Blog archive
June 2023
Bridget Brewster Discovers Village Benefits
06/04/2023
Rumor of Humor #16
06/04/2023
Communications Project with Cal State LA
06/02/2023
Creative Aging
06/01/2023
May 2023
One Villager's Story
05/31/2023
Pasadena Area Liberal Arts Center
05/31/2023
Pasadena Village Responds to Rainbow Flag Burning at Pasadena Buddhist Temple
05/31/2023
Plan Ahead - And Be Prepared
05/31/2023
Tuesday, May 23 Pasadena Celebrated Older Americans
05/31/2023
Reparations, Social Justice Activity
05/24/2023
Rumor of Humor #14
05/19/2023
Rumor of Humor #13
05/12/2023
Issue #12
05/09/2023
Science Monday - Review of Meeting on April 10, 2023
05/09/2023
Conversations Re African American Artists Before 1920
05/08/2023
Beyond the Village – Suzi and Phil Hoge
05/01/2023
Congratulations Wayne April! Honored at UNH
05/01/2023
Table Topics
05/01/2023
Volunteer Appreciation at the Village
05/01/2023
“ACCIDENTAL HOST—The Story of Rat Lungworm Disease”
05/01/2023
April 2023
Jumbo Joy
04/24/2023
Pasadenans Recent Experience With Racism
04/23/2023
Recent Events Reflecting Racism
04/23/2023
Fig and Goat Cheese Bruschetta
04/18/2023
Photography for Social Justice
04/11/2023
Issue #8
04/07/2023
BEYOND THE VILLAGE - Catherine Deely
04/06/2023
Creative Writing in Older Adults
04/06/2023
Gifts of Love
04/06/2023
March 2023
Issue #7
03/31/2023
Issue #6
03/26/2023
Great Decisions update
03/14/2023
Dominion Lawsuit, South Africa and 710 Stub
03/08/2023
February 2023
2023 DEI Progress
02/27/2023
BEYOND THE VILLAGE - Doug Colliflower
02/26/2023
CONVERSATIONS WITH ART
02/26/2023
GREAT DECISIONS
02/26/2023
OLDER ADULTS RESOURCE FAIR
02/26/2023
The Important, Influential Books in our Lives - Revisited
02/26/2023
History, Resolution of the 710 Freeway
02/19/2023
Eminent Domain, 710 Highway
02/13/2023
Bernard Garrett, 710 Freeway
02/06/2023
Men's Times Gatherings
02/03/2023
January 2023
Pasadena's Senior Commission
01/30/2023
BEYOND THE VILLAGE - JIM HENDRICK
01/27/2023
GRATITUDE - IT'S GOOD FOR YOU!
01/27/2023
JEFF GUTSTADT - FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST
01/27/2023
Bernard Garrett, Incredible Black Entrepreneur
01/17/2023
What is the "Spirit Talk" Group About?
01/16/2023
Same Ol’ New Year, Brand New Me
01/12/2023
Review of 2022, Consideration of 2023
01/06/2023
BEYOND THE VILLAGE - PATTI LA MARR
01/03/2023
FROM THE CHAIR
01/03/2023
WALK WITH EASE
01/03/2023
What does it mean to be a citizen?
By John TuitePosted: 05/25/2022
Men's Time Topic Discussion for Tuesday, June 7th at 9:30am Pacific time.
It is June 7 of the year, 2022! It is an Election Day! These are the Primaries, when we vote for the nominees for the final election in November!
I hope you’ll vote. It’s an opportunity to claim our citizenship, won through the wounds and deaths of the Revolution! And even more through the battles of the Civil War!
I thought we could spend our time today pondering our citizenship in the City of Pasadena. We talk so much of the National conditions, less about the State of California, and perhaps almost none of the City of Pasadena.
What are your thoughts about living here; what do you think the Council ought to be considering? Is the City divided? What can we do to bring it together? What about City events where we could meet people of other parts of the City? Do we think of others in the City as part of our responsibilities in the Village? Is the Village only for part of the City?
What does the Council have in mind for us in 2023? Have you ever had a talk with a Councilperson? Did he tell you what he wanted to accomplish? Did you have any ideas for him? Does the Village have any ideas, plans, demands, or thoughts for the Council? Do we have a committee for considering such?
What are some other important work going on in the City? In education, for example, or youth development, or crime prevention, or transportation, or concern for the the aging, or information dispersal. What are the departments of the City, and how do they relate to me and me to them. Does the City just go on in City Hall? Do I know anything about Council Meetings? Do they ever send me a letter to talk about what they are doing? What is a Councilperson? what are his/her duties? How do they relate to their constituents? What are their responsibilities to the Village? Who is the Mayor and what are his duties and who does he answer to?
And who are we? And what are our responsibilities? And do we care, or how much time are we, as individuals, and as an organization, going to be spending this year about the City, and what it’s accomplishing? And how much will the Village impact the City of Pasadena???
I think these are important questions, and I think we should work on some answers!
John Tuite