Issue #7
03/31/2023
Issue #6
03/26/2023
Issue #5
03/20/2023
Great Decisions update
03/14/2023
Dominion Lawsuit, South Africa and 710 Stub
03/08/2023
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
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
In the 1960’s a young man named Bernard Garrett devised an audacious and risky plan to take on the racist establishment of the 1960s by helping other African Americans pursue the American dream. His plan succeeded despite many vigorous challenges and over the years he and his associates built a very successful business in real estate and banking. Bernard Garret died in 2019 and the amazing story of his enterprise has been made into a motion picture with Apple TV. An interesting trailer will give you a preview of the movie.
Release of the film was delayed due to some contraversy raised by members of the Garrett family. The issues raised were about some of the timeline in history as well as allegations made about sexual miscounduct by more than one of the producers of the film, against Bernard Garrett Jr. Anyone intersted in the film should at least be aware of these contraversies.
Jurie Lewis, a friend of Pasadena Village and an active member of Villages NW, in Portland, Oregon, discovered that Bernard Garrett, was a great uncle of hers. She has looked into the story and has agreed to visit us and share what she has learned about her amazing relative and his incredible enterprise. She will be our featured speaker in our next meeting on the first Friday of Black History Month, February 3rd, at 10AM PST.
We are making this meeting open to non-members who can get the zoom link by calling our office at (626) 765-6037. Our regular participants will receive the link in their email and are welcome to provide that to friends who might be interested.
In our subsequent meeting of Black History month on February 17th, at 12 Noon, Brian Biery will provide us with a history of the Highway 710 Extension project and its impact on the African American neighborhoods in Pasadena. This history is very relevant because of the current efforts to resolve the issues surrounding the condemnation of properties which were never used after plans for the freeway were canceled.
