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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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January 2024

Understanding History

By Blog Master
Posted: 01/11/2022
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Notes by Sharon Jarrett:

The 1619 Discussion Group met on January 7th at 10:00 PST.  

After greeting the participants, Dick posed the question "What happened last year that moved the conversation begun by the publication of the 1619 Project forward?"

 

Responses included:

 

The publication and discussions engendered by  "How the Word is Passed" by Clint Smith

 

The Redistricting process and the varied local responses

 

The continued discussion around the Denial of History and the Understanding of History

 

After this discussion, three books or articles were discussed as worth reading, these included "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahnerman, "The war of Jenkins Ear", no author given and an article from the Jan 3rd New Yorker "Dan Bongino and the Big Business of Returning Trump to Power" by Evan Osnos.

 

One of the participants shared a project they are working on sponsored by the Cornell School of Medicine.

 

The project focuses on the teaching of young doctors and the need to engage or "see" patients. Doctors of different backgrounds from their patients do not understand how to talk about critical health information using the experiences of their patients.  An example was discussing diabetes and diet while never having experienced a food dessert. The project is trying to help doctors develop this understanding.

 

A brief discussion on the ability to think critically followed with a concern expressed that this skill is no longer taught.

 

The group then discussed the increased awareness of history at a local level and dealing with varied views that emerge from these discussions.

 

A question was raised about mental health evaluations being required in certain professions as a condition of licensing.  The question extended to asking if members of Congress should be required to have some type of evaluation.

 

There was a brief discussion about experiences members of the group had had discussing 1619 with millennials or Gen Z (plurals).

 

Sally Currie shared a rap she had written, entitled "Sorry To See You Go".

 

Homelessness was discussed from the perspective of "who has a seat at the table".   The lack of systems to help move the homeless to the next level of community membership were discussed.

 

Finally, it was suggested that participants look at the website for Braver Angels.  This organization is sponsoring workshops of Depolarizing Communities.

 

The next meeting will be at 12:00 PST January 21, 2022, the third Friday of the month.

Members of our group maybe interested in knowing that Dr. Angela Davis will speak at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on June 5th. All tickets are $10. Information about Dr. Davis' presentation is available.

Following up on one of our previous presentations by Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby on their book, Cousins,  we just learned that they will be featured in a documentary on Netflix. Information regarding the documentary episode and their press release and flyer is available.

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