New to Jquery & Javascript - Need help understanding order

New to Jquery & Javascript - Need help understanding order

I'm attempting to use plugins throughout my site, but having a hard time understanding why things break when I include certain plugins.

Here's what's going on:

I'm using a couple jquery plugins for an image slider and disappearing text in form fields.  However, when I try to include a block of Javascript for a MailChimp form, the 2 plugins I just mentioned stop working.

Any ideas here?