September 17- Bankruptcies in the time of Covid
UIUC law professor Robert Maxwell talks about bankruptcies and how the current crisis has changed the landscape. Watch his presentation here:
Urbana Police Chief Bryant Seraphin- Sept. 10 meeting
Urbana police chief Bryant Seraphin talked about his career, how things have changed and current challenges. Watch his presentation here:
September 3 meeting: Caleb Miller, Senior Vice President of Surgical Services, Carle Foundation Hospital,
Caleb Miller,
Caleb Miller, Senior Vice President of Surgical Services, Carle Foundation Hospital, spoke about the impact COVID-19 has had on their hospital, including health care workers, patients, and how the hospital has had to adjust procedures due to this virus
See the presentation here:
August 27, 2020 Speaker: Mary Ellen Wuellner from Champaign County Forest Preserve District
From Mary Ellen Wuellner, executive director and our own Andrew Kerins, also a member of the forest preserve board, we learned why the district is asking for it’s first tax increase since it’s inception.
Watch the presentation here: https://youtu.be/qUCmcMOobqY
Aug. 20, 2020 Evelyn Shapiro, Champaign Public Library
Our guest speaker was Evelyn Shapiro, Promotions Manager at the Champaign Public Library
Evelyn Shapiro grew up by the ocean in Portland, Maine, and spent time living in the San Francisco Bay Area before landing in Champaign-Urbana. She is promotions manager at Champaign Public Library and loves collaborative projects that bolster our sense of connection as a community.
To see the presentation: https://youtu.be/Sg1XNSR9Ois
Sue Grey, CEO of the Champaign County United Way told us how our community is working on pandemic aid on August 6, 2020.
See the video here: https://youtu.be/vGKAfVyoVUo
Heather Stoa was our speaker on July 23 via Zoom. Heather has been a member of the Decatur Rotary Club since 1998 in which she is a past president and has been active at various levels in our Rotary District for many years. Heather will be our next District Governor.
Her program centered on Rotary’s “Heart 2 Heart” activities. The “Heart 2 Heart” program is a combined effort of Rotary Districts and Clubs within Rotary Zones 30 and 31 in which our District belongs and Rotary Zones 4140 and 4170 in Mexico. Heather talked about her recent trip to Mexico and gave examples about how our Rotary Zones joined up with Rotary Zones 4140 and 4170 in Mexico and what we have been able to accomplish.
You can the video here
July 16 District 6490 Governor Mike Step
District 6490 Governor Mike Step outlined his plans as the new Rotary Year gets started,
See his talk here: https://youtu.be/4JCqvmMnFuc
CU Sunrise Rotary June 19
Arielle Gross Samuels Head of Global Business Strategy and Engagement at Facebook, gave an overview of Facebook’s response to the Pandemic and key lessons learned on how to keep people safe, build useful products, and support businesses of all sizes.
Our 11/7/19 Program
Mary introduced Shannon O’Rouke Kasali as our speaker this morning. Mary noted that Shannon is an excellent example of how our donations to The International Rotary Foundation can help young people achieve their dreams of international peace and goodwill. Shannon is a Rotary Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar and a Rotary Global Peace Fellow. Her awards and service were initiated through our Rotary District. Shannon’s education began with her Bachelors degree in Political Science from Illinois Wesleyan University, a Masters in International Development from The George Washington University and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Library and Information sciences.
Shannon worked in Senegal, Mali, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo for international organizations and the United Nations as a Rotary Cultural Ambassador. As a 2016 Rotary Global Peace fellow she concentrated on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution in Bangkok, Thailand.
She has made Rotary Connections through out the world visiting Rotary leaders in Hiroshima, Japan, and in Bangkok, Thailand and traveled to Nepal. Helping to build cultures of peace through education.
She is the Founder and Executive director of Books For Congo a non-profit organization that creates libraries and promotes reading in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Books are very difficult to get and are extremely valued by the people. Through her organization she has brought over 70,000 books to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Shannon is also involved in the building of libraries and organizing their staff. Her current emphasis is to bring books by African authors to these new libraries. Education, basic literacy and peace remain Shannon’s focus.
Shannon acknowledges that her accomplishments could not have been possible without the help of Rotary. She will continue to help educate all people with books as without education, there is no peace.