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November 2024

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ARBORIST WALK: NOT FOR TREE HUGGERS ONLY!
10/29/2024

Bill Wishner: Visual Hunter
10/29/2024

Can a Village Group Fix Our Healthcare System?
10/29/2024

Community Board Directors Strengthen Village Board
10/29/2024

Connecting with Village Connections: The A, B, C, & D’s of Medicare @ 65+
10/29/2024

Grief is a Journey: Two Paths Taken
10/29/2024

Message from the President
10/29/2024

Promoting Informed & Involved Voters
10/29/2024

What Will Be Your Legacy?
10/29/2024

1619, Approaching the Election...
10/27/2024

Beyond and Within the Village - A Star is Born
10/17/2024

Happiness by Priscilla Leonard
10/11/2024

Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
10/11/2024

Unpainted Door by Louise Gluck
10/11/2024

In the Evening by Billy Collins
10/10/2024

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
10/10/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

September 2024

August 2024

1619 Wide Ranging Interests
08/19/2024

1619 Wide Ranging Interests
08/19/2024

First Anniversary
08/19/2024

Alexandra Leaving by Leonard Cohen
08/16/2024

Muse des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden
08/16/2024

The God Abandons Antony by Constantinos P. Cavafy
08/16/2024

Ch – Ch – Ch –Changes
08/15/2024

Cultural Activities Team offers an ‘embarrassment of riches’
08/15/2024

Engaging in Pasadena Village
08/15/2024

Future Housing Options
08/15/2024

Message from the President
08/15/2024

There Are Authors Among Us
08/15/2024

Villagers Welcome New Members at the Tournament Park Picnic
08/15/2024

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
08/14/2024

A narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson
08/13/2024

Haikus
08/13/2024

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
08/13/2024

Poem 20 by Pablo Neruda
08/13/2024

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
08/13/2024

Trees by Joyce Kilmer
08/13/2024

July 2024

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Emergency Preparedness: Are You Ready?
05/28/2024

Farewell from the 2023/24 Social Work Interns
05/28/2024

Gina on the Horizon
05/28/2024

Mark Your Calendars for the Healthy Aging Research California Virtual Summit
05/28/2024

Meet Our New Development Associate
05/28/2024

Putting the Strategic Plan into Practice
05/28/2024

Washington Park: Pasadena’s Rediscovered Gem
05/28/2024

Introducing Civil Rights Discussions
05/22/2024

Rumor of Humor #2416
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2417
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2417
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2418
05/14/2024

Springtime Visitors
05/07/2024

Freezing for a Good Cause – Credit, That Is
05/02/2024

No Discussion Meeting on May 3rd
05/02/2024

An Apparently Normal Person Author Presentation and Book-signing
05/01/2024

Flintridge Center: Pasadena Village’s Neighbor That Changes Lives
05/01/2024

Pasadena Celebrates Older Americans Month 2024
05/01/2024

The 2024 Pasadena Village Volunteer Appreciation Lunch
05/01/2024

Woman of the Year: Katy Townsend
05/01/2024

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Bernard Garrett, 710 Freeway

By Richard Myers
Posted: 02/06/2023
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The meeting has been recorded and can be viewed as Bernard Garrett, Black Entrepreneur.

Jurie Lewis is the great niece of Bernard Garrett.  Mr. Garrett was a banker and real estate developer who provided access for many African American families to home ownership, loans to support businesses and to support the development of African American communities, particularly in the Los Angeles area.

Bernard Garrett and his partner Joe Morris developed knowledge of the banking system and real estate development through community connections.  They partnered with a white friend to begin their banking and real estate businesses. 

The history of Bernard Garrett and his work has been developed into an online film produced by Brigon Jones of the Miami Dolphins originally with Apple+. The film focuses on the exclusion of the African American community from local history, redlining and limiting the development of intergenerational wealth and resilience. The film can be viewed on Apple+ if you have a subscription.  There’s a movie trailer available for viewing on YouTube.

After building a successful business in Los Angeles, Garrett and Morris moved to Texas and attempted to repeat their success only to have state law interfere.  The two men were charged with violating Texas law and convicted.  They were imprisoned for three years.  Upon their release they relocated to the Bahamas.

Today, The Bernard Garrett, Sr. Foundation supports the development of financial literacy in communities historically underrepresented by other organizations.

Following the presentation, several participants discussed redlining and communities harmed by freeway expansion and other community projects.

The next meeting will be February 17th at noon PST. In that meeting, we will feature a presentation by Brian Biery covering:

- The history of the 710 Freeway extension and its impact on the community

- An update on the status of the corridor and the City's task force for the area and a

- Discussion with panelists exploring their views on the following questions:

o   What is your connection to this place and what was it before the freeway was constructed? 

o   What were the impacts of freeway construction on the families who lived there? 

o   How should the land be used today? 

o   What might the role of compensation or reparations play in its development?

Mr. Biery has made previous presentations to our group and they are always engaging and informative and we look forward to his next offering. This meeting will be on our usual Zoom link which will be made available to our mailing list and recorded. All nonmembers are welcome and should call our office at 626-765-6037 for further information about attending.

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