Rotary Takes Pride in Houston

Rotary Takes Pride in Houston

“Howdy Houston” welcomes our Fellowship to the Rotary Convention with a gathering near the convention center (in air conditioning) on Saturday, June 4, 2022.  “Sunday Funday” follows with a self-guided tour of the Montrose District (think Karaoke, Bingo, Happy...
Book Club

Book Club

Hello everyone! As the Director of Events, my district’s (7040) Literacy Chair and a member of my district’s DEI Committee, I am pleased to invite you to join the new Diverse Book Club! I am including the information here (read till the end!). Who is it for?...
Wear It Purple Day 2021

Wear It Purple Day 2021

Celebrate Wear It Purple Day on Friday, 27 August 2021 Wear it Purple Day celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer or Questioning (LGBTIQ+) diversity and inclusion.  Wear It Purple is about creating safe spaces in schools, universities,...
Service update

Service update

The service team is up and running for 2021-22 being lead by Aleksei Bondarenko-Edwards (Australia) and Wen Yue Huang (Taiwan). The purpose of the Service committee is to work with Rotary Action Groups, Rotary International, The Rotary Foundation, Rotary...
Friendship update

Friendship update

The Fellowship’s journey needs to be welcoming and happy. Recently, the Friendship committee established a wish list expecting to improve the members’ experience. Honouring the past leaders and their legacy, we grew during the Pandemic, we reached more countries and...
Strengthened DEI statement

Strengthened DEI statement

At its June meeting, the RI Board of Directors, with guidance from the DEI Taskforce, took additional steps to ensure our organization values and lives the principals of diversity, equity and inclusion by revisiting and strengthening Rotary’s 2019 DEI statement....
RI Virtual Convention – a service project

RI Virtual Convention – a service project

The Rotary LGBT Fellowship is promoting a service project leading up to the 2021 Rotary International Virtual Convention (June 12 – June 16, 2021). We are asking for the family of Rotary to sponsor a Food Drive to support either a local LGBT+ food pantry in your...
Rotary Club LGBT+ Inclusion tool

Rotary Club LGBT+ Inclusion tool

Rotary Club LGBT+ Inclusion tool About What is the inclusion tool? By Grant Godino, President 2021-23 Grant Godino (he/him) is the charter president of Gateway Rotaract, a member of the Rotary Club of Traralgon (Australia) and President of the LGBT Fellowship in...