RENAISSANCE IN THE NEWS!
Read the March 26, 2008, story in CSUS's State Hornet.
Note: There are many factual errors, but it's a nice, positive
story about Renaissance. Renaissance
Society: It's Never Too Late To Learn.
Read the Sacramento News and Review article by
Renaissance's Bob Schmidt on March 2007 Forum speaker Imam M.E.
Azeez. The
American Face of Islam.
Outgoing President John Andrew sent this letter to the
N&R objecting to the description of Renaissance members
(as edited, not as written by Bob Schmidt):
As President of The Renaissance Society – the
learning-in-retirement program affiliated with Sacramento
State University – at the time Imam Mohammed Abdul-Azeez
spoke to one of our Friday afternoon Forums, I am writing to
take issue with the characterizations (perhaps edited) of
our membership in the opening paragraphs of Bob Schmidt’s
otherwise excellent profile of this spokesperson for
religious tolerance and understanding.
The article (as printed) depicted a group of shuffling
“white-haired”, “mainstream media-fed” Geritol-swigging
senior citizens, most of whom had never been exposed to
Islam.
Leaving aside the question of hair, our membership of close
to 1,000 is composed of people ranging in age from their 50s
to their 90s. All of them are dedicated to pursuing a
lifelong pursuit of learning and grateful to
Sacramento
State
for providing a home for our organization.
Our recent semester-long seminars have included programs on
“The Religions of Abraham”, “
Iran
”, “
India
” and “Great Decisions in American Foreign Policy”.
Our active members include Elinor Lincoln Hickey, who chairs
the committee which arranges our Friday Forums and – at 90
– is a member of the Sacramento County Board of Education,
a number of members who have lived and worked in the
Middle East
and members of the local Sikh community. Others are former
health care workers, educators, legislative staff members,
military officers and graduates of a host of careers. We all
learn from each other. A regular reading of the Bee’s
“Letters” page would reveal that not all our members are
“mainstream media-fed”.
Attend one of our Forums this Fall. Ignore the hair and
check out what lies underneath it.
Sincerely yours,
John H. Andrew
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Read Andrew's Letter to the Editor in the
Nov. 27, 2006 U.S. News and World Report: The Letter
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OTHER LEARNING IN RETIREMENT (or similar) GROUPS
ALIROW
The Renaissance Society is an affiliate
of the Association for Learning in Retirement Organizations,
West (ALIROW). This organization promotes the growth of learning-in-retirement
groups throughout the country and helps develop short-term
learning programs for members. The ALIROW Website is:
http://www.alirow.org
AIUTA
An online Website to an AIUTA organization
is:
http://www.u3aonline.org.au
Elderhostel
The Elderhostel Organization now has LIR
listings as well as On-Line
Catalogs that you may access at:
http://www.elderhostel.org/ein/map_usca.asp
Harrow U3A
A great site with over 400 direct links to U3As
or equivalent institutions in 19 different countries.
http://www.harrowu3a.co.uk
Third Age
An excellent FREE online community with personals,
e-mail account, chats, homepages, circles and more!
http://www.thirdage.com
CSUS Links
Campus
Map or Virtual Tour
Library - Home Page
Eureka - Library Catalog
Shuttle (Hornet
Express)
Campus
Master Calendar
Smart
Rooms (classrooms with DVDs, etc.)
Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute
SACRAMENTO
Links
All Los Rios Community College Library Catalogs
http://lois.losrios.edu
Sacramento Central Library
http://www.saclibrary.org
Sacramento Regional Transit
http://www.sacrt.com
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