Weekly Programs

This week's program is brought to us by Marvin Whitfield. "In today's society, we often view at-risk kids without genuinely understanding the causes of their behavior. They are often seen as threats to society and thrown into [...]

If you weren't able to join us at the monthly meeting, here's Matt Peabody's excellent presentation on entrepreneurship.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3rQZoutAbA

The first member submitted weekly program of 2022 comes from Caroline Phelps.  Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code says "to truly innovate, we cannot leave behind half of our population, I need each of you [...]

As a reminder of why we are Rotarians, this week's program is a music video by Nilo Alcala.  Enjoy.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UEUo713F5s

To finish 2021's programs we present Unraveling the Great Butterfly Migration.  How monarch butterflies over generations find their way back to breeding grounds in the mountains of Mexico. This week's program was submitted by Bob Kuck.   [...]

Our monthly club meeting on 12/13 featured a presentation by club member Laurel Wirtanen-Siloy on her travels to Iceland and Sweden.  Especially if your thoughts this holiday season are about the North Pole you will enjoy this [...]

In his address to the Rotary International Convention in June 2021, Shekhar Mehta urged Rotary members to put improving girls’ futures at the forefront of their work.  This week's program is a TedTalk by Mia Lockhart a [...]

One of Rotary's prime causes is protecting the environment.  This week's program from Ray Stewart is about helping solve wildfires and drought by using beavers.  We can either reintroduce beavers into a territory to do their thing [...]

What if you survive Thanksgiving?  What if you survive Black Friday?  Then you can watch cartoonist Randall Munroe speculate on some random What ifs?  If you are a science nerd like I am, these are questions running [...]

In the U.S. this week we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, many of us with friends and family.  One of the conversation topics that might come up is climate change.  Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe gives us some tools [...]

This week's program is a recording of our 11/8 meeting's presentation.  Kent State University doctoral candidate, Pacifique Niyonzima, tells us of his birth country of Rwanda.  He speaks about how it is overcoming the genocide that occurred [...]

Each and every day we are subject to persuasion in many forms.  In this week's short program Connor Neill tells us what violinist Joshua Bell and Aristotle can teach us about persuasion.  Once again, this week's program [...]

The "supply chain" has been very much in the news in the U.S. recently.  A large part of that chain is made up of container ships transporting goods around the world.  This week's program was submitted by [...]

This week’s program was suggested by Elda Dylgjeri. It is Steven Sharp Nelson performing on cello and speaking on how to find peace with loss through music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KpRZNOSwBg