Join us on September 1, 6:00 - 7:30 pm, for the next Conversation About Rotary, open to all members of D7980. Rotary skills to promote your club as people of action and to understand how your club operates will be covered in the first part of the meeting. We will then explore the RI theme of the month, Basic Education and Literacy, with guest speakers Rotarian Beth Stoller and author Tish Rabe, who appeared on Channel 8 News in July with reporter Ann Nyberg to promote Rotary values for children. Breakout sessions follow to discuss best practices in designing projects that benefit children and create a peaceful world.
D 7980 Presidents, PEs, PNs, AGs, Members Learning & Training
September 1, 2026
6:00pm-7:30pm
Zoom link: https://conncoll-edu.zoom.us/j/99209027289 Meeting ID: 992 0902 7289
View Before Meeting Promoting Your Club as People of Action (15 minutes,1 lesson)
1. Julia Kushigian-Secor, Rotary Icebreaker: What is your Rotary caption for this photo?
- MyRotary Skill to Excel: “Understanding How Your Club Operates” (w/ flip cards
- Rotary International Monthly Theme: Basic Education & Literacy
District Project Director Kindness is Caring. Friendship is Sharing, Beth Stoller, Trumbull RC, & Author, Tish Rabe
DGE Julia introduces Literacy Project 2027-2028, “Rotary Book of the Month Club”
- Breakout Session: “Each Club will create a visible, local project related to Basic Education and Literacy that benefits children (and others).” Examples: Kindergarten Kindness Campaign proposal for local elementary schools or World Polio Day, Saturday, October 24.
Prompt: Is our project good for and fair to children? How will it help them? Will it make them feel safe, valued, respected and hopeful? Will it leave them a better community and a more peaceful world?
- Report out from group discussions.
- Prepare for District Learning Assembly & Lighthouse Tour, October 3, 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Cross Sound Ferry, New London. (No Zoom meeting in October).
- Rotary Resources
- District 7980 website d7980.org
- “Nyberg: New Children’s Book Teaches Values of Kindness, friendship”: https://www.wtnh.com/on-air/nyberg/nyberg-new-childrens-book-teaches-values-of-kindness-friendship/
- Share your Club event with the District? You can have your stories or flier posted on the District Website and the District social media account. Send to news@district7980.com
- ClubRunner https://site.clubrunner.ca/Page/rotary
- DACdb https://www.dacdb.com/
- Next Zoom meeting, November 3, RI theme: The Rotary Foundation, speakers, Bruce Goldsen, John Merkel