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Triumph Over Tragedy
08/31/2026

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained/Lost
08/30/2026

A Gallery of Neighbors: The Village Art Group’s Group Show
08/28/2026

A New and Improved Way to Stay Safer Online
08/28/2026

A Trip to The Geffen Galleries
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Barrier Free Living - A Path to Living a More Independent Lifestyle
08/28/2026

Conversations with Art
08/28/2026

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
08/28/2026

Member Connections with Music Conductor Bill Bing
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Pasadena Heritage Walking Tour
08/28/2026

In Their Hands
08/23/2026

Ease of Being: Managing the stuff of everyday life
08/20/2026

A Tribute to Fire Debris Remediators and Their Super-Sized Dump Trucks
08/18/2026

Really Irene?
08/15/2026

There Is A Risk
08/09/2026

2026 Year in Review
08/03/2026

A Message From Your Newly Elected President
08/03/2026

Neighborhoods Within the Village
08/03/2026

Reflection from PUSD Intern Isabella "Izzy" Roberts
08/03/2026

Reflection on Service & Joy from 2025/26 President Dick Myers
08/03/2026

The Villager Engagement Team Welcomed 54 New Villagers
08/03/2026

Treasurer’s Report
08/03/2026

What Activity! The Cultural Activities Team Report
08/03/2026

An Even Exchange
08/01/2026

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2022 Inaugural 1619 Project Discussion

By Blog Master
Posted: 01/04/2022
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Our first meeting of the new year will be held on the first Friday of the month, January 7th at 10am Pacific, as is our usual custom.

In this first meeting, we will follow the long standing tradition of reviewing the prior year and talking about where we hope to go during the coming year discussions. As a background to our review, which, as usual, is always open-ended, we might review an article that discusses a book by Clint Smith where he talks about the current war over the teaching and understanding of our history. His book is "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America". In his book he uses visits to a number of culturally significant sites to illuminate the nature of the history where we are in our understanding of the past and how we got here.

The article is from GQ and a word copy of the article can be downloaded from this link.

On January 21st, the third Friday of the month, we were going to have a guest speaker , Dr. Henry W. Foster Jr, who will tell us abut his book, Make a Difference, and his life experience in being in his prestigious position at the Meharry Facility in Nashville, Tennessee. Unfortunately, Dr. Foster has encountered complications with his health and has had to cancel his commitment. We wish him well ad look forward  to being able to reschedule him at a future time.

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