Blog archive
June 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 Literary 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
Rumor of Humor #15
05/28/2023
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
Deeper thinking resulting from discussions…
By Blog MasterPosted: 08/23/2020
- Dick Myers -
Wide ranging as usual but characterized by more than usual references to books and a podcast of interest. We started with mention of a new podcast offered through the NY Times, “Nice white parents”. A report on a school issue taking place in Brooklyn that pits a group of white parents against the PTA of an ethnically diverse school regarding a language enrichment program. This podcast illustrates some of the difficulties that we face in trying to workout solutions in a complicated society.
The books mentioned during our discussion included:
- Blue Bias- An Ex-Cop Turned Philosopher Examines the Learning and Resolve Necessary to End Hidden Prejudice in Policing
- Educated - The author recounts overcoming her survivalist Mormon family in order to go to college, and emphasizes the importance of education to enlarging her world.
- Just Mercy - A Story of Justice and Redemption
- The Warmth of Other Suns - he Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - The author s examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
The group also made references to a New York Times recent supplement on women's right to vote.
A good part of time in this session was spent discussing a recent Pasadena shooting, where the officer’s body cam was not on, bringing these issues in very close to home. Following the meeting, I received a note from one of the participants, making the following statement:
“I realize how my thinking is deepening about interactions between police and Black people because of these discussions. The discussion became local today. The recent police shooting in Pasadena immediately raised questions in my mind: What if I were the one driving around the corner with a missing front license plate? If I were stopped and I showed the officer the plate which rested on my dashboard explaining that it had fallen off right after I recently purchased the car, would I be asked to get out of the car? Would my passenger be asked to get out of the car? Or would I just be given a ticket and sent on my way ending any further communication?”
These discussions do make a difference!
Join us for our next discussion on first Friday, September 7 at 10:00 am PST.