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Tuesday, November 22  - 6-6:45 p.m. Hybrid - NEWLY remodeled Milwaukee Athletic Center in person OR Virtual via Zoom 

Info will also be shared re Rotary Resources.
How Rotary helps you and the world!  Professionally AND personally.  
This meeting is open to Rotarians and Non-Rotarians
 
Facilitator - Marta Carrion - Amigos President
 
Social gathering at 5:45 p.m. and adjourn at 6:45 p.m. to the rooftop dining room (drinks and / or dinner at your expense) Great views of the Milwaukee skyline and OUTSTANDING food and drink menu
 
We would like to see you in person for this meeting, however if you are not able to attend please find below the Zoom link to join online.  Masks are encouraged but not required. We ask that if you feel slightly unwell or if you have recently been exposed to covid or the flu, please join us by Zoom. 
 
Time: Nov 22, 2022 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 961 2953 3927
 
Passcode: 029589
 
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Tuesday, November 29 – Service project at Cathedral Center - 5:30 - 7 p.m.

Once again, we will be providing a warm and nutritious meal for the women and children at the Cathedral Center.   We are also fortunate to have 2 "Angels" who are preparing and providing the dinner that we will be serving. Amigos Rotarians will provide dessert, salad, beverages, and smoothies.  There will also be a hands-on lesson on "how to read nutrition levels" with an eye toward comparing fat, sugar, sodium, and calories....even related to two different soups, chips, potatoes, etc. All foods used are accessible from stores convenient and affordable to Cathedral Center guests.
 
We are asking for members, friends, and those interested in helping to join us in serving the meal, interacting with the residents, and / or providing a donation to cover the cost of the meal extras and if possible, join us that night and help serve the dinner. If you are interested in attending, please contact Frey Faris. Click here to contact Frey.
If you are willing to donate, please contact Angie Rester with the information to do online donation or to mail check.  Click here to email her.
 
A VERY special Thank you to Bezawit Deneke and Mahader Weldemichael, two outstanding women originally from Ethiopia with their own business, B & M Accounting and Tax Service .  We can't thank you enough for your donation of the meal for 55 residents at Cathedral Center.
 
REMINDER - everyone is required to properly wear a mask and you will be Covid tested before entering food service areas.  PLEASE arrive by 5:30 p.m. so that we can promptly begin food service at 6 p.m.
 

Tuesday, December 13 - 6-6:45 p.m. Hybrid - NEWLY remodeled Milwaukee Athletic Center in person OR Virtual via Zoom 

Join Zoom Meeting - link to be sent in December


Rotary Peace Fellows

Each year, Rotary awards up to 130 fully funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at one of our peace centers.

Through academic training, practice, and global networking opportunities, the Rotary Peace Centers program develops the capacity of peace and development professionals to become effective catalysts for peace. The fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and internship and field-study expenses.

Since the program began in 2002, the Rotary Peace Centers have trained more than 1,500 fellows who now work in over 115 countries. Many serve as leaders in governments, NGOs, education and research institutions, peacekeeping and law enforcement agencies, and international organizations like the United Nations and the World Bank.

Click here to go to the website and application links.

Our fellowships and where they work

The Rotary Peace Fellowship is designed for leaders with work experience in peace and development. Our fellows are committed to community and international service and the pursuit of peace. Each year, The Rotary Foundation awards up to 50 fellowships for master’s degrees and 80 for certificate studies at premier universities.

Choose the program that's right for you

Master’s degree programs

Accepted candidates study peace and development issues with research-informed teaching and a diverse student body. The programs last 15 to 24 months and include a two- to three-month field study, which participants design themselves.

Professional development certificate program

During the one-year blended learning program, experienced peace and development professionals with diverse backgrounds gain practical skills to promote peace within their communities and across the globe. Fellows complete field studies, and they also design and carry out a social change initiative. This program is intended for working professionals. Fellows earn a post-graduate diploma upon completion of the program.

Application timeline

The 2023-24 Rotary Peace Fellowship application is now closed. The 2024-25 Rotary Peace Fellowship application will be available in February, 2023. Every year, districts must submit endorsed applications to The Rotary Foundation by 1 July. Review the endorsement instructions.

Our approach

We see peace not as an abstract concept but as a living, dynamic expression of human development. Peacebuilding is a cornerstone of our mission as a humanitarian service organization, and it is one of Rotary's areas of focus — the channels of activity through which our members make their mark on the world. Our programs, grants and fellowships focus on creating environments where peace can be built and maintained. Rotary believes that if concerned citizens work together to create peace locally, lasting change can happen globally.

 

Ending Polio is Closer than Ever - Only 2 Countries Left But Just a Plane Ride Away Until Fully Eradicated and we saw this in New York City recently

Rotarians and those not in Rotary can help make a difference!

Funding ensures that 400 million children receive vaccinations annually and enables continuous monitoring to help eliminate sources of the wild poliovirus.  This tracking is the “Plus” in PolioPlus and enables health professionals to locate sources of the virus and work with local agencies to eliminate them.

The systems established by the PolioPlus program have helped in controlling recent outbreaks of the COVID-19 virus, and the Ebola outbreak in Africa several years ago.  PolioPlus has helped raise the standard of health in countries worldwide and continues to pay benefits even where polio has been eliminated.

You join by committing to support the eradication effort with a minimum of $100 / year. NEED not be a Rotarian to be a part of eradicating this disease. You MUST go online to the Rotary District 6270 website and click on the link below.  Please join us in Ending Polio NOW!


Members of the Rotary District 6270 PolioPlus Society will receive a certificate and a specially designed PolioPlus Society lapel pin.

Quick Briefs 

The Rotary District 6270 is looking for additional Rotarians to join the DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee).  If you would like to learn more and / or to suggest programs, activities, and / or events, please contact Chair Angela Rester via this email link.

 

The Council on Resolutions meets online each year. Representatives from all of Rotary’s districts vote on resolutions proposed by clubs, districts, the RI Board of Directors, and the General Council or Conference of RIBI, as well as urgent enactments proposed by the RI Board. The RI Board will consider all resolutions that the Council adopts. Adopted urgent enactments amend Rotary’s constitutional documents. Learn more about the Council on Resolutions.

Click here to see results of the recent Council on Resolutions released last week.
 
Angela Rester, District 6270 Governor 1998-99 and Founder of Rotary Club Milwaukee Amigos After Hours is the District 6270 Council on Resolutions / Council on Legislation 2020-2023 Representative.  Angie self-funded her opportunity to be an observer in 2007 and loves this "promise" of Rotary always being a "bottom-up" organization....plus she's an organizational structure and by-laws "nerd"!
 
Any Rotary club wishing a program on the Council on Resolutions / Council on Legislation is invited to contact Angie.  Click here

 
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Ethnic News in Greater Milwaukee Area 

To learn more about Ethnic "happenings" - events, history, reading suggestions, and more be sure to access the bi-monthly Ethnic News on-line publication.  The November/December edition is available by clicking here.  
 
 

Rotarians in Action!!!!  

 
Rotarians all over the world responded to the needs in Ukraine and to refugees.  A Disaster Relief Fund was established and has already received $15 Million in contributions and MANY Rotarians around the world have opened their homes to refugees needing a place to call home as they fled Ukraine with little more than what they could carry. Read more about Rotarians responding to the humanitarian need below.

At Rotary, we are deeply concerned by the escalating loss of life and humanitarian hardship caused by the war in Ukraine. We’re using our deep networks and decades of experience to take swift action in the region.

Find out more about what Rotary is doing and how you can support relief efforts.

How we are taking action

Your donations at work 

All donations to our Disaster Response Fund from 3 March to 30 April 2022 have been prioritized for use providing humanitarian aid to regions that are supporting Ukrainian refugees or other victims of the war.

Thanks to the generosity of donors around the world, we raised more than $15 million in contributions that are already helping provide people with essential items such as water, food, shelter, medicine, and clothing.

So far, 128 disaster response grants totaling $3.3 million have been awarded to support people affected by the war. The Rotary Foundation will continue to use the donations for humanitarian aid in and around Ukraine, and districts can apply for these grants until 31 December 2022.

Donations made to the Disaster Response Fund after 30 April will be available to all communities around the world that need assistance recovering from disasters.

Contact information and how to support local club and district-led efforts

Many clubs and districts have organized local humanitarian response initiatives in Ukraine and the surrounding region. Find out how to engage with Rotary clubs and districts, find contacts for hosting refugees, and more local efforts. You can directly support these local projects.

Download a list of relief efforts and relevant Rotary contact information (PDF)

District 2232 (Ukraine) formed a committee to help victims of the war in Ukraine. They identified urgent medical supplies to help injured civilians. Download the list of needed medical supplies (PDF).

Learn how Rotary is responding

Rotary and Rotaract clubs in Europe and around the world are working with members nearby to provide information, transportation, medical equipment, and shelter for refugees.

Find out what clubs are doing

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    Club Information
    The Rotary Club of Amigos Milwaukee After Hours is a multilingual club with a passion for diversity in Milwaukee
    Service Above Self
    Tuesdays at 6:00 PM
    Milwaukee Athletic Club
    758 N. Broadway
    Milwaukee, WI 53202
    United States of America
    Phone:
    (262) 488-4747
    In-Person at Milwaukee Athletic Club AND Virtual via Zoom every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of Month Service Project every 5th Tuesday of Month
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    Maria Flores
    January 10
     
    Erik Carranza
    January 26
     
    Robert Grede
    November 5
     
    Melissa Rickey
    December 9
     
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    Amigos Rotarian Rob Grede Continues His Support for Needed Medical Supplies in Ukraine

    This article recently appeared in the BizTimes
     
    Rob has been a long-time member of the Rotary Club Milwaukee Amigos After Hours. He has now made a second trip from Vienna to the Ukraine border in Poland to deliver much needed medical supplies for humanitarian benefit in Ukraine. 
     
    Thank you to all of the Rotarians and friends of Rob and of Amigos Rotarians that helped to support this effort.

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    Pay it Forward: Robert Grede delivers $26,000 in medical supplies to Ukraine military through Rotary International 

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    Months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Robert Grede made it his mission to meet a need for critical first aid supplies for the Ukrainian military and injured civilians. 

    Upon learning that medical supplies and volunteers were in short supply, Grede recruited two friends to join him in an effort to fundraise, purchase and ensure that necessary supplies were delivered to Ukraine’s front line.  

    “Twenty-five percent of humanitarian aid coming in from the West lands on the black market, it just does not get to where it’s supposed to, and I wanted to be able to assure my donors that 100% of what they donated was going to land at the front line and help the people who needed it most,” said Grede. 

    Leveraging his membership in Rotary International, Grede made contact with fellow Rotarians in eastern Poland, including Zbigniew Dziedzic, the district governor of the Rotary Club of Jaroslow, Poland, who helped connect him with two Rotary clubs in Ukraine. 

    In May, the trio flew into Vienna, Austria, where they rented a box truck and loaded nine suitcases – filled with everything from syringes and energy bars to feminine hygiene products and Israeli compression bandages – seven boxes of military clothing and three, six-foot-tall pallets of medical supplies purchased in Vienna. Then, they drove 10 hours north to the eastern border of Poland and Ukraine, where they handed the supplies off to two Ukrainian Rotary members who were responsible for delivering the supplies directly to military medics in Bakhmut. 

    All told, $15,200 in medical supplies was delivered to the Ukraine military, with an additional $4,400 in supplies delivered to refugees in Poland. Grede and his two friends covered all their own travel and personal expenses. 

    Grede made a second voyage in September, this time delivering $6,000 in medical supplies. As the war drags on and other events dominate the news cycle, it no longer makes front-page headlines. As a result, donations have slowed to a trickle, said Grede. 

    Still, he continues to fundraise – through donations and potential grant funding from Rotary – in hopes of returning. 

    In the meantime, Grede has set up a website through Amazon where people can purchase a specific item, such as a package of tourniquets, compression bandages or burn gel, to be shipped via Amazon directly to Grede’s Rotary contacts in Jaroslow and then delivered to the front line. For context, a $100 donation buys 64 individual burn gel dressings; $50 buys 14 combat tourniquets; and $40 buys six Israeli compression bandages.

    For Grede, who is now semi-retired, he said the mission is all about giving back. 

    “I’m lucky, I was born in the United States, and I was born free,” he said. “… I was born with an education, and I was born with the means to be able to help people. So, now that I have the time and the means and the passion, I want to exercise that. I want to make my life count.”

     

     

     
     
     
     
    • Have you joined a Fellowship yet? 
    • Don't know what they are? Awesome way to connect Internationally and locally with other Rotarians who share your interests or hobbies.
    Rotary Fellowships are independent, social groups that share a common passion. Being part of a fellowship is a fun way to make friends around the world.
    How do I join a fellowship?

    Fellowships are open to Rotarians, family members, and program participants and alumni. You can contact a fellowship directly by using the information listed in the Rotary Fellowships directory. Or search our discussion groups to find Rotary and Rotaract members with similar interests.

    How do I form a fellowship?

    Start by finding others who share you interest.

    Be sure you meet the criteria for a fellowship and apply for official recognition.

    Explore our fellowships:

    Interested in a particular subject? Visit the group's website or email it to learn more.

    Did you know that our District now has a new Fellowship?  Rotary Means Business - this was taken from the District 6270 home page - 

    "District 6270 has now officially become the first Rotary district in Wisconsin to be chartered under the Rotary Means Business Fellowship. Rotary Means Business encourages Rotarians to support the success of their fellow Rotarians by doing business with them, and by referring others to them. I am of the firm belief that the most honorable people to transact business with are people who abide by the 4 Way Test. So, to launch the Rotary Means Business Fellowship, we are planning an event that will be announced soon where Rotarians who are involved in business or interested in business can come to socialize and learn more about how to join the fellowship. We are also working on an Electronic Business Directory (in PDF format) for all Rotarians involved in various businesses to be able to have their businesses listed so that other Rotarians can reach out to them to transact business or refer business to them."

    Rotarian and Cycling Fellowship member Angie Rester recently rode in the Penninsula Century Fall Challenge where she ran into the Rotarians from the Rotary Club Door County North who hosted one of the rest stops and fueling stations in the ride that starts and ends in Sister Bay.  Cycling Fellowship members are also able to purchase the Rotary and End Polio jerseys made just for the Fellowship.  Angie is available for presentations to clubs regarding Fellowships.  She serves as the District Fellowship Chair.  Click here to email her your request or questions. 

    • Are you interested in serving on the District Committee for Fellowships? Meetings will be telephonically so you can join the committee from any place in the District. 
     

    Interested in a particular subject? Visit the group's website or email it to learn more.

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    Rotary Curious??

    • Did you know that Rotary does not require weekly attendance even though we generally meet weekly?

    • Did you know that our project and volunteer service counts as attendance?

    • Did you know that you can do a Rotary make-up by attending another club meeting OR by going on-line and read several "programs" and then apply for a make-up?  Use these links to get started.

    • Rotary e club One - the original - /www.rotaryeclubone.org

    • Rotary Club of E-Club of the Southwest USA - https://www.recswusa.org/

     

    Rotary Curious? 

    What Does it Take in Time?  
    • One in-person meeting per month
    What's Expected of Me?
    • To represent your vocation and help us know about you and that vocation.
    • Be a person of high ethical standards.
    • Give some of your time to Service in the Greater Milwaukee community and / or internationally.
    • Share Rotary and the opportunity to make a difference in the world with your Rotary Family in ways you could not individually.
    • Have Fun and WANT to see your Rotary club members because you miss them when you don't.

     

     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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