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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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Tulsa reparations, Religion and Politics

By Richard Myers
Posted: 04/09/2024
Tags: tulsa massacre, reparations, religious right
Notes by Sharon Jarrett:
 
 
There was no set agenda for the meeting and the group discussed a number of issues related to the Justice System and communication challenges.
 
The group began discussing an upcoming case in the Oklahoma Supreme Court.  Three survivors of the Tulsa massacre are suing to determine their standing to bring a case forward related to reparations. The case must move in a timely fashion as the survivors are all over 100, in fact, one of the survivors passed away while the case was working it's way through the state court.  It is critical to the future of the case that standing be determined in order that the descendents of the survivors can see the case and remedies that come from it can come to a conclusion.
 
This led to a discussion about the recent California case involving the Bruce Family and an ocean front property that was taken by imminent domain by the City of Manhattan Beach in the early part of the last century.  The city returned the property to the family in 2022.  The family subsequently made the decision to sell the property back to the city and to use the proceeds to benefit the family.  There has been criticism of the family for doing this.  The family notes that the sale permitted them to provide benefits to move family members forward by supporting education, business development and home ownership.
 
Finally, also related to the court system, the document mishandling case in Florida was discussed in light of the possibility that double jeopardy may apply and accountability not be achieved.
 
There was a brief discussion about judicial ethics and recusal when appropriate.
The group next discussed several issues related to communication and the media.  One participant discussed "drama based decision making" as a feature of some media outlets.  Concerned that facts were losing out to external social emotions.  The difficulty of determining facts and sources of facts was discussed.  
 
Finally, the group discussed the book "The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory" by Tim Alberta.
 
The next meeting will be April 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM PST.  At that meeting, Dr. Linda Pope, a regular participant, will lead a discussion about the book Caste by Isabel Wilkerson.  This promises to be a very intersting session featuring personal reactions to this powerful book. 
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