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🌱 Patch AM: How will Greenbelt’s new DEI push actually change city services?
Be sure to catch Star Party on the Greenbelt Patch calendar
Cheers Greenbelt! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How will Greenbelt's new DEI push actually change city services?
- Were you part of Greenbelt's last Parkdale graduating class of 1977?
- Appeals court backs Greenbelt federal plea deal in fraud case
Also on today's calendar: FREE WEBINAR | "Under a Golden Sky: The Mosaics of Florence Baptistry" and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Clouds and sun; not as warm, with a high of 76 and low of 66 degrees.
- Sunday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
- Monday: Not as warm with a t-storm, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Structure and Culture Are Focus of City DEI Program (greenbeltnewsreview.com) — Greenbelt's city manager and department heads recently briefed City Council on progress implementing a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion audit, including revamped HR policies, cross-department training, and police recruitment practices. Officials now face key decisions on restoring or reshaping the DEI coordinator role, creating a resident advisory committee, and adopting tools to measure how these efforts affect both city staff and the wider Greenbelt community. 
2. Historic Parkdale Class of '77 Prepares for 50-year Reunion (greenbeltnewsreview.com) — Greenbelt alumni from Parkdale High School's class of 1977 are organizing a 50-year reunion for September 11, 2027, after decades of shared experiences through Greenbelt Center Elementary, Greenbelt Junior High, and desegregation-era busing. Their story traces how opening Eleanor Roosevelt High in Greenbelt reshaped friendships, leaving this class the last Greenbelt cohort to graduate from Parkdale and now eager to reconnect classmates scattered across the country.
3. Court rejects argument that government breached plea agreement (valawyersweekly.com) — A federal fraud and identity theft case originating from the District of Maryland courthouse in Greenbelt has been upheld on appeal, with judges finding no breach of the defendant's plea agreement. The Fourth Circuit left in place a short conspiracy sentence plus a mandatory two‑year term for aggravated identity theft, reinforcing how strictly such plea terms are interpreted.
4. NASA's Roman Space Telescope could last more than twice as long as planned (sciencedaily.com) — NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt is celebrating unexpectedly good news about the Roman Space Telescope, which now has enough fuel for at least 22 years of potential science operations. Careful planning, a precise SpaceX launch, and efficient course corrections dramatically cut fuel use, meaning Greenbelt-based mission teams could support nearly double the originally planned decade of observations.
📸 Around Greenbelt
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenbelt
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★ Featured events ★
- Star Party →
City of Greenbelt Observatory, 8101 Northway Road, Greenbelt
8:00 pm
Saturday September 19
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Other local events
- Campfire Program: The American Indian Movement
Greenbelt National Park, 6565 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt
7:00 pm - Tool Library Open Hours →
The Granite Building, 115 Centerway, Greenbelt
7:00 am - Positively Moving - Presented by ArtStream Held in Meeting Room 2
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
10:30 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0-2
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
10:30 am - Health Insurance Enrollment Clinic
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton - Conference Room
11:00 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 2-3
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
11:30 am - Craft and Create: Fabric-Covered Mini Journals
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1
2:00 pm - FREE WEBINAR | "Under a Golden Sky: The Mosaics of Florence Baptistry" →
Online
11:30 am - 23rd Greenbelt Blues Festival →
Roosevelt Center, Centerway, Greenbelt - Infusing Taste: Bottling Flavor in Bitters and Shrubs →
Montpelier Historic Site & Museum, 9650 Muirkirk Rd, Laurel
3:00 pm - Vendor Members Group & the Markets of CRAFTS GALORE! →
Held at Grace Lutheran of Lutherville, 8601 Valleyfield Rd, LUTHVLE TIMON, MD, 21093
9:30 am
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
Monday September 21
Tuesday September 22
Saturday September 26
Saturday October 3
📣 Greenbelt Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Giant Food posted a job opening for PT Service Clerk - Bake Off - 0316 in Greenbelt. Apply here.
- Panda Restaurant Group posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (P1-2023403-1) in Greenbelt. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenbelt here.
Ok Greenbelt! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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