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Club goes on the march against domestic violence

1 week ago | rotary.org | Amy Fallon

When David Harmon resolved to mobilize his community against domestic violence, he quickly ran into a first hurdle: persuading the mayor at the time to close the streets for a march. The small town of Ballina is a popular family vacation spot on Australia’s eastern coast, and the mayor worried the attention might be bad for business. “He said, ‘Dave, we will never, ever close a road in Ballina for a domestic violence walk.
A retired executive profits most from empowering others

1 week ago | rotary.org | Jason Keyser

More than a decade ago, as Zimbabwe was struggling to recover from an economic meltdown, Stella Dongo faced perhaps her biggest challenge in a life full of them. The furniture company where she was CEO was forced to drastically downsize, and it fell to her to help decide whom to let go from a dedicated workforce that included dear friends. Having grown up poor herself, she knew exactly what was at stake.
Rotarian brings home mental health support

4 weeks ago | rotary.org | Amy Fallon

When Ugandan village elders meet with Stuart Raymond Kasule about supporting people with mental health struggles, they volunteer ideas to show more empathy. They want to know, for example, how to open a conversation with a person who is suffering. “That shows you that the people are crying out to say, we need help, we need support,” Kasule says.
A profitable path

1 month ago | rotary.org | Mary Beth Gahan |Raul Rodriguez

As a child, Rosa Maria Berdeja couldn’t imagine she would go to college, much less become a successful attorney. Growing up in the 1980s in the Texas border town of Brownsville, she was told by her mother that she could drop out of high school as soon as it was legally possible, as long as she got a job to help pay bills. That’s what her five older siblings did, and she assumed she would too.
A hidden 'army' is on the frontlines of immunization in Pakistan

1 month ago | rotary.org | Etelka Lehoczky

Share: Share on Facebook Tweet this Page Email this PageYou may never have seen a community health worker. You may not even have heard the term before. But these individuals, many of them volunteers, play increasingly important roles in health care systems around the globe. And they’re essential to Rotary’s health initiatives — especially the fight against polio and other diseases. Community health workers are usually women.
Waste not

2 months ago | rotary.org | Carolyn Beans

It happens every year. Apple cider appears at the grocery store and I immediately start planning. My family will carve pumpkins and host outdoor movie nights and sit by firepits. For all these activities, we’ll need warm apple cider, and lots of it. I buy a gallon. On my next trip, I buy another. I can’t be caught short during cider season. But inevitably, we tire of apple cider, and the remainder turns vinegary in the back of the refrigerator before I pour it down the drain.
Nobel laureate leads speaker roster for 2025 Rotary International convention

2 months ago | rotary.org | Etelka Lehoczky

Share: Share on Facebook Tweet this Page Email this PageThe first woman from the Arab world to win the Nobel Peace Prize will address Rotary International’s 2025 convention, which takes place from 21-25 June in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Tawakkol Karman has endured persecution and imprisonment for speaking out in favor of democracy and women’s empowerment.
Rotary honors a teacher and mentor with the 2025 Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award

Mar 7, 2025 | rotary.org | Etelka Lehoczky

Share: Share on Facebook Tweet this Page Email this PageThe 2025 recipient of Rotary’s Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award combines a longstanding commitment to empowering women with a talent for teaching and mentorship. Ayda Özeren, a member of the Rotary Club of Izmir-Gündogdu, Izmir, Turkey, is an author, mediator, and professional speaker whose work has touched the lives of as many as 11,000 women and girls. “We have to change the leadership process.
A way off 'the track'

Feb 28, 2025 | rotary.org | Erin Gartner |Grant Hindsley

Dozens of gunshots pierce the quiet, jarring me awake at 3:30 a.m. It’s a warm night in early July, must just be fireworks, I say to myself before falling back to sleep. Later, I learn about the 30-plus cartridge casings that police found at the intersection three blocks from my home in north Seattle.
Rotary honors six People of Action: Champions of Peace

Feb 24, 2025 | rotary.org | Etelka Lehoczky

Share: Share on Facebook Tweet this Page Email this PageRotary recognized six members and alumni as People of Action: Champions of Peace in January. This honor celebrates the recipients’ work to build peace around the world. Their ambitious and wide-ranging efforts include teaching technical skills to refugee children and promoting sustainable agriculture. The honorees exemplify Rotary’s values and the dedication it takes to make a lasting impact.