FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2025
Healing Power of Plants and Nature
Jay Maddock, PhD - Texas A&M University School of Public Health
Science is discovering what many people intuitively know: spending time with nature benefits us—not only our mood, but our physical well-being, too. Immune function, blood pressure, cortisol levels, and motor skills for both adults and children are all shown to improve with time spent outdoors.

In his presentation, Dr. Maddock will share his research and encourage us to live a healthy life through the healing power of plants and nature.
 
Mark your calendars for February 16th, 11:30 a.m., at The Cannery Kitchen, 314 E. Alamo St. in Brenham. Register for this luncheon ($25) by February 14th,

Join Lifetime Learning for this first luncheon presentation of the New Year!

Presenter 

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Jay Maddock is a Regents Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Texas A&M University. He is internationally recognized for his research in health behavior and social ecological approaches to increasing physical activity and time spent in nature. He has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, the BBC, Scientific American, Prevention, and Good Housekeeping and has authored over 160 scientific articles.

Dr. Maddock is the recipient of numerous awards from the American Public Health Association, the Surgeon General, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, and many others. Dr. Maddock received his undergraduate degree in psychology and sociology from Syracuse University and his Master's and Doctorate degrees in experimental psychology from the University of Rhode Island.
Friday, January 24, 2025
​11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

The Cannery
314 East Alamo
Brenham TX
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$25 per person
BUY TICKETS ONLINE:
Registration deadline:  Friday, January 17th
Dr. Jay Maddock
OR... MAIL A CHECK TO:
       Lifetime Learning
       P. O. Box 513
       Brenham, TX 77834
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Gone with the Wind, but Not Forgotten
ReShonda Tate, Author
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In collaboration with the Brenham Activist Association, Texas Ten Historical Explorers, and Sigma Chi Chi Professional Women’s Group, Lifetime Learning is proud to host the acclaimed author ReShonda Tate as the February luncheon speaker in celebration of Black History Month.

ReShonda Tate’s The Queen of Sugar Hill  (2024, Harper Collins) is a book of historical fiction about the life of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to win an Academy Award. Despite the Jim Crow climate of her time, McDaniel was a prolific screen actress before and after her Oscar-winning performance as Mammy in the 1940 classic Gone with the Wind. Though the white film industry too often cast her in roles marred by negative racial stereotypes, and for which she received criticism by Black activists for not fighting back, she appeared in over 300 films with acclaimed actors such as Barbara Stanwyck and James Stewart. Hattie McDaniel’s esteemed career in radio and film is honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
 
Please join us February 28th, at the Cannery. Seating is limited, so register early!

Presenter 

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ReShonda Tate is the best-selling author of more than fifty-three books of adult and teen fiction, historical fiction, and non-fiction which have received glowing reviews in USA Today, The Washington Post, Jet, People, Essence, and Ebony Magazines. Her sophomore novel, Let the Church Say Amen, was made into a film directed by actress Regina King, and produced by TD Jakes and Queen Latifah. She received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature for Say Amen, Again (2012), was named one of Houston’s Top Ten Authors (2015), recognized as the Houston Library Author of the Year (2020), and inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame in 2022. Tate is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Jack & Jill of America. She is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin.
Friday, February 28, 2025
​11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

The Cannery
314 East Alamo
Brenham TX
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$25 per person
BUY TICKETS ONLINE:
Registration deadline: 
Friday, February 21st
ReShonda Tate
OR... MAIL A CHECK TO:
       Lifetime Learning
       P. O. Box 513
       Brenham, TX 77834