Cheri Weaver / Greg Price- Wings Special Needs Community
Livestream 11:55am 10-8-2024 With a bachelor’s degree in education, Cheri Weaver’s career began in the Oklahoma City Public School District in 1993. From there, she became a licensed and ordained minister and joined the pastoral staff at Crossings Community Church, where she led their Children’s Ministry Program through major growth over 17 years. In […]
Decals Optional
Decals Optional By Ron Page This article is going to be about family summer road trips. I’m guessing some Rotary 29 members included a road trip with your family this summer. I hope you took plenty of pictures and hope you have viewed them on your big-screen TV’s, and that you continue to view them […]
Mariana Llanos – Writer, Poet, Artist & Translator: “Life-giving Stories: How Stories Saved Me and Inspired My Voice.”
LiveStream 11:55am 10-1-2024 Mariana Llanos Mariana Llanos is an award-winning writer, poet, artist, and translator. She’s a Pura Belpre Honor author, an award presented by the American Library Association “to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and […]
Historical Relationship between Western Democracies, Authoritarian Russia and Ukraine; Or – Why we Should Support an Independent Ukraine
Historical Relationship between Western Democracies, Authoritarian Russia and Ukraine; Or – Why we Should Support an Independent Ukraine Bart Binning, Ed. D. As a warning, this article is much too long, but for the topic I chose, I do not know what to cut out. This article is about a fundamental divergence of world views […]
Dr. Jamie Polk, Superintendent – Oklahoma City Public Schools
LiveStream 11:55am 9-24-2024 Dr. Jamie C. Polk, the newly-appointed Superintendent of Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS), is an esteemed education advocate with a passion for driving transformative change. With over two decades of experience in educational leadership, Dr. Polk is dedicated to enhancing student outcomes, fostering community involvement, and creating nurturing learning environments for all […]
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes by Jessica Smith I made a special point recently to attend our club’s Thursday morning breakfast to hear from our Club President and Honorable Suzanne Mitchell speak about her incredible work and the Judiciary system. A question was asked of her: What cinematic production is most like the court system? And […]
Kerry Robinson – Catholic Charities USA
Livestream 11:55am 9-17-2024 Kerry Robinson is President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA. Kerry was the founding executive director of Leadership Roundtable and now serves as a member of its Board of Trustees. Leadership Roundtable is dedicated to promoting excellence and best practices in the management, finances and human resource development of the Catholic Church […]
Economic Development in Oklahoma City – Kenny Tsoodle, The Alliance for Economic Development
Livestream 11:55am 9-10-2024 Kenton Tsoodle began his career with the City of Oklahoma City – Government in 2002 as a management and budget analyst, earning promotions to management and budget specialist, assistant city treasurer, finance business manager and assistant finance director. He was promoted to the assistant city manager in 2019. Tsoodle is a certified […]
Reading, Literacy Key to Academic Success
Reading, Literacy Key to Academic Success by Joe Dorman It is back to school time for children of all ages across the United States. As children prepare for their academic year, one critical aspect is reading literacy. Reading is the fundamental key to academic and career success. Rotary International lists on our website supporting […]
A Shift in Perspective Can Make all the Difference
A Shift in Perspective Can Make all the Difference by Julie Bisbee Expectations and perspective are powerful forces. Our opinions on how things should go is often colored by our life experiences, our personal standards and preconceived notions. A recent trip to Washington D.C. with my youngest son and his 5th grade classmates reminded me […]