<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Hi everyone,<br>I look forward to see you tonight at the first of our Zoom bi-weekly discussions at 7:00 p.m. I anticipate that discussions will last between 45 minutes to one hour long.<br>This week, we'll be discussing an article that was on a list that Judy Manton suggested.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Please try to read the article prior to the Zoom discussion.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Here's a link to it:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html</a>  <br>This article was the first article written for the 1619 Project published by the New York Times in August of 2019. It was written by Nikole Hannah-Jones.<br>August 1619 is the date that the first ship carrying slaves from Africa arrived in the United States.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Here is a link to the Zoom meeting:<br><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87668350378?pwd=bUt5UXlQUlBmZStQRVkwcUJRdXVWQT09" target="_blank"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87668350378?pwd=bUt5UXlQUlBmZStQRVkwcUJRdXVWQT09</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Meeting ID: 876 6835 0378<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Password: 653208<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">One tap mobile<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">+19292056099,,87668350378#,,,,0#,,653208# US (New York)<u></u><u></u></p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">+13017158592,,87668350378#,,,,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">0#,,653208# US (Germantown)</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">And a special thanks to Michael Meyers-Jouan for hosting our Zoom meetings!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Peace and Light,<br>Rev. Paul <br><br></div></div>