{"value"=>"<p>The series <span class=\"emph\">DIVISION OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY (DCS), 1979-1989,</span>(2 lin. ft) was organized in 1973. The Division addresses social concerns through education, study, direct action and social service. Kenyon C. Burke was named Associate General Secretary of the Division in 1980. Tyrone Pitts was the Director for Racial Justice for the Division from 1980 to 1989.</p> <p>Much of the Division's work is carried out through Working Groups. These groups include representatives of churches (most of which are NCC Members), and religious and community organizations, as well as women and minority members. The groups, which are usually formed for a stipulated period or to accomplish a particular objective, work within the framework of NCC policy. During the 1980's DCS Working Groups included: Health and Welfare, Eco-Justice, Justice for Women, Racial Justice, Evangelism, Domestic Hunger and Poverty, and Child Advocacy. The Ecumenical Minority Bail Bond Fund emerged from the Racial Justice Working Group and was governed by participating communions of the NCC.</p> <p>In addition to general and administrative records of the Division, this series documents the work of the Ecumenical Minority Bail Bond Fund and the Racial Justice Working Group and Pitts' work with both groups. Other working groups of the Division are represented by individual items, or in the case of the Health and Welfare Working Group, by several folders.</p>"}