The Seven Deadly Social Sins

 

  • Politics without principle

 

 

  • Wealth without work

 

 

  • Commerce without morality

 

 

  • Pleasure without conscience

 

 

  • Education without character

 

 

  • Science without humanity

 

 

  • Worship without sacrifice

Gandhi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board Members

 

 President John Conrad Licensed Certified Social Worker

John is coordinator of an employee assistance program at Bayview Professional Associates, a division of Alta Pointe Health Systems.  He has worked as a social worker and therapist in Mobile for the past 30 years.  John is married to Carol Massengale Conrad.  They have one daughter, a sophomore at Auburn University. 

Treasurer John Doll - University of South Alabama, Retired  

 John, a native of Memphis, has lived in Mobile since 1973.  For 17 years he was the business manager of the Radiology Department at the University of South Alabama.  He has been on the Quest Board from its start because he shares his wife's concern for social justice.

  Zippy Doll - Director of the Ministry to the Sick for St. Dominic Church  

Zippy is a native of Mobile who went to college in Baltimore and then taught for two years in Mobile.  She has been Coordinator of Ministry to the Sick at St. Dominic's Church for 20 years.  Zippy also has been on the board since its inception.

Myra Evans - community volunteer

 Myra is a Mobilian by choice, arriving in 1993 when the US Navy homeport was opened.  Liking it, she and her husband stayed.  As a newcomer to the QFSJ board, she is not a newcome to the work.  Over the course of the subsequent 18 years she has been involved in social justice work from HIV/AIDS education to Habitat for Humanity in Mobile County, as well as diverse volunteer efforts including Junior League of Mobile and League of Women Voters Mobile.  She obtained a BA in Behavioral Science, University of San Diego and a MA in Education, Framingham State University.  She now looks forward to continuing the work of strengthening the community and overall access to resources.                     

  Jay Higginbotham - Author, Founder of the Mobile Municipal Archives

 Jay has published twenty-one books, one of which, Old Mobile, won five literary awards, including the Gilbert Chinard Prize and the Alabama Library Association Award.  Higginbotham's works have been translated into seventeen languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Slovak.    He has appeard on CBS, NBC,  Radio Moscow and television stations throughout Europe, Asia, and Latin America.  In 1993, he founded the Society Mobile-La Habana, which has becom an active sister-city organization promoting good relations between the U.S. and Cuba.

 Susan Johnson - Licensed Certified Social Worker, Fresenius Medical Care   

Susan Johnson has lived in Mobile for over 10 years and is currently a social worker at a dialysis center.  She has 28 hears expereince in social work, primarily in health care.  Her social justice interests include promoting health care reform, pursuing adequate and affordable housing and advocating for tax reform.  Susan has participated in Alabama Arise through a former position at Providence Hospital.  She has also been involved in housing rehabilitation projects in Mobile.  Susan attends Springhill Ave. United Methodist Church and enjoys singing in the choir.

 

  Christopher Knight - Assistant Federal Defender 

Christopher Knight received his J.D. Degree in 1977 from the University of San Diego School of Law.  He is licensed to practice law before all Alabama courts, the U.S. District Court for the Southeren District of Alabama, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.  Mr. Knight has a broad range of experience in criminal trial and appellate work, both state and federal, and served as an Assistant District Attorney in this Circuit from 1977 to 1980.  He has also served as an adjunct professor in the Continuing Learning Department at Spring Hill College.

  Phyllis Y. Mason - Nurse Manager, AltaPoint Healt Systems  

Ms. Phyllis Y. Mason is the very proud parent of two beautiful children Tay-Lea and Myles who bring joy and contentment to her life daily.  She is currently a Nurse Manager with AltaPointe Health Systems whom she has been employed with since 2000.  Phyllis is dedicated to her employer and is a patient forcused nurse with proven strengths in long-term care, mental health care, staff management, and patient advocacy.  As a Nurse Manager, Phyllis provides excellent care for her patients and promotes a work environment that encourages advancement in the knowledge and treatment in the field of psychiatric nursing.  Phyllis received her Degree in Registered Nursing from the University of Mobile.  Phyllis understands and values each individual's basic rights.  She will advocate to maintain their dignity; regardless of race, creed, or socioeconomics.

  Mark Moberg, Ph.D. - Professor of Anthropology, University of South Alabama 

Mark has been a faculty member in Anthropology at the University of South Alabama since 1989.  His research has focused on issues of globalization, rural socioeconomic change, and fair trade in Central America and the Caribbean.  He is the author of three books and numerous articles.  Dr. Moberg holds a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Iowa, and an M.A. and Ph.D from UCLA.  He describes his primary concerns with social justice as centering on U.S. foreign policy, peace issues, and global equity.

 Rev. Ellen Sims - Founder and Pastor of Open Table: A Community of Faith (UCC) 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Ellen is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, a progressive denomination new to southern Alabama. She is the pastor of Open Table: A Community of Faith, the first UCC congregation in Mobile. Ellen pursued a call to pastoral ministry following 25 years as an English teacher, 16 of those years at Belmont University in Nashville. She received the M.Div. from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio and served as a campus minister and an associate pastor prior to founding Open Table. Her husband, George Sims, is the provost of Spring Hill College. Their daughter Georgia is an attorney in Nashville.

S. Judith Smits - Social Justice Advocate

Judith is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes whose headquarters is in Fond du Lac, WI.  After graduating from Marian College of Fond du Lac she spent 18 years in the classroom teaching.  During the summer breaks, Sister Judith pursued graduate degrees in Theology and Pastoral Studies and moved into parish work as Director of Religius Education and Liturgy.  Prior to becoming Director of The Quest, Judith spent ten years in social work with Catholic Social Services.

                                                               

  

 

  Shirley Trainer - Vice President of the National Alliance for Mental Health and Retardation 

Shirley has lived in Mobile most of her life where she raised six children, held full time employment and went to school in the evenings.  As a young adult she attended Twentieth Century Business College because it was the only insitution of higher learning that offered night classes at the time.  After graduating, Shirley worked as a typist for the Beacon but continued her education at Bishop State and got a degree in Business Administration.  Shirley was the first black to work in the License Commissioner's Office.  This was followed by 30 years with Mobile Housing Authority. Along the way she picked up a degree in business management from the University of South Alabama.  Shirley is an active member of Revelation Baptist Church. 

 

 

 

DIRECTOR

  Denise Moore, Director