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November 2024

October 2024

ARBORIST WALK: NOT FOR TREE HUGGERS ONLY!
10/29/2024

Bill Wishner: Visual Hunter
10/29/2024

Can a Village Group Fix Our Healthcare System?
10/29/2024

Community Board Directors Strengthen Village Board
10/29/2024

Connecting with Village Connections: The A, B, C, & D’s of Medicare @ 65+
10/29/2024

Grief is a Journey: Two Paths Taken
10/29/2024

Message from the President
10/29/2024

Promoting Informed & Involved Voters
10/29/2024

What Will Be Your Legacy?
10/29/2024

1619, Approaching the Election...
10/27/2024

Beyond and Within the Village - A Star is Born
10/17/2024

Happiness by Priscilla Leonard
10/11/2024

Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
10/11/2024

Unpainted Door by Louise Gluck
10/11/2024

In the Evening by Billy Collins
10/10/2024

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
10/10/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

September 2024

August 2024

1619 Wide Ranging Interests
08/19/2024

1619 Wide Ranging Interests
08/19/2024

First Anniversary
08/19/2024

Alexandra Leaving by Leonard Cohen
08/16/2024

Muse des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden
08/16/2024

The God Abandons Antony by Constantinos P. Cavafy
08/16/2024

Ch – Ch – Ch –Changes
08/15/2024

Cultural Activities Team offers an ‘embarrassment of riches’
08/15/2024

Engaging in Pasadena Village
08/15/2024

Future Housing Options
08/15/2024

Message from the President
08/15/2024

There Are Authors Among Us
08/15/2024

Villagers Welcome New Members at the Tournament Park Picnic
08/15/2024

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
08/14/2024

A narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson
08/13/2024

Haikus
08/13/2024

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
08/13/2024

Poem 20 by Pablo Neruda
08/13/2024

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
08/13/2024

Trees by Joyce Kilmer
08/13/2024

July 2024

June 2024

May 2024

Emergency Preparedness: Are You Ready?
05/28/2024

Farewell from the 2023/24 Social Work Interns
05/28/2024

Gina on the Horizon
05/28/2024

Mark Your Calendars for the Healthy Aging Research California Virtual Summit
05/28/2024

Meet Our New Development Associate
05/28/2024

Putting the Strategic Plan into Practice
05/28/2024

Washington Park: Pasadena’s Rediscovered Gem
05/28/2024

Introducing Civil Rights Discussions
05/22/2024

Rumor of Humor #2416
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2417
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2417
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2418
05/14/2024

Springtime Visitors
05/07/2024

Freezing for a Good Cause – Credit, That Is
05/02/2024

No Discussion Meeting on May 3rd
05/02/2024

An Apparently Normal Person Author Presentation and Book-signing
05/01/2024

Flintridge Center: Pasadena Village’s Neighbor That Changes Lives
05/01/2024

Pasadena Celebrates Older Americans Month 2024
05/01/2024

The 2024 Pasadena Village Volunteer Appreciation Lunch
05/01/2024

Woman of the Year: Katy Townsend
05/01/2024

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Reactions and Reflections Re: Juneteenth

By Richard Myers
Posted: 06/19/2024
Tags: history, civil rights, juneteenth

On our last meeting, Friday, June 7, we had a presentation about a project, “Telling the Whole Story”. This was a discussion between representatives of St. Barnabus Episcopal church, a Black congregation and All Saints Episcopal church, from which St. Barnabus was created in the early 1900’s in order to make All Saints a white congregation.

 On Sunday, June 16th a service was held at St. Barnabus with perhaps 150 attendees, which was the first time that the two congregations had come together to worship since the founding of St. Barnabas in 1923. June 16th happened to be the day of the first service of St. Barnabas in 1923.

 The sermon was given by Pastor Mark Chase, of All Saints. He referred to the current day work of the two churches as “planting seeds,” he referred to the fact that we often do not see the change we want resulting from the efforts we make. He made a connection to the  fact that when planting seeds we do no see the result immediately. He also made the point that seeds often develop better in darkness. He described this situation as “ seeds not seen but sewn.” 

The work these churches are doing, and what we are doing with our discussions are much the same. As a discussion group meeting regularly, over an extended period of time, we are sewing seeds, which we hope will grow to create a better world. 

 In other discussions recently, there have been a wide variety of opinions expressed about the Juneteenth holiday, these opinions have ranged from approval of the holiday to the idea that there should be such holiday at all. The negative feelings expressed did not come from white speakers, which might have been an expected outcome. 

The idea of the  holiday Juneteenth might be an interesting discussion for our upcoming meeting this Friday, on June 21 at 12PM Noon PST. Think about what the holiday means to you personally and what you think it does or should mean to the nation. 

On a related topic, our commemoration of the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960’s, led by Jim Hendrick will continue on July 23 at 1PM PST. The presentation will be Civil Rights Movement Discussion: 1964 Freedom Summer. This is a member only, in person event and registration is required at the link shown above.

We look forward to an interesting discussion on Friday, June 21st at 12PM PST.

 

 

 

 

 

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