RCHS Meeting with Robbieana Leung
Contact:
Ary Radnaeva
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19 Nov 2020 |
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 Honolulu Sunset
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Please join us for our weekly meeting. This meeting will be only on Zoom! Our usual informal happy (half) hour begins at 6:00 pm, and the bell rings at 6:30 pm to formally start the meeting.
Our speaker this week will be Robbieana Leung.
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, a 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.
To join the meeting via Zoom, please follow this link:
Meeting ID: 865 8869 6909
Passcode: 1995
Dial by your location: +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma).