At Thursday's Rotary meeting will be having some special guests: the Marquette girls State Championship basketball team will be joining us for lunch.

Amy Andrews

A Special Performance

 

Born and raised in Baltimore, Amy grew up on the sounds of Sinatra, Ella, Motown, show tunes, sock hop hits, and the American Songbook.

Known for brilliant performances, stunning vocals, and unassuming wit, charm, and candor on stage, Amy has played music halls, bars, opera houses, living rooms, sanctuaries, and theatres all across North America, with festivals from Florida's 30A Songwriters Festival to Alaska's Folk Fest, and will be heading overseas for her first UK tour in fall 2018. An award-winning, tree-hugging, ever-traveling (with her dog in tow), modern day torch-singer and songwriter, Amy's voice is one you want to experience live.

Watch three Rotary members share their inspirational stories and projects during a celebration of International Women’s Day on 7 March at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.

 

Hosted by the World Bank Group Staff Association, and co-sponsored by Rotary International and Oppenheimer, the livestreamed event will highlight the changes that women make around the world through their humanitarian work. The event, open to the public, will also include discussions on the role of women in today’s society.

 

Here are the three featured Rotary speakers:

Dr. Geetha Jayaram, a member of the Rotary Club of Howard West, Maryland, USA, and a recipient of the Rotary Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award, founded the Maanasi Clinic in Mugalur, Karnataka, India, which provides mental health services to poor women. She is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Marie-Irène Richmond-Ahoua, a member of the Rotary Club of Abidjan-Bietry, Côte d’Ivoire, served as Rotary’s national PolioPlus chair for Cote d’Ivorie and now helps coordinate immunization activities in West African countries. She is an international communications consultant and worked as an outreach adviser for the United Nations Operation in her country.

 

Danielle De La Fuente, a member of the Rotary Club of Coronado Binacional, California, USA, is co-founder of The Amal Alliance. The nonprofit group helps empower refugee children around the world through social development and educational programs. She worked at the National Defense University, where she fostered relations across the Middle East and South Asia.

 

Rotarian and physician Pia Skarabis-Querfeld has spent the last three years building a network of volunteer doctors to help those in need in Berlin, where thousands of refugees have strained the health care system.

 

According to the United Nations, there are still 663 million people around the world that don’t have access to clean drinking water. During March, Rotary Water and Sanitation Month, find out how Rotarians are taking action to change that.

 

Pathways to Peace Series: Peace in the Age of Uncertainty

 

The 21st century has ushered in an era of rapid and at times incomprehensible change. Citizens in communities great and small are living in a near constant state of social, political, economic and cultural upheaval. Simply put, people no longer feel safe and secure in their lives. From crime on the streets of Chicago to human rights violations in Syria and unending war in Afghanistan, people are increasingly convinced that the world is falling apart. The reality is that in many ways, the world is healthier, more prosperous and more peaceful than at any time in history. Thus we face the paradox of a world that is both turbulent and tranquil at the same time. How do we calm the unrest, spread prosperity and show that the world can be, and in fact is, a better place to live?