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![]() Registration is now open!! I am excited to be your guide as we set out exploring new opportunities together at the 2021 Tri-District Conference on April 30, May 1 & 2, 2021. Our path will take us into a world of leadership, learning, fellowship and fun! All from the comfort of your own home! The schedule is FULL of incredible presentations from local and internationally known speakers on a wide variety of topics. This exciting adventure will also include the opportunity to safely join with fellow Rotarians in service to our communities! Imagine Rotary service happening in 120 communities across southern Pennsylvania and, imagine how our communities will react as we "blow up" social media with pictures and videos of Rotarians in Action on that day. The full schedule may be found here: https://www.discon2021. Join together with me in our exploration. Registration is $25 Conference Fee and $25 Foundation Gala Donation. Please invite all your club members to register now. Once on the website, click the REGISTRATION tab. D7430 Rotarians will use the GUEST REGISTRATION. The QR code allows easy access to the conference website: www.DisCon2021.com. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me via phone, text or email. Note: MSR members will be reimbursed for the Conference Registration fee. Regards, Janet Kolepp District 7430 Governor 2020-2021 Rotary Club of Bethlehem Morning Star 484-241-1252 (cell) |
Please join us Thursday for Ala'a Hammouda, Rotary Peace Fellow from Palestine. She is currently at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – School of Public Health. Her bio appears below. As a young Palestinian woman and a lifelong resident of the Gaza Strip, Alaa has lived through three wars and under siege for more than ten years. Despite these challenges, she been able to advance her aspirations and continue to have hope for a peaceful future. "I believe that through education and hard work Gaza will be a peaceful place one day." She has a strong academic foundation. In 2000, she received a full scholarship at the American High School in Gaza, where she studied for eight years and received an American High School Diploma. She also has a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the Islamic University of Gaza. She is fluent in both spoken and written English and her native Palestinian Arabic. Professionally, she has almost seven years of work experience with non-governmental organizations in Gaza, including INTERPAl, DAIKONIA, GIZ, and Palestine Trauma Center. She also has experience in print and broadcast media agencies and in various roles in the fields of advocacy, administration, public relations, social work, translation and teaching. She worked at America-Mideast Educational and Training Services for two years, in addition to several media agencies e.g., XINHUA, Middle East Eye and Russia Today as a freelance and journalist. She worked as an Advocacy Media Officer at the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme in the Gaza Strip, Palestine for four years. There, she advocated for women's rights, support for mental health, the fight to stop violence against women and children, gender equality, and human rights. In 2018, she received the competitive and prestigious Andi Parhamovich Fellowship from the National Democratic Institute in Washington, DC. This fellowship is awarded annually to one young woman leader from 60 countries and is designed to develop the skills that will contribute to the development of democracies. The Andi Parhamovich Fellowship recognizes the commitment and courage of dedicated women advocates who are struggling today against tremendous odds to end conflict and offer alternatives to political extremes. Their daily efforts may not make headlines, but their hard work forms the basis of democratic transformations that take hold at the grassroots level. During Alaa’s fellowship at NDI she developed a program concept called Sharki (“participate”) focused on building a network to enhance young women’s roles in Gaza as future leaders. The goal of the program is to build a network of young women in the Gaza Strip and to contribute to their development as leaders, thereby increasing women’s participation in the community and civil society in the Gaza Strip. The program will begin with a network of 40 women, ranging in age from 20 to 30 years old, from various universities, who are studying or who have graduated in concentrations such as political science or media. Alaa hopes to be part of advancing peace, justice, and human rights around the world. She is also eager to learn more about the political rights of women and the significance and mechanisms of political and civic participation. Her passion is to learn new political approaches and methods, and to be intentional and analytical. She believes that this will give her the proper foundation and broaden her knowledge to help bring peace and justice to the world and to her country, Palestine. Sponsoring Rotary District: 7620 Topic: Ala'a Hammouda, Rotary Peace Fellow from Palestine Time: Apr 8, 2021 07:30 AM EDT (US and Canada) Zoom starts at 7:15 am for Social time (meet & greet), with the regular meeting starting at 7:30 am. Click to join Zoom Meeting (password is embedded) Meeting ID: 837 8623 1515 Passcode: Cement2020![]() |
Our speaker on April 8 will be Alaa Hammouda, a Rotary Peace Fellow, who will address Public Health in Palestine. Please also plan to attend. |
![]() Help support the Rotary Foundation Annual Fund-SHARE Fund by sponsoring me as I complete the last 110 miles of my Appalachian Trail adventure so that we can fund even more of your club's projects! Here is the donation link: https://www. As many of you know, I've been section hiking the nearly 2200 mile Appalachian Trail for the past 15 years and have completed over 2050 miles. Last spring, the pandemic forced me to delay completing the trail for a year, but this upcoming Spring, I plan to hike the last 110 miles in North Carolina and Georgia. The Rotary Foundation has enabled our district’s 46 clubs to work on many local and global projects through district and global grants. Thanks to your generosity, each year, our district receives over $100,000 in District Designated Funds for these grants. During the past few years, nearly every club in our district has received one or more grants to help their local communities and also to do amazing global projects. You can sponsor me for any amount. As an added incentive, our District Foundation team has created the TRIPLE 110 challenge!
Please consider sponsoring me with a donation to the Rotary Foundation Annual Fund through the following link: https://www. Thank you! PDG Herb Klotz |
Service Above Self
2nd-5th Thursday 7:30 am Zoom
Bethlehem, PA
United States of America