Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer whose work, both fiction (“Half of a Yellow Sun”) and nonfiction (“Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions”), tackles social issues such as race, identity, and gender equality. Her voice, celebrated for its uncompromising confidence, is perfectly captured in this quote, which reminds us — and women especially — that spending too much time worrying about what others think can be distracting and detrimental to our lives and our work. Instead, Adichie urged, it’s important to embrace exactly who we are; in doing so, we can find and live our whole truth.

Hey there Green Teen partners and fans the snow may be falling but March is here and Spring is on its way.

If you know of any interested youth please send our Spring application their way.

Applications for Green Teen’s Spring program are now live!

You can go to this link to apply:

https://forms.gle/cC4qJpMPC9d9ngdq9

Please spread the word to anyone you think might be eligible and interested.

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out via phone or email.

Thank you,

Samantha Brittain

Sam

She/her

4- H Program Manager- Green Teen Beacon

Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County

845-831-4287

The March 2023 Newsletter is now available on the BHA Website. Please click on the link below to access:

https://beaconhousingauthority.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/March-Newsletter-2023-Final.pdf

There will also be additional copies in the community room at FH and in the Newsletter Box at HFP while supplies last.

Thank you

BHA Management

This is another reminder for the Pet Owners who reside on the Forrestal Heights Property. BHA is asking all pet owners to clean up after their dog. All tenants who have registered dogs through BHA are expected to follow the BHA Pet Policy which clearly states Pet Owners need to keep their dog on a leash as well as pick up their dog’s poop.

It has come to the attention of BHA Management that not every pet owner is in compliance with the Pet Policy. We are taking this time to remind those Pet Owners who are not in compliance to fall into compliance. Pick up after your pet!

BHA appreciates your time and attention in this matter. Let’s work together to keep the community a clean and healthy place for us all

Thank you

BHA Management.

South African leader Nelson Mandela spent half a century fighting against the oppressive system of apartheid that segregated Black and white South Africans — a fight that led to his arrest in 1962 and a 27-year imprisonment. After his release from prison in 1990, Mandela spent the next four years participating in peace talks and negotiations to bring apartheid to an end, and in 1994 was elected as the first Black president of a revolutionized nation. Mandela never faltered in his belief in a more equal and just future for South Africa, and that belief propelled him to act despite the risk. With this quote, from his 1994 memoir “Long Walk to Freedom,” he points out that courage and fear aren’t opposites; rather, true courage is taking action even when you’re scared. “The brave man,” Mandela wrote, “is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” 

In Zora Neale Hurston’s 1937 novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” the main character, Janie, recounts the story of her marriages and journey to self-confidence. She tells a difficult tale, suffused with both joy and pain. Throughout Janie’s tribulations, she learns that the reasons behind some events don’t make themselves known immediately. You may be thrust into a confusing situation, but trust that the meaning of it — and the lessons it has to teach — will reveal themselves in time.

Benefitting United Way’s Crisis Fund

Emerging Leaders United invite you to join us at Goodnight Kenny (27 Academy Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601) on Saturday, February 11th from 12pm-3pm for BINGO benefitting United Way’s Crisis Fund. There will be six rounds of bingo ($5/round) with awesome prizes for the winners of each round. There will also be Valentine’s cards and candies to purchase for loved ones! All proceeds will go directly to United Way’s Crisis Fund which gives emergency assistance to individuals and families so their bump in the road doesn’t turn into a catastrophe.  Questions? Contact Kristie at khagen@uwdor.org or 845-471-1900 x: 3104 RSVP HERE

United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region | 75 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601