Peace & Justice Committee of Rotary Club of Westerly Our Vision: We seek to create, locally and globally, a culture of peace in which the inherent worth and dignity of every living being is honored and respected and conflicts are resolved nonviolently.
Our Mission: To create activities, programs and projects focused on creating a culture of peace as well as working with other community groups and organizations engaged in similar endeavors.
Link to Frank Thacker's Daily Peacemaker: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/DD4HY2mmK2Bf7G4p/?mibextid=WC7FNe
Peace Pole dedication 22Oct2018
Rotary's Four Roles in Promoting Peace (from www.rotary.org/ourcauses....
Practitioners: Our work fighting disease, providing clean water and sanitation, improving the health of mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies directly builds the optimal conditions for peaceful societies.
Educators: Our Rotary Peace Centers (seven of them) have trained more than 1,700 peace fellows to become effective catalysts for peace through careers in government, education, and international organizations.
Mediators: Our members have negotiated humanitarian ceasefires in areas of conflict to allow polio vaccinators to reach children who are at risk.
Advocates: Our members have an integral role as respected, impartial participants during peace processes and in post-conflict reconstruction. We focus on creating communities and convening groups that are connected, inclusive and resilient.
Rotary Action Group for Peace Memo
An urgent humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Lebanon. With over 1,000,000 people displaced and a nation already battered by adversity, the situation is dire. The Rotary, Rotaract and Interact Clubs of Lebanon are on the front lines, tirelessly providing immediate relief and essential supplies to those in need.
