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April 2025

March 2025

About Senior Solutions
03/28/2025

Building a Bridge With Journey House, A Home Base for Former Foster Youth
03/28/2025

Come for the Knitting, Stay for the Conversation... and the Cookies
03/28/2025

Creating Safe and Smart Spaces with Home Technology
03/28/2025

Finding Joy in My Role on The Pasadena Village Board
03/28/2025

I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!
03/28/2025

Managing Anxiety
03/28/2025

Message from Our President: Keeping Pasadena Village Strong Together
03/28/2025

My Favorite Easter Gift
03/28/2025

The Hidden History of Black Women in WWII
03/28/2025

Urinary Tract Infection – Watch Out!
03/28/2025

Volunteer Coordinator and Blade-Runner
03/28/2025

Continuing Commitment to Combating Racism
03/26/2025

Goodbye and Keep Cold by Robert Frost
03/13/2025

What The Living Do by Marie Howe
03/13/2025

Racism is Not Genetic
03/11/2025

Bill Gould, The First
03/07/2025

THIS IS A CHAPTER, NOT MY WHOLE STORY
03/07/2025

Dramatic Flair: Villagers Share their Digital Art
03/03/2025

Empowering Senior LGBTQ+ Caregivers
03/03/2025

A Life Never Anticipated
03/02/2025

Eaton Fire Changes Life
03/02/2025

February 2025

Commemorating Black History Month 2025
02/28/2025

Transportation at the Pasadena Village
02/28/2025

A Look at Proposition 19
02/27/2025

Behind the Scenes: Understanding the Pasadena Village Board and Its Role
02/27/2025

Beyond and Within the Village: The Power of One
02/27/2025

Celebrating Black Voices
02/27/2025

Creatively Supporting Our Village Community
02/27/2025

Decluttering: More Than The Name Implies
02/27/2025

Hidden Gems of Forest Lawn Museum
02/27/2025

LA River Walk
02/27/2025

Message from the President
02/27/2025

Phoenix Rising
02/27/2025

1619 Conversations with West African Art
02/25/2025

The Party Line
02/24/2025

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
02/17/2025

Dreams by Langston Hughes
02/17/2025

Haiku - Four by Fritzie
02/17/2025

Haikus - Nine by Virginia
02/17/2025

Wind and Fire
02/17/2025

Partnerships Amplify Relief Efforts
02/07/2025

Another Community Giving Back
02/05/2025

Diary of Disaster Response
02/05/2025

Eaton Fire: A Community United in Loss and Recovery
02/05/2025

Healing Powers of Creative Energy
02/05/2025

Living the Mission
02/05/2025

Message from the President: Honoring Black History Month
02/05/2025

Surviving and Thriving: Elder Health Considerations After the Fires
02/05/2025

Treasure Hunting in The Ashes
02/05/2025

Villager's Stories
02/05/2025

A Beginning of Healing
02/03/2025

Hectic Evacuation From Eaton Canyon Fire
02/02/2025

Hurricanes and Fires are Different Monsters
02/02/2025

January 2025

2022 Election Review

By Sharon Jarrett
Posted: 11/14/2022
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Many of us have been and still are intensely concerned about the state of the world that we live in. This country recently held an election, extremely important and distinct. It is distinct in the sense that no other country has an election day where so many issues and positions are decided at the same time. It is important because of the leadership position the United States has in the world. The leadership position is based on the economic and military power that the US has but it is also very importantly based on the inspirational power that it has by being the country that is described in the documents that founded and shaped our country.

 

This recent election produced many results that will set the direction for years to come on many issues. Many of the outcomes remain a great concern, but many are quite positive and it is important that we not overlook those. This will be the focus of our upcoming meeting on Friday, November 18th at 12 Noon Pacific Standard Time.

 

Wes Moore was the1st Black Governor elected in Maryland, and the 3rd Black Governor to be elected in the Unites States. In a recent interview, he was asked about his family history and he spoke about his grandfather who left the U.S. to get away from threats from the Ku Klux Klan. When asked why he returned to a country from which he had to flee to save his own life, he responded, " This country would be incomplete without me." This seems like a profound statement, worthy of our consideration and discussion.

 

Another outcome of the election that deserves consideration and examination is the diversity of of the candidates who won the election which included different races and ethnicity, different gender identifications, and endorsements of different principles presented in various states.

 

We will meet this Friday on the link we always meet. The link will be sent out via email to our mailing list. If you're not our mailing list today and would like to join us, please send an email to 1619 Mailing List to request to be added to our mailing list.

 

 

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