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Pilot Club of Jacksonville
President Karla Stice called to order at 6 p.m. the Feb. 24 monthly membership meeting of Pilot Club of Jacksonville. We were all excited to be back after not meeting for three months.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited, led by Martha Hauck. Clair Moos gave the invocation. Dinner was provided by Hamilton’s Catering.
Peggy Davidsmeyer, executive director of JACIL, gave the evening’s program. She talked to us about JACIL’s history, who it helps and its current programs.
Recording Secretary Shelle Allen led roll call, with 18 members present out of 30. With more than half in attendance, we had a quorum. The November minutes were approved by Karla Henderson with a second from Clair Moos.
The third-largest Jewish community in America is living in imminent danger of domestic terrorism.
Washington, D.C., the city I call home, is in lockdown: a state of emergency has been declared in advance of President-elect Joe Biden’s Wednesday inauguration, and over 25,000 troops have moved in. Our city has turned into a fortress in order to protect the transition of power from President Trump to Biden from any attack building on the deadly Capitol riot two weeks ago.
I hear helicopters and sirens constantly. For the third time this year, my daughter’s Jewish school has been closed because extremists and neo-Nazis plan to march in support of Trump. My whole family is vulnerable, right now, as Jews; my Black and Jewish husband and daughter doubly so. The psychological toll has been heavy. Sitting at the playground with my dear friend Tara Leystra Ackerman, watching our very young children play, she expressed exactly what I was thinking: “I’ve been feeling overwhelmed, anxio
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