Blog archive
June 2023
Bridget Brewster Discovers Village Benefits
06/04/2023
Rumor of Humor #16
06/04/2023
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 Liberal 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
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
Rcommendations from today and from the Kerner Com
By Blog MasterPosted: 07/01/2020
- Dick Myers -
Two recent articles provide a perspective on the situation that we find ourselves in around the country today. The first article refers to the Kerner commission report issued in 1967, 68, and gives us a list and analysis of the turmoil in the country that the commission was established to investigate. The findings and conclusions of the commission sounds very familiar, and the recommendations made so many years ago sound very much on point for today. It is sobering to see how clearly the path forward was outlined in this report, and how little of it was ever accomplished. It gives one a sense of the magnitude of the task that is presented to us today.
Link: https://www.newyorker.
The second report is more oriented toward the current environment, and is an outline of the actions that the country needs to be considering at the moment. It is interesting to note that it refers back to the Kerner commission report, and to the political changes that have taken place in the interim. This article also is sobering to see that the kinds of things that it outlines as necessities for today Are largely found in the work of the commission from so many years ago.
Link: https://www.newyorker.
Buried in the huge amount of bad news that dominates the media, there is good news as well. Significant changes in public attitude regarding two particular issues have surfaced in the last several weeks. The first is the large number of white Americans who have excepted the extent of racism in our society and the negative impact that it has on People of color in the society. This is a dramatic shift that has occurred over a very short period of time. Another shift in attitude in the public is the acknowledgment of the abuses that are so common in police forces and our system of justice throughout the entire country. These are important changes and should lead the way to making concrete changes that improve this situation and make life better for us all. Changes are necessary to make this country into what so many people have always believed that it was, but that it never lived up to.
Come join us and tell us what you have observed in the country and what you make of it. Sharing experiences and thoughts is how we all learn and understand things better.