Weekly Programs

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

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Our program this week about speaking out when necessary uses the equivalent of Rotary's 4 way test to help us be brave enough to speak our truths.  Luvvie Ajayi Jones gives us some tools to use to [...]

Humor can help us deal with life in many ways.  Our program this week from Eloisa Robledo, features Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas on how to use humor in leadership.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJKDipbCzdc

The goal of energy from fusion has seemed to be always "just 20 years away" for about 50 years now.  That timeline is becoming more realistic daily.  Chuck Hoffhine found this video from 2021 about Delivering Fusion [...]