A fifth-gen­er­a­tion Mem­phi­an, born 1940,Jocie’s life was turned upside down with the assas­si­na­tion of Dr. Mar­tin Luther King. She left ​“Jew­ish civ­il ser­vice” to get involved in frowned upon race rela­tions work. That led to draft­ing civ­il rights leg­is­la­tion law school guber­na­to­r­i­al and nation­al (and even a Pres­i­den­tial) appoint­ments awards for activism and a divorce. Mem­phis’ first pro­fes­sion­al mediator.