Thursday, February 8, 2024

South African Perspective

 

The Rev. Andries Coetzee, interim pastor of the Presbyterian-United Church of Christ in Saratoga Springs, was our speaker on Thursday. 

He described living in South Africa as Nelson Mandela was freed from prison and the apartheid system of racial discrimination came to an end. He said it was a system of "white supremacy" and described himself as "a recovering racist," comparing the condition to that of an alcoholic in recovery.

In other business, the club voted to purchase two $100 bricks at the veterans monument near Town Hall to memorialize deceased members Al Schmidt and Earl Greenleaf, and to benefit the Malta Veterans Appreciation Program.

We voted last week to donate $100 to the Ballston Spa School District after-prom party.

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