All our events are on the HR1981 class calendar.
February
Sunday, Feb. 19, 4-5:30 pm ET, Drop-In Social
Register now. Drop-in socializing, gently led by Jeanne Heifetz. Join us at any time. Contact: JeanneHeifetz@gmail.com
Sunday, Feb. 26, 3:30-5 pm ET, Book Club: Derrick Bell book or story & film
Register now. We will discuss Faces at the Bottom of the Well (PDF), a collection of stories by Derrick Bell (law professor, civil rights activist, author). This 1992 classic on the problem of racism was reissued with a foreword by Michelle Alexander in 2018. If you can’t read the whole book, read “The Space Traders”, and watch the short film based on that story by Reginald Hudlin ’83 (director, ex-BET President and Black Panther writer). Contact: Daphne de Marneffe.
March
Sunday, Mar. 19, 4-5:30 pm ET, Drop-In Social
Register now. Drop-in socializing, gently led by Jeanne Heifetz. Join us at any time. Contact: JeanneHeifetz@gmail.com
Thursday, Mar. 23 – Sun, Mar. 26, HR1981 In-Person Reunion in Pasadena
Join us! Check out the details.
April
Sun. Apr. 23, 3:30-5 pm ET, Book Club: On Critical Race Theory by Victor Ray
Register now. Details to follow.
June
Sunday June 11, 3:30-5 pm ET, Book Club: Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes were Watching God
Register Now. Details to follow.