Please join us on Friday, Jan 8, 2021, and meet our speaker, Robbiana Leung Teaching, her topic, & BIO are noted below...
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Please note: This is a brand new Zoom ID and password.
Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89699628478?pwd=ZzJFeUV4cWN5ellLQ2hFUDFKUjMydz09
Zoom ID and Password:
Meeting ID: 896 9962 8478
Passcode: 301816
PRESENTATION TOPIC:
"The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love: Stories from Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Robbieana Leung"
It will mostly be about my service experience in the Peace Corps (aka "Toughest Job You'll Ever Love"), the literacy projects we did there, and a little about the Peace Boat.
*FYI - I have shared this presentation with the RC of Honolulu Sunset, West Pearl Harbor RC, RC of Kahala Sunrise and their Rotaract Club, a Leo's Club and Org. of Chinese American University Women.
ROBBIE'S BIO
In 2016, inspired to live a life reflective of “service above self”, Robbieana Leung signed up for "the toughest job you'll ever love" aka the U.S. Peace Corps.
Graduate of Pepperdine University (B.A Int'l Studies, Intercultural Communication) and University of Utrecht (M.A Conflict Studies & Human Rights; Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar under the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset’s sponsorship in 2010), Robbie served for 28 months in provincial Cebu as a Peace Corps Education Volunteer.
Passionate about giving her students experiential opportunities, she taught English and literature courses and engaged students in environmental, literacy, library development, and intercultural exchange programs in a remote town without libraries and bookstores.
Awarded Michelle Obama’s Let Girls Learn grant, Robbie encouraged her students to pursue a project they had feared and deemed "impossible" - writing and illustrating an original Bisaya-English children's book! They distributed 1000 free copies of their book to all 15 elementary schools in their town, and towns all over the Philippines and in 20+ countries to promote a love for reading in under-resourced communities. After the Peace Corps, Robbie volunteered to teach English on two voyages with Peace Boat, an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations, that charters a cruise ship to promote peace education and cultural exchange.
She is happy to share the stories behind her students' storybook: tales of bravery, Rotarian Fairy Godmothers and Godfathers, achieving milestones against great odds, and 24 Filipino students and one Peace Corps Volunteer who dreamt with their heads in the clouds and feet on the ground.