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November 2024

October 2024

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

June 2024

May 2024

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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1619 " Rump" Session

By Richard Myers
Posted: 09/04/2023
Tags: history
Notes by Sharon Jarret:
 
The 1619 Project Discussion Group met on September 1 at 10:00 AM PST.
 
The session had officially been canceled due to the proximity to  holiday weekend, but a few participants showed up anyway, so we conducted a "Rump" session. 
 
 
The attendees engaged in a discussion about two recent articles focusing on the 14th amendment and the presidency.  The articles were written by retired Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig and Emeritis Professor of Constitutional Law, Laurence Tribe. They appeared on MSNBC and the video of the 14th Amendment  Interview is available for viewing.   The second article was written by two arrorneys who are members of the Federalist Society, William Baude of the University of Chicago and Michael Paulsen of the University of St. Thomas.  Their article will be published in the Law Review of the University of Pennsylvania.  The New York Times published a preview in the August 11, 2023 edition.
 
The discussion focused on three elements of the 14th amendment: violation of the oath of office requiring the support and protection of the constitution, the requirement that no person who engaged, participated in or gave aid or comfort in sedition or a conspiracy could stand for office and whether the events of January 6, 2020 met the legal definition of an insurrection.
 
As a matter of interest, you might want to look at a new article posted in  our Racism Now blog covering the racist history of Pasadena and this area that we live in through the eyes of the people who lived there. 
 
 
 The next meeting will be September 15, 2023 at 12:00 PM PST. Current news is alive with breaking news events which will provide ample material to fuel our discussion on the 15th. A good starting point our 3rd Friday discussion might be a description of what casual racism is like. One of our villagers has contributed a short piece describing some of her personal experience with racism. I reccomend this short srticle to you. We apprecite your registering on our website for the event  so that we can know how many people are interested in this discussion. We welcome guests to this discussion so feel free to invite friends who might be interesed. 
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