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March 2025

About Senior Solutions
03/28/2025

Building a Bridge With Journey House, A Home Base for Former Foster Youth
03/28/2025

Come for the Knitting, Stay for the Conversation... and the Cookies
03/28/2025

Creating Safe and Smart Spaces with Home Technology
03/28/2025

Finding Joy in My Role on The Pasadena Village Board
03/28/2025

I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!
03/28/2025

Managing Anxiety
03/28/2025

Message from Our President: Keeping Pasadena Village Strong Together
03/28/2025

My Favorite Easter Gift
03/28/2025

The Hidden History of Black Women in WWII
03/28/2025

Urinary Tract Infection – Watch Out!
03/28/2025

Volunteer Coordinator and Blade-Runner
03/28/2025

Continuing Commitment to Combating Racism
03/26/2025

Status - March 20, 2025
03/20/2025

Goodbye and Keep Cold by Robert Frost
03/13/2025

What The Living Do by Marie Howe
03/13/2025

Racism is Not Genetic
03/11/2025

Bill Gould, The First
03/07/2025

THIS IS A CHAPTER, NOT MY WHOLE STORY
03/07/2025

Dramatic Flair: Villagers Share their Digital Art
03/03/2025

Empowering Senior LGBTQ+ Caregivers
03/03/2025

A Life Never Anticipated
03/02/2025

Eaton Fire Changes Life
03/02/2025

February 2025

Commemorating Black History Month 2025
02/28/2025

Transportation at the Pasadena Village
02/28/2025

A Look at Proposition 19
02/27/2025

Behind the Scenes: Understanding the Pasadena Village Board and Its Role
02/27/2025

Beyond and Within the Village: The Power of One
02/27/2025

Celebrating Black Voices
02/27/2025

Creatively Supporting Our Village Community
02/27/2025

Decluttering: More Than The Name Implies
02/27/2025

Hidden Gems of Forest Lawn Museum
02/27/2025

LA River Walk
02/27/2025

Message from the President
02/27/2025

Phoenix Rising
02/27/2025

1619 Conversations with West African Art
02/25/2025

The Party Line
02/24/2025

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
02/17/2025

Dreams by Langston Hughes
02/17/2025

Haiku - Four by Fritzie
02/17/2025

Haikus - Nine by Virginia
02/17/2025

Wind and Fire
02/17/2025

Partnerships Amplify Relief Efforts
02/07/2025

Another Community Giving Back
02/05/2025

Diary of Disaster Response
02/05/2025

Eaton Fire: A Community United in Loss and Recovery
02/05/2025

Healing Powers of Creative Energy
02/05/2025

Living the Mission
02/05/2025

Message from the President: Honoring Black History Month
02/05/2025

Surviving and Thriving: Elder Health Considerations After the Fires
02/05/2025

Treasure Hunting in The Ashes
02/05/2025

Villager's Stories
02/05/2025

A Beginning of Healing
02/03/2025

Hectic Evacuation From Eaton Canyon Fire
02/02/2025

Hurricanes and Fires are Different Monsters
02/02/2025

January 2025

Reactions and Reflections Re: Juneteenth

By Richard Myers
Posted: 06/19/2024
Tags: history, civil rights, juneteenth

On our last meeting, Friday, June 7, we had a presentation about a project, “Telling the Whole Story”. This was a discussion between representatives of St. Barnabus Episcopal church, a Black congregation and All Saints Episcopal church, from which St. Barnabus was created in the early 1900’s in order to make All Saints a white congregation.

 On Sunday, June 16th a service was held at St. Barnabus with perhaps 150 attendees, which was the first time that the two congregations had come together to worship since the founding of St. Barnabas in 1923. June 16th happened to be the day of the first service of St. Barnabas in 1923.

 The sermon was given by Pastor Mark Chase, of All Saints. He referred to the current day work of the two churches as “planting seeds,” he referred to the fact that we often do not see the change we want resulting from the efforts we make. He made a connection to the  fact that when planting seeds we do no see the result immediately. He also made the point that seeds often develop better in darkness. He described this situation as “ seeds not seen but sewn.” 

The work these churches are doing, and what we are doing with our discussions are much the same. As a discussion group meeting regularly, over an extended period of time, we are sewing seeds, which we hope will grow to create a better world. 

 In other discussions recently, there have been a wide variety of opinions expressed about the Juneteenth holiday, these opinions have ranged from approval of the holiday to the idea that there should be such holiday at all. The negative feelings expressed did not come from white speakers, which might have been an expected outcome. 

The idea of the  holiday Juneteenth might be an interesting discussion for our upcoming meeting this Friday, on June 21 at 12PM Noon PST. Think about what the holiday means to you personally and what you think it does or should mean to the nation. 

On a related topic, our commemoration of the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960’s, led by Jim Hendrick will continue on July 23 at 1PM PST. The presentation will be Civil Rights Movement Discussion: 1964 Freedom Summer. This is a member only, in person event and registration is required at the link shown above.

We look forward to an interesting discussion on Friday, June 21st at 12PM PST.

 

 

 

 

 

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