Last Regular Meeting: Zbig Skiba talked abouth the DISC behavior assessment tool and how understaniding your behavior and the behavior styles of those you interact with can help improve your communication skills.
Mark your calendars and plan to attend the Club's visioning meeting on Thursday, March 28th from 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm at the Northbrook Hilton. This is an important meeting where we will discuss and plan the direction of our club.
The annual Y Strong Kids Dinner will be held on April 12th at Chevy Chase Country Club.
In 2011, Kiran Singh Sirah turned 35 — “halfway through our life’s journey,” he says, citing Dante’s Divine Comedy. The UK native had been living in Edinburgh and Glasgow for a decade, working on a variety of cultural endeavors. “I felt I had done everything I needed to do and learn in Scotland. It was time to take my experiences and move them to the next level.”
That’s when Sirah heard about the Rotary Peace Fellowship. Since the program began in 2002, more than 1,200 peace fellows have received fully funded scholarships to study at one of six peace centers at universities around the world. With help from Rotarians in Scotland, Sirah eventually landed one of those scholarships and headed to North Carolina, where he earned a master’s degree in folklore studies and a graduate certificate in international peace and conflict resolution.
“It felt like a chance at a second life,” he says. “Here was an opportunity to harness new skills, explore new ideas, and get the academic and theoretical knowledge I needed to advance my peacebuilding work.”
So how does someone become a Rotary Peace Fellow? And how does a district nominate a potential fellow? Follow the steps laid out below.
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