Wed Aug 12 Zoom Meeting - Cure for Hate by Tony McAleer
McAleer is a former white supremacist, author of "The Cure for Hate", inspirational speaker and co-founder of Life After Hate, a nonprofit organization formed in 2011 helping people leave the violent far-right to connect with humanity and lead compassionate lives.
Tony found an outlet for his teenage rage in the street, after spending 15 years with the White Aryan Resistance movement in Vancouver. It was the outpouring of love he felt at the birth of his children that inspired him to start questioning his hateful beliefs. Thus began the spiritual journey of personal transformation that enabled him to disengage from the highest levels of the white power movement.
His hope now is to inspire people to a place of compassion and forgiveness.
" In that process I learned that to hold the ideology of separation, or racism, you have to have a closed heart. An open heart makes the ideology irrelevant."
Zoom online Meeting 12 noon to 1:15pm (Members and friends, looking forward to see you)
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Richmond Centre for Disability, as the name implies, is an organization helping people with disabilities. That help could be in the way of equipment, counselling, skills training, networking and good old-fashioned companionship. We heard a very compelling message of hope.
The mission of RCD is to empower people with disabilities to participate in the community to the level of their desires and abilities by providing information, resources, support and by increasing community awareness and accessibility.
Our speaker was, Ella Huang BSc. MBA Executive Director, explained how RCD started in 1985 through the joint effort of United Way of the Lower Mainland, the Special Needs and Social Planning departments of the City of Richmond and a number of people with disabilities from the community.
Ella went on to describe how Rotary could get involved and support the work of RCD. She fielded many questions, as our members seemed to express a great deal of interest in opportunities for support and participation.
Once again, as Rotary Founder Paul Harris said "Whenever people get together, you never know what's going to happen"
Today, we might have seen the birth of a new Rotary Club community project.....who knows what's going to happen when Rotarians get together.
During PP Chris Browne's year, our club hosted a fun family event with live music, BBQ, tour of the Oval, prizes and raffles. Our supporters walked, ran and strolled along the dike by the Richmond Olympic Oval. Over $3,200 was raised to support RCD equipment, services and activities.
Developer (Keller Williams Realty) , joined Rotary in 1979 and the Rotary Club of Richmond April 4, 1986 Club President 2001-2002 and 2010 - 2011.
Three generations in Rotary, his father, brother and nephew. To be a Rotarian in Trinidad was both a badge of honour and a member of an exclusive association.
When he was inducted 41 years ago, he was like any other new Rotarian of his time, not fully understanding what Rotary was all about. From a Club with only Chiefs, a few foot soldiers, and no women, projects were often difficult to fulfill. Yet, support was raised over the years with a simple phone call. That was then.
A memory of Mahase very first successful Rotary project which lasted almost fifteen years, was a simple BBQ. He was on a fundraising committee for years with the intention of raising $40,000 from local businesses. After lots of planning and talking and getting nowhere, being the new "do it" generation, at twenty seven years old, he took charge of the idea and made it happen.
This first project was his introduction to the world of Rotary and he never looked back. The good that even the smallest project brought was fulfilment in itself. The result was money raised with almost ninety percent club involvement and great fellowship.
“It is said that we all join Rotary for the Contacts, Service and then Fellowship. After years, contacts come and go, service continues in the hands of the next generation, and fellowship will always remain steadfast”.
Sombat Tapanya teaches children the principles of peace through aikido. Tapanya, a psychologist who has specialized in childhood trauma, has put to use insights he gained as a Rotary Peace Fellow at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok in 2016.
Throughout his academic career, Tapanya focused on anti-bullying efforts, violence prevention, and helping people who were abused as children improve their parenting skills. Now retired from Chiang Mai University, where he taught behavioral science to medical students, he runs a small nonprofit, the Peace Culture Foundation, which promotes peace in the community.
If we create a culture within the family and in schools that says using violence against others is OK, that leads to abuse. It would be more beneficial to create a culture of peace, where you treat others with respect, kindness, and empathy, as opposed to being No. 1 at the expense of others.
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