https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl en-us 2022-12-06 14:45:28 UTC 2022-12-13 14:46:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f920.png jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2410796985 Provided federal aid to the states to provide intercollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and home economics. ]]> 2022-12-06 14:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2410796985 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2410804990 Henry Groseclose helps organize the Future Farmers of Virginia for boys in agricultural classes this would become a model for the creation of the FFA. He is known as the father of FFA]]> 2022-12-06 15:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2410804990 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2410817830 Future Farmers of America was established on Nov 20, 1928 in Kansas City, MO. The first National FFA convention was held in Kansas City, MO. 33 delegates from 18 states attended. Leslie Applegate was elected the first National FFA president. ]]> 2022-12-06 15:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2410817830 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2414433247 The FFA creed written by E.M. Tiffany is adopted. Edward Drace won the first national speaking event. The first national dress uniform is adopted dark blue shirt, blue or white pants, and yellow tie.]]> 2022-12-08 14:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2414433247 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419254047 FFA members arrive at the National Convention in blue corduroy jackets with the FFA emblem on the back. J.H. Lintner, director of the Fredericktown, Ohio FFA Band had the jackets designed as a uniform for his band members. Official delegates vote to adopt the jacket as the organization's official dress.  ]]> 2022-12-13 14:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419254047 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419256299 The New Farmers of America is organized for African American agriculture students. Like the FFA it was sponsored by the United States Office of Education and paralleled the FFA's programs and activities to the point that they offered many of the same programs under different names until the end of segregation. ]]> 2022-12-13 14:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419256299 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419258785 National Conventions were held throughout the World War II years despite the absence of many FFA members.  FFA members took up the fight at home by selling liberty bonds and collecting scrap metal.  ]]> 2022-12-13 14:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419258785 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419263203 The first issue of the National Future Farmers is published.]]> 2022-12-13 14:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419263203 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419273983 New Farmers of America the organization for African American ag students merges with Future Farmers of America.]]> 2022-12-13 14:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419273983 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419278737 Girls are amited in the FFA. Now they make up over half of the members.]]> 2022-12-13 14:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419278737 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419280701 The National FFA Alumni Association is founded, providing opportunities for former FFA members and other supporters to become involved with their local student chapters.  ]]> 2022-12-13 14:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419280701 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419283985 Fred McClure is elected Western Region Vice President, becoming the organization's first African-American National Officer.  McClure would later serve on President George H. W. Bush's staff in Washington, D.C.


]]> 2022-12-13 14:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419283985 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419286102 Delegates to the National FFA Convention change "Future Farmers of America" to the "National FFA Organization" to recognize the growth of agriculture and agricultural education to encompass the more than 300 careers in the science, business, and technology of agriculture. ]]> 2022-12-13 14:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419286102 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419289988 Corey Flournoy of Chicago, Illinois, is elected National FFA President, becoming the organization's first African-American president and first urban student leader.


]]> 2022-12-13 14:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419289988 jonah_nichols https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419293417 Pike Road High School started their FFA chapter.]]> 2022-12-13 14:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jonah_nichols/w8fcjtw3f89q17tl/wish/2419293417