Fellow Rotary scholar Paul Goldberg held a get together at his residencia on Cerro Placeres (Pleasure Hill). His good friend and proprietor of the residencia, Miguel Angel, is a former chef–which didn’t hurt in preparing food for approx. 20 people. Friends from the university came and invited friends of their own, along with Rotaractors and… [Read more…]
March 9, 2008
Saturday I went with the Rotaracters I had met on Thursday to an activity in Olmué, about 40 minutes north of the Viña/Valparaíso area. We went to a boarding house for special needs children called Hogar Los Sauces. The home receives minimal funding from a government subsidy for youth. We played with the children, danced,… [Read more…]
February 26, 2008
Wayne State’s Rotaract Club has been in contact with our twin club in Beirut, Lebanon since last semester. Rima Abou-Mrad is a Multi-Year Ambassadorial Scholar studying at Wayne State University. She is originally from Lebanon and has been instrumental in making the connection between Beirut and Detroit. Here is a buttery update on a Rotaract… [Read more…]
February 26, 2008
On Thursday, February 21st a meeting was held at the Mt. Clemens Rotary Club to discuss the upcoming Peace Summit. I was invited to speak at the event to present on the Wayne State Rotaract Club’s role/involvement in the Student Convention to the International Peace Summit; this event takes place April 24th, a day before… [Read more…]
February 4, 2008
The following is a charming postcard from the Rotaract Club of Beirut (RCB). The club is WSU Rotaract’s twin club. This means we are planning possible service projects with RCB, learning about their country and culture and taking clues from the projects they have already launched.
February 4, 2008
The following is a personal e-mail from Wilton Sankawulo, former Head of State of Liberia, following a Liberian Literacy Foundation event at the Detroit Public Library. For more about this event, click here. Dear Hannah and Katrina: Thank you and Katrina very much for the fine gift and your friendly reception of me in Mechigan.… [Read more…]
March 23, 2008
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