Speakers

The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, education, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions.

Come celebrate Valentine's Day with us.

Ms. Richardson's will share information on Oakland County's First Black Landowner as part of our celebration of Black History Month.

Ron is the author of "A Parent’s Guide to Autism: Practical Advice" and "Views from the Spectrum."

President Pescovity will update us on Oakland University program and projects.

This week's meeting will be golf, golf, golf.  The winner of a trip for two to Augusta, Georgia, will be announced and golf-related items will be auctioned off.

A business person and OU faculty member, Frank has a unique perspective on American business.

Sloan and Lichty have traveled worldwide for Rotary. They will share their most recent trip, a medical mission to Egypt.

Suzanne Hanna, costume director of Michigan Opera Theatre, explains why an opera costume is different from everyday clothing and other costumes. She will share what it takes for an opera costume to make you go “Ahhhhh” when the curtain goes up, how she “builds” a costume, plus tales from the fitting room.

Founded in 2009, the Michigan Innocence Clinic was the first innocence clinic in the country to focus exclusively on non-DNA cases. In the clinic's 12-year history, it has successfully freed 26 clients who had been wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit.

Several Rotarians worked with this organization in the fall of 2022. This program will provide more detailed information on this 501(c)3 organization's work.