Weekly Program for May 16, 2022 – Stress to Resilience
This week's program is a NASA psychologist named Raphael Rose speaking on "from stress to resilience". This program was submitted from Dan Kraan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7vYuKvpneM
Weekly Program for 5/9/22-Our fight for disability rights
Polio survivor, teacher and disability rights activist Judith Heumann speaks on her life advocating for accessibility for those with disabilities and why that struggle is still not complete. Julie Kerr brought us this week's program. If you would like more [...]
Weekly Program for 5/2/22-Michael McQueen, Change Management and Innovation as Rotarians
Australian Rotarian, author and trend forecaster Michael McQueen, speaks about the changes that have occurred during the pandemic and how we can adjust to them as Rotarians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g2Zf12gsf8
RI President Elect Jennifer Jones speaking to Ohio PETS conference
I had the privilege of hearing Jennifer Jones speak to the Ohio PETS conference in March. I think you will really enjoy her talk on what Rotary can do in the world and what her theme for her year as [...]
Weekly Program for 4/22/22-Earth Day 2022
One of Rotary's prime causes is protecting the environment. On this 52nd anniversary of Earth Day, this short video from the American Museum of Natural History looks at the changes since it was first celebrated. You can read more about [...]
Weekly Program for 4/18/22-David Jones IT on Cyber Safety
At our monthly meeting last week, IT security professional David Jones told us of ways to be more secure on the internet. https://youtu.be/Pxf_Rzhk2Wo
Weekly Program for 4/11/22- Cultural Connections
Our club’s first attempt at using Rotary connections to build friendships and understanding between different nations and cultures is just about concluded. Here’s a look at that first Cultural Connection between our member Kris Wilson’s son Eli and Miggie Liebenberg. [...]
Weekly Program for 4/4/22-Paul Alexander, Polio Survivor
Rotary has been the international leader in the fight to End Polio for years. To many, that's the only thing they know about Rotary. Gary Aufdenkampe shares with us these two videos about Paul Alexander, one of the few polio [...]
Weekly Program for 3/28/22-Forgotten Women & Girls-Dr. Tererai Trent
We are about to end Women's History Month in the U.S. so to mark that here is a post submitted by our Immediate Past President Emily Podhradsky. "I heard Dr. Trent speak a few years ago at a conference and [...]
Ukranian Rotary PDG Sergii Zavadskyi-Rotarians in Action in Ukraine
The Rotary Club of Biddeford-Sacco, Maine in the U.S. invited PDG Sergii Zavadskyi to speak last Wednesday on what he and other Rotarians in Ukraine are facing and what they are doing as the war passes the one month mark. [...]
Weekly Program for 3/21/22-World Water Day
The United Nations has designated March 22 as World Water Day. One of Rotary's prime causes is providing clean water around the world. We have two videos for you this week. The first short one on World Water Day was [...]
Weekly Program for 3/14/22-J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Address
Rotary's theme for the coming year is "Imagine Rotary". It means a lot of different things in different contexts. In this speech from 2008, J.K. Rowling speaks of the power of both failure and imagination. To quote from her speech [...]