“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” Seth Godin – Author

 

“Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.” – Quentin Blake – Cartoonist

 

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde – 1934-1992 – Writer-Librarian-Civil Rights Activist

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by the erudite Mary Hodson)

 

 

CU Sunrise was number 3 in Foundation Giving for the District last year.  Great job Rotarians!

 

Our next Club Social will start at 5:30 PM on October 29 at Riggs Brewery.   Costumes are encouraged!

 

The Famous C-U Sunrise Rotary Fruit sale is on! The citrus will sell for $27 a box again this year.   Email your ideas for worthy beneficiaries to Mary Kay.

 

Our club needs a new Board Secretary.   Please contact Mary Kay if you can help out.

 

  

 

PROGRAM

 

Mary Hodson introduced Barbara Jones, chair of the Urbana Rotary Club’s Peace Keeping Committee.   

 

“Peace Prevention and Conflict Resolution” is one of Rotary’s Six Areas of Focus.   Today, over 70 million people, one half of them children, have been displaced due to conflict or human rights violations.   Rotary addresses the underlying causes of violence such as unequal distribution of resources and ethnic conflict.  

 

The Urbana Rotary Club is designated as a Rotary Peace Builder Club.  Barbara explained that the one-page application can be found on the Rotary website.

 

Urbana Rotarians decided to work with a neighborhood with a high crime history.  They chose the Silverwood neighborhood in Urbana.   They have partnered with a local community group called “Silver Hearts”, the Urbana Free Library, Krannert Center and the mayor’s office in planning activities.  Planning sessions are held by Zoom.

 

They began with food packing and delivery to 150 households.  Starting his month, they will distribute food every other month at a central location such as a church.

 

The “Urvana” van at the Halloween Shakeup on October 17 will be manned by high school students dressed in superhero costumes designed by staff from the Krannert Center.

 

The November food delivery will focus on fresh produce from Salt and Light.

 

First, they want to enhance the Japanese garden at Crestview Park.  It honors the club’s sister relation with a Rotary Club in Japan. “Coffee with a Cop” will foster conversations with 2-3 neighbors and a cop.   Krannert Center staff would like to offer music lessons.  The Urbana Free Library will lend instruments.

 

The Urbana Club is seeking additional clubs and groups with which to collaborate.

 

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Reflection Cary Woolard Jerry Payonk Michelle Barbey Keith Brandau
Notetaker Conforti Perry Penwell Hodson

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)

*All meetings via Zoom unless otherwise noted*

 

October 15th – Sebastian Klein, the founder of the Angel Forever Foundation, a local non-profit dedicated to suicide prevention (Ondine)

October 22nd – Dr. Vik Amar, Dean, UIUC College of Law, will talk about “The Flaws of the Electoral College and How to Replace It”  (Tom)

October 29th – TBD 

November 5th – Sam Banks, President/CEO, Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club (Bob)

November 12th – TBD (Cary)

November 19th – TBD (Charlie)

November 26th – No meeting – Thanksgiving

December 3rd – TBD

December 10th – TBD

December 17th – TBD