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Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series
May
22

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

In Person and via Zoom

Louisa Gloger, Executive Director of Bolinas Museum speaks to the Rotary Club of West Marin

Gloger assumed the role of Executive Director on January 18, 2022. She led the museum into its next chapter and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2023. Upon taking the role, Gloger shared, “As a longtime Bolinas resident, I am inspired by our community’s commitment to the arts and celebrating diverse voices.” Gloger is particularly interested in the work of museums at this pivotal moment as arts institutions worldwide look to address social justice issues and amplify the voices of underrepresented artists and communities. “Bolinas has always been at the forefront regarding inclusion and original thinking, and the museum will continue to be a leader in these areas with our exhibitions, collections, and community programming.”

Gloger moved to Bolinas in 1988 at the age of 10. She spent her formative years experiencing the art and culture of Bolinas and was particularly inspired by the art classes she took while a student at the Bolinas school. The daughter of a family of artists, Gloger credits her mother with first introducing her to a lifelong love of art, artists, and museums. While a student at the Branson School, she interned at the De Young Museum in San Francisco with the Director of Education. She went on to study Art History at Williams College, and after graduation, worked at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, where she assisted Curator of Prints and Drawings Virginia Clayton in mounting a seminal exhibition on American folk art, "Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design." She returned to the Bay Area and worked for John Berggruen Gallery, before successfully launching her art consulting business. She also started a cancer support and awareness non-profit and has served on several boards. She serves on Smithsonian's Archives of American Art and Headlands Center for the Arts boards.

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

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Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series
May
8

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

In Person and via Zoom

Desiree Lyons, speaks to the Rotary Club of West Marin about Namaste Direct.

Namaste is a small but mighty NGO with an unwavering focus on economically empowering Guatemalan women to achieve financial security. Their work profoundly impacts the lives of their clients, their families, communities, and Guatemala as a whole. When women in our program increase their earning power, they unlock a new world of possibilities where they can make their own choices and break free from machismo norms. When women earn money, they strengthen the economy, stem the flow of irregular migration to the US, and break generational cycles of poverty.

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

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Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series
Apr
24

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

In Person and via Zoom

Alison Healy, founder of Floating Doctors, speaks to the Rotary Club of West Marin about the non-profit, which her Rotary Club of Sausalito supports.

Since 2010, Floating Doctors has provided medical care to 8,000 Panamanian indigenous Ngabe people annually. Living in 240 separate communities that are only reachable by water, they have no other access to medical care. The organization brings a medical crew, volunteers, and supplies by canoe daily, focusing on saving women and children. Much of the attention is on family planning, attempting to reduce the average number of births from twelve per mother to eleven. Floating Doctors have cut this number by half in some communities through their multi-faceted approach. Dental care and veterinary care are also offered at no charge.

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

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Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series
Mar
27

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

In Person and via Zoom

West Marin Food Systems presents an overview of its areas of focus (School Wellness, Community Food, and Farms & Gardens), a West Marin Foodshed Map, information on the West Marin Glean Team (in partnership with EAH: Walnut Place, ExtraFood, San Geronimo Valley Community Center, University of California’s Cooperative Extension, West Marin Community Services, and West Marin Climate Action.

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

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Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series
Mar
13

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

In Person and via Zoom

Angelo Capozzi, MD, Rotary Club of Tiburon-Belvedere, Co-Founder & Medical Director of Rotaplast International, Inc. (https://rotaplast.org/), which is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities. Working with local professionals, Rotarians, and other organizations, Rotaplast sends multidisciplinary medical teams to provide free reconstructive surgery, ancillary treatment, and training for the comprehensive care of these children. Rotaplast supports education and research toward preventing cleft lip and/or palate. We aim to help local professionals build sustainable models for the care of these children, improving their lives and those of their families.

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

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Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series
Nov
8

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Meeting In-Person and on Zoom

Ellen Shehadeh, volunteer mediator at West Marin Community Mediation (westmarinmediation.org), an independent non-profit organization of trained volunteer mediators, providing free conflict resolution services to anyone living or working in West Marin.

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

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Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series
Oct
18

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Meeting In-Person and on Zoom

Terry Wilson, a 35-year member of the Rotary Club of Redwood City; author of "Miracle in the Mara" which he will bring copies to sign for $20; all proceeds to benefit the Mara-Napa foundation/education center (maranapafoundation.org), restoring the Masai culture and providing employment skill training. Their experience of eradication and disenfranchisement is similar to that of the native Americans. Terry has been there thrice to photograph and document their culture. He has been a member of the Rotary Club of Redwood City for 35 years, where he met John Kaufmann, founder of Project H2O's clean water initiative. He traveled with Jon to Mara in 7/2019. Terry made friends with a young Kenyan man named "Prince," who traveled with the President of Kenya to Germany and the UN General Assembly to promote tourism to Kenya.

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com. 

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Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series
Oct
11

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Meeting In-Person and on Zoom

Robert Marshall, Past Assistant Governor and Rotary Club of Novato member speaks about Project H2O clean water (h2opendoors.org) initiative for developing nations. The project’s next installation dates are January 13-20th2024, the fundraising for which must be wrapped up by the first week of November (all funds collected) to order the equipment for the trip and be able to ship the equipment to Guatemala in time to install it. 

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

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Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series
Aug
23

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

Rotary Club of West Marin member Susan Giacomini Allan is also a local 4-H project leader. She and a few 4-H friends will discuss the the youth leadership program and activities available in West Marin County. Learn more about the Marin County 4-H program here.

Everyone is welcome! Join us in person at the barn or virtually on Zoom. Email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com for a link!

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The Inverness Fair
Aug
12

The Inverness Fair

Learn more about the Rotary Club of West Marin — and get a chance to win a youth dictionary — at the classic West Marin annual celebration of food, family and community: The Inverness Fair.

The official event starts at 10:00 AM but come early for a hearty pancake breakfast!

The Fair, produced by the Inverness Association, has been a free community celebration for nearly 80 years, with music, food, drinks, cake raffles, interactive activities, and legendary book and plant sales — all benefitting local non-profits. 

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