Operation Life: Difference between revisions

'''Operation Life''' was a non-profit organization against poverty, whose initial goals were to improve living conditions in west Las Vegas and promote welfare reform.<ref name="wrinunlv1">{{cite web|url=http://wrinunlv.org/research/our-history-profiles-of-nevada-women/ruby-duncan/ |title=Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) — Ruby Duncan |publisher=Wrinunlv.org |date=1932-06-07 |accessdate=2016-06-24}}</ref><ref name="blackpast1932">{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/duncan-ruby-1932 |title=Duncan, Ruby (1932- ) &#124; The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed |publisher=The Black Past |date=2007-02-12 |accessdate=2016-06-24}}</ref> It was founded by [[Ruby Duncan]] in 1972.<ref name="wrinunlv1"/> She was its executive director from 1972 until 1992; in 1990 she had to retire because of health problems.<ref name="unlv">{{cite web|url=https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/ead/1996-08_Duncan.xml |title=Guide to the Ruby Duncan Collection, UNLV Libraries Special Collections EAD finding aids |publisher=UNLV Libraries|date=|accessdate=2016-06-24}}</ref> Operation Life created the first library in Las Vegas's black Westside neighborhood, and created a children's medical clinic, a jobs program, and a drug and violence prevention program, among other services.<ref name="blackpast1932"/> It employed over 100 people, mostly former welfare mothers, by 1980.<ref name="welfare">{{cite web|url=http://www.welfarewarriors.org/mwv_archive/sp08/sp08_caesar.htm |title=Mother Warriors Voice |publisher=Welfarewarriors.org |date= |accessdate=2016-06-24}}</ref> It also received grants in the 1980s from city of Las Vegas and the US Dept. of Housing to build new housing for poor families.<ref name="welfare"/> Operation Life ended in 1992.<ref name="blackpast1932"/>