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22 | LIFE IN SOLERA | OCTOBER 2025 | AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE CLUB e African American Culture Club (AACC) sends a heartfelt thank you! We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the wonderful Solera families, guests, and George Vawter, who generously volunteered his time to capture photos and create a video (see Neighbor to Neighbor). A sincere thank you goes out to our amazing AACC members whose contributions made our first AACC Walk-In Movie Night a tremendous success! Your positive feedback has inspired us to consider hosting more movie nights, so keep an eye out for updates! In the meantime, save the dates for these exciting upcoming events: Oct. 19, 5 to 8 pm, Oakmont Rooms 1-3: Murder Mystery Costume Party. Join us for a potluck dinner with a twist — limited seating available, and yes … costumes are a must! Interested in participating in the mystery? Reach out to Gwen or Willie Hill at aacc.solera@gmail.com for tickets or to claim a role! Nov. 7, 6 to 9 pm: Game Night. Enjoy games like cards, dominoes, Rummikub, Left-Center-Right, and more. It's a potluck, so please bring your favorite dish to share! Dec. 20, 6 to 9 pm: Semi-Formal Holiday Dinner Dance. Dress to impress! Seating will be limited to 80 guests. More details will be provided soon! Dec. 26, 2025 - Jan. 1, 2026: Kwanzaa Lighting Celebration. Stay tuned for additional information! Want to know more about the AACC or interested in joining? Email Gwen or Willie Hill at aacc.solera@gmail.com or contact Gwen Hill at (951) 965-6098. Alexander von Humbolt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt[a] (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography, while his advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement pioneered modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring. Humboldt is regarded as a co-founder of modern geography. Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt traveled extensively in the Americas, exploring and describing them for the first time from a non-Spanish European scientific point of view. His description of the journey was written up and published in several volumes over 21 years. Humboldt resurrected the use of the word cosmos from the ancient Greek and assigned it to his multi-volume treatise, Kosmos, in which he sought to unify diverse branches of scientific knowledge and culture. This important work also motivated a holistic perception of the universe as one interacting entity, which introduced concepts of ecology leading to ideas of environmentalism. In 1800, and again in 1831, he described scientifically, on the basis of observations generated during his travels, local impacts of development causing human-induced climate change. Humboldt is seen as "the father of ecology" and "the father of environmentalism". No one has had his name attached to more species, geographical places, universities, and schools than Alexander von Humboldt. Humboldt's enthusiasm for his studies was so infectious that he was friends with many heads of state during his life. Richard Crowe will speak to this man of spectacular accomplishments on Mon., Oct. 13 in the Oakmont Rooms, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. HISTORY GROUP