World Peace and Understanding Dinner

Posted by Heidi Whear on Jan 08, 2017
 
Daily we hear disparaging news from Syria and we wrench our hands feeling so helpless in combating this atrocity.  Families are trapped in their homes, then surrounded, tortured and killed by their own government, backed by Russian forces as they bomb residential neighborhoods, hospitals, schools and drinking water aquifers.
 
On February 8 we are hosting Sam Khatib, a national leader in the Syrian American Council as he shares thoughts on a few life-saving efforts and what we can do to help.
 
  • Heros of Peace - "The White Helmets" are 3,000 heroic volunteers who selflessly rescue people from bombed buildings throughout Syria.  They run to buildings after the bombs have fallen; and to date they have saved 74,000 people.  The White Helmets are Nobel Peace Prize nominees and recipients of US assistance through the US Agency for International Development. 
  • Local efforts to gather and send assistance to refugees in Syria and Turkey through NuDay Syria. 
  • 4.8 million refugees have fled Syria.  10,000 Syrians have come to the U.S. and a handful have found their way to New England.  
As Rotarians we feel the call.  It rattles us when we know we want to help but don't know how. Come. Learn. Act thoughtfully.
 
World Peace and Understanding Dinner
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 6:00 pm. 
Cost $55/person.
Four Points By Sheraton, Wakefield, MA