a Washington, D.C., para un pr\u00e9stamo de un a\u00f1o al Departamento de Salud, Educaci\u00f3n y Bienestar. Le entristeci\u00f3 la burocracia que le impidi\u00f3 lograr todos sus objetivos en esta \u00e1rea.    <\/p>\n<p>Firmemente comprometido con la no violencia, la paz, la justicia social y la oposici\u00f3n a la pena capital, fue uno de los secretarios de campo del Comit\u00e9 de los Amigos para la Legislaci\u00f3n Nacional (FCNL) en 1980. Trabaj\u00f3 con FCNL durante muchos a\u00f1os y asisti\u00f3 al Meeting anual en 1989 como miembro del Comit\u00e9 General. Muchos s\u00e1bados, durante el tiempo en que su salud lo permiti\u00f3, se le pod\u00eda encontrar en la vigilia silenciosa por la paz en Davis organizada por Davis Meeting. Tambi\u00e9n presion\u00f3 durante muchos a\u00f1os contra la violencia armada y la pena capital tanto a nivel estatal como federal.   <\/p>\n<p>A Ted le precedieron en la muerte su primera esposa, Almena Neff; un hijo, Timothy Neff, y una nuera, Deborah Neff. Le sobreviven su esposa, Paula Neff; dos hijos, Michael Neff (Carol) y Cathy Neff; seis nietos; y un bisnieto. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neff\u2014Theodore Neff, de 97 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 1 de febrero de 2017 en University Retirement Community en Davis, California. 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