Jan 13, 2022 - General Meeting - via Zoom ... by Bill B.
Membership/Attendance: 43 Active members -10 Members Attending Guests & Visitarians; John Paddock & John Rooney (Skan SR), Tai Ngo Shaw (Eastwood RC), and Umish Patel (PP SRC) Announcements:
Sherwood Inn - will be back open for next week’s meeting. A menu will circulate via email for advance dinner selection
Winterfest - Sunrise Rotary Club will be holding a scaled back version of Winterfest on Saturday, January 29 and is looking for volunteers to help with selling “Taste of Skaneateles” tickets and set up duties. Terry will circulate an email sign up sheet to club members for a response.
The Community/Volunteer Activities Survey - was resent via email to get a greater response from those who may have overlooked it during the holidays.
Election - A slate of candidates will circulated via email voting for our this & next year's club officers & direction, at our Annual Meeting nest week.
The Program:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Tai Ngo Shaw
Tai Ngo Shaw spoke to the club about his history and now ongoing work in the Central New York area to help refugees adapt to their new home and advocate for their equal rights in the face of discrimination and lack of diversity acceptance in the community. Among his efforts is the CNY Blessing Boxprogram which helps feed refugees with food they want and know how to cook as well as provide essential toiletries for personal care.Tai urged us to celebrate our refugees and attend World Refuge Day in Syracuse on June 20th, 2022. Tai is Vietnamese and came to the US in 1981 at the age of 10. He was adopted by the Shaw family, hence his last (American) name. A graduate of Alfred University, he now lives in East Syracuse and runs CNY Uniforms Plus, a business that makes and sells uniforms. Tai is president of the New Americans Forumand participates on six boards of organizations that help refugees get fairer and more equal treatment when it comes to things such as health insurance, representation on police task forces, job acquisition and ongoing support as well as fighting hate crimes and ensuring that charitable funds are distributed equally among smaller refugee groups – not just to big name and large charitable organizations. Among others, he helps provide support services for approximately 1500 Vietnamese families that are located primarily in the Clay and Liverpool communities.
See SPEAKERS below orCLICKon the Speaker's tab on our website's Home Page. Please contact Bill Conole atconolew@gmail.comor 315-857-1260 if you have a suggestion and/or input on a potential club program.
26 W. Genesee St
Skaneateles, NY 13152 United States of America
We currently meet via Zoom and/or outside due to COVID-19.
Guests are invited to join our meetings by contacting
our President:Terry McCormick (email link by clicking on his name)
listed under Club Exec & Dir (below - right column)
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