As Rotary’s Peace month, February is a time to celebrate Rotary’s milestones in Peace.
As a humanitarian organization, peace is a cornerstone of our mission. We believe when people work to create peace in their communities, that change can have a global effect.
Rotary partners with leading universities to host Rotary Peace Centers that empower, educate, and increase the capacity of peacebuilders. Inspire others to click here and learn about Rotary Peace Fellowships funded by more than $200 million in voluntary contributions.
This February we have so much to celebrate with the inauguration of Rotary’s newest peace center, The Otto and Fran Walter Rotary Peace Center at Bahçeşehir (BAU) University. Istanbul, Turkey. BAU is the first Rotary Peace Center in this area and is dedicated to educating peacemakers in the Middle East and North Africa, highlighting just how critical Peace is to the work that Rotary does.
A few easy things for you to support Peace are:
- Read and share about how Rotary Promotes Peace
- Follow the Rotary Peace Centers Facebook page and share posts to help spread the word
- Join the Rotary Action Group for Peace
- Enroll in a free two-hour course at the Rotary Positive Peace Academy
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." Desmond Tutu
In Rotary Spirit,
Christine Rendell
Past District Governor 2019-2020
The Rotary Foundation Major Gifts Advisor-Peace
Rotary Action Group Against Slavery (RAGAS)
Rotary Action Group For Peace (RAGFP)
District 5360 Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee
District 5360 Indigenous Relations Committee
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In the spirit of reconciliation, I acknowledge that I live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, the Métis Nation (Region 3), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.