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Natasha at Jacari
Mar 15, 20221 min
A tribute to Tony Smith
We were saddened to hear that one of our founding members, Professor Anthony Smith, passed away in November. Tony was an undergraduate at...
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Natasha at Jacari
Feb 21, 20221 min
Alumni Memories Album
Over the last 18 months, we’ve been reconnecting with Jacari’s former volunteers and asking them to share their memories of volunteering...
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Natasha at Jacari
Jan 17, 20223 min
From the archives: the 1990s to 2010s
For our final blog about items in Jacari's student society archives, which are held in the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera at...
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Natasha at Jacari
Dec 15, 20214 min
From the archives: Jacari in the 1970s/80s
Sadly we don’t have many items in the Jacari archives from the 1970s and 1980s so this is a period we know little about. Below are the...
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Natasha at Jacari
Nov 25, 20216 min
From the archives: Jacari in the 1960s
The 1960s were a particularly active time in Jacari’s history when members took part in a wide range of activities to tackle racial...
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Natasha at Jacari
Nov 18, 20212 min
Alumni Q&A with Christopher Hall
1. When were you involved with Jacari? I was a member of the first meetings convened by Bill Brogden in Trinity Term 1956, attended by...
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Natasha at Jacari
Oct 26, 20212 min
Exploring the Jacari archives
We’ve been delving into our archives at the Bodleian Library to uncover Jacari’s history of tackling racial intolerance and inequality....
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Natasha at Jacari
Jun 10, 20212 min
Alumni Q&A with Catherine Gater
1. When did you volunteer with Jacari? I volunteered with Jacari from around 1991 to 1994, first as a teacher for a local student...
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Natasha at Jacari
May 13, 20213 min
Volunteering with Jacari in the 1970s
Jane Shillaker (Jesus, 1978-81) shares her reflections on her time at Oxford and experience volunteering with Jacari in the late 1970s:...
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Natasha at Jacari
Apr 1, 20214 min
Jacari in the 1960s
To celebrate our 65th anniversary, we’ve been asking alumni to share their stories and memories of Jacari through the decades. Shirley...
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