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Marya Ghazipura - Omicron Covid variance and outlookThis year, our Legendary Rotary Club is donating gifts for the 12-plus year old boys and girls. There is always a shortage for that age group. Our members were very generous as always, via our Foundation, and the kids and their mom’s will be very happy when Santa hands out the gifts on December 20 at the Fraternities Notre Dame Soup Kitchen on 1st Ave and East 117th St. The Rotary Clubs of Harlem, Metro, and Wall Street are also doing a great job in donating toys.We have found some very good sales at the Mall this weekend and On-Line. Most items we purchased at half price. If you get a chance to stop by around 2PM on the 20th you will be at the most festive place in Manhattan. The elves serve cookies, Hot Cocoa, and maybe even "Hot Horchata" a Mexican drink made from white rice and cinnamon. Try a cup, it's delicious.If there are any Members that would still like to donate additional toys please E-mail Andreas at executivedirector@nyrotary.org and pledge $30 to our New York Rotary Foundation, and our club will purchase and gift-wrap a toy for you. Pray for mild weather and no wind during Santa's visit, it is hard for the reindeer to land on the roof when it is too windy.
WE WISH OUR MEMBERS, SUPPORTERS AND GENEROUS DONORS A BLESSED AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Camden McDaris Black, Esq. - GUEST SPEAKER, DECEMBER 2, 2021 AT NOON VIA ZOOM
Vice President of Development & Communications - Covenant House New York
Established in 1909, The Rotary Club of New York provides civic-minded business and professional men and women with an enjoyable and organized way to make a contribution to New York City and to needy areas of our world. We meet nearly every week to plan community, and international service activities. By using our skills and expertise, members also enhance their professional network, career development, and cross-cultural understanding.
All Rotary Clubs are nonreligious, nongovernmental, and open to every race, culture, and creed. Our membership represents a cross section of local civic-minded business and professional leaders.
Thanks to some very good fiscal management by our club's past officers over the decades, numerous enjoyable fund raising efforts, and several very generous donors, our Foundation makes it possible for us to provide "hands-on", as well as financial support to dozens of very worthwhile New York City organizations. We also conducted dozens of international projects, including the soon to be eradication of the Polio Virus from our planet! We are also very proud of our long-term association with our heroic NYC Police Department and Firefighters, and for their service to our beloved city.
During the the 1940's, The Rotary Club of New York, as did many other Rotary clubs, played an essential role in building "the business community" support during the formative years of The United Nations, as well as in selecting New York City as the site for its Permanent Headquarters. In fact, our club's president in 1945, Luther Hodges, was invited to the "San Francisco Conference On International Organization" for Rotary's input to create the UN Charter. As such, more than seventy years later, Rotary International and its 33,000 clubs still maintains the highest consultative status as an NGO. In this capacity, Rotary International and the United Nations has built a strong and productive partnership in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, cultural exchanges, education, water/sanitation projects, and promotion of peace negotiations around the world. Our Club still holds an enjoyable and friendship-building monthly breakfast meeting with United Nation directors, administrators, and ambassadors. For decades, every year our club helps to host 1,500 Rotarians to attend Rotary Day at the United Nations. It is normally held the first week of November. (Click the Link on the lower left for more on "NY Rotary and the United Nations"). We invite like-minded individuals to look further into a Rotary Membership. While membership in Rotary is by invitation only, we can put more helping-hands to good use.
Click on "Read More" for President Gerard Year In Review Address
Session#1: The Future Of Real Estate Session#2: Mind Travel
Levi Browde serves as the Executive Director with the New York-based Falun Dafa Information Center – an organization dedicated to ending the human rights abuses against people who practice Falun Gong in China.
Deepak Gilra and Hediya Sizar: The Art of Wellness, Mindfulness and Meditation
Irena Zubcevic, Chief of Intergovernmental Policy and Review Branch at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and our member Elira Karaja, Ph.D. is and Economist, Fellow at Columbia University, and Sustainability Specialist within the United Nation System.
"Impacts of ESG on Business" and "Consumer Behavior Outlook"
April 28, 2021 at 7PM - Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87329967738
This is an initiative by past President, Prof. Jasmin Cowin, Chair of the 2021 NYS TESOL conference
Rotary International Service Above Self Award
(by District Governor Mary Shackleton)
I am proud to announce that Larry Cohen has been recognized by Rotary International with the Service Above Self Award, one of the highest distinctions in service for Rotarians who demonstrate their commitment to helping others by volunteering their time and talent!
This year's Nominating Committee for trustees has selected following members to serve in the upcoming Fiscal Rotary year:
Scarlett Pildes
Michael Snizek
Kerime Ataker
Larry Cohen
Can Erbilgin
Almas Jahnbaz
Dr. Marcela Bonafina
Session #1 The Impact of COVID on the Deal World AND
Session #2 The Impact of COVID on the US Immigration
Marya Ghazipura is an epidemiologist and biostatistician in New York City with nearly 10 years of experience in epidemiological consulting, evidence analytics, scientific advisory, guideline creation and evaluation, developing implementation frameworks, and working with other strategists to sustain improvements in complex health systems. Also presenting her husband: Dr. Tanzib Hossain, who is a pulmonary and critical care doctor in his NYC hospital. Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of MedicineJoin via Zoom:
Jason Gardner, the founder of Radical Shift Coaching, is a highly respected life coach with capabilities for unlocking human potential. With a long history in magic, escapology (think Houdini), and showmanship, he is known for his ability to help people free themselves from the straight jackets they put themselves in and reach full personal potential and freedom.
Youth Empowerment Session #6
Rethinking the Future: The Great Reset
Thomas Missong
President of the European Association of Credit Rating Agencies (EACRA)
TOPIC: "Credit Rating Agencies: stocktaking in times of crisis, Competition and international Framework“.
Please join the Rotary Club of New York and Families for Safe Streets to learn about the dangers to everyone in our city, and what we can do to prevent it and stop it.
Please join at Zoom link:
Chana Widowski will lead a panel of family members who lost someone to a traffic death in our city. Hosted by the Rotary Club of New York you will learn how this does not have to happen and how you can protect yourself and your loved ones.
Two speakers will address the topic "The Future Of Cities" (After Covid-19) Anthony Fieldman — National Design Director for HOK Canada and Josh Sirefman Co-Founder and Senior Advisor Google Side Walk Labs. Register at Eventbrite: http://bit.ly/futureofcitiesrcny
Santa will be stopping by Harlem this Christmas even with COVID, thanks to the generosity of the members of our legendary Rotary Club of New York, other NYC Rotary clubs, and the Sisters of Fraternities Notre Dame.
(read more inside)
Amiri AndersonAmiri Anderson is author of a new novel, "Five Feet of Water", an inspiring book about overcoming obstacles in domestic life. (Amiri replaces Dhomonique Ricks Murphy, was unfortunately made unavailable at the last minute.)
Link to the Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86842854073
much more inside.
Wolfram von HeynitzOur evening meeting guest on December 16 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm will be Wolfram von Heynitz, Deputy Consul General of Germany in New York He'll be speaking to us about "The Future of Transatlantic Cooperation”
Link to the Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89042659881
about Consul von Heynitz inside.
Brooklyn Borough President - Eric AdamsOur guest for the January 7th 6:30 p.m. Zoom Meeting will be Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. Brooklynites elected Eric as the first person of color to serve as their borough president; he is currently serving his second term as Brooklyn’s chief executive.
Link to the Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81565211414
Borough President Adams' Bio inside.
Oct 28 Session a SuccessOur Third Youth Empowerment meeting was another most successful virtual event, masterfully organized by our Membership Chair Bolor Erdene with lots of great insights. We also thank our presenters Jean Sini and Olivier Oullier and our talented moderators Cherrie Chung and Maria Brodskaya. There's a video available on YouTube for you to watch.
Don't miss November Session #4 - Information will follow soon.
International Breakfast - Nov 18thOur featured speaker was Consul General Francesco Genuardi, who has extensive diplomacy experience over 23 years across multiple positions within the Italian government and NATO.
Read the full report inside.
International Breakfast - October 21stOur October 21st meeting featured Consul General Adrian Kubicki of Poland who explained its status as an area of economic investment in the United States. He expressed his optimism in Poland’s future as a young democracy that is investing in innovation and technology.
Read the full report inside.
China Overtaking America’s DominanceOur October 15th Zoom meeting featured Sarwar A. Kashmeri, Int'l Relations Specialist, Author, Commentator and Fellow, Foreign Policy Association. He has sent us a letter with some additionally promised information.
letter & info plus video of meeting inside.
Tackle Today’s ProblemsOn August 26, 2020 the RCNY conducted its first virtual Youth Empowerment Session. Presenters were Dr. Nouriel Roubini, an economist, and Vivian James Rigney, a telecommunication executive and executive coach.
more info & photos inside.
CSPAN Allows Citizens To Curate How They're InformedOur Oct 8 meeting featured Joel Bacon & Jenae Green of CSPAN, who (among other things) explained that what separates CSPAN from other networks is that the network empowers citizens to view public events in their entirety.
Full Report and Link to a Meeting Video inside.
WHO African Region is Polio-FreeRotary Congratulates African Region on becoming wild polio-virus-free. Rotary and its partners the the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are proud to announce an historic public health achievement as the World Health Organization's African region is now certified wild polio-virus-free.
Press Release & more inside.
World Central Kitchen in ManhattanAnother successful Farmstands Project with World Central Kitchen took place this week on Thursday in three Manhattan locations. The project is co-sponsored by your New York Rotary Foundation and a number of members & officers enthusiastically participated.
more info & photos inside.
Collaboration with World Central KitchenThis Saturday, June 27 several Rotarians led by President Larry Cohen and including Past President and PDG David Del Monte, others from Metro Club and Brooklyn/Queens Club helped package 18,000 pounds of fresh produce and dairy products into more than 1200 boxes of food headed for local communities in need.
photos inside.
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