By Irwan Norris, District 3310 Rotary Youth Exchange Chair — Our first Rotary Youth Exchange student in 17 years faced a grueling 28-hour journey to begin his exciting year in a new country. Venezu...

By Cindy Howe and Kathryn Lucero, DigDeep — World Water Day is 22 March, a global reminder that clean, running water is not a privilege – it is a human right. Yet, here in the United States, more t...

By Mark Daniel Maloney — When my tenure as President of Rotary International began in 2019, I made a call to action to our members in the form of a theme: Rotary Connects the World. To me, that was...

Taylor Huie, Rotaract and Rotary clubs of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA — I often joke that at 26 years old, I’ve been a member of Rotary for 27 years. Coming from a Rotary family means, quite literally...

By Aruna Koushik, Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada — As a recently widowed person, I had been coming to grips with the change in my marital status and the subtle social changes I wa...

By Nerrissa J. Persaud, Rotary Club of Montego Bay, Jamaica — I recently received my first Paul Harris Fellow recognition pin and certificate in the mail. I held it in my hands, expecting to feel a...

By Abigail Pratt, Gates Foundation malaria program — As I sat down to prepare my remarks for the International Assembly, Rotary’s annual training event for incoming leaders, my little boy came down...

By María Julia Moreyra — As a lawyer in Argentina who specialized in the fight against gender violence, I have been grieved by recent developments in my country. Argentina has a history as a pionee...

By Debbie Cwalina — In the fall of 2014, shortly after I joined the Rotary Club of Roswell, Georgia, I came across a disturbing article about the rise in suicides among middle-school-aged kids due ...

By Hashim Taqvi — When I first joined Rotary in 2014, I immersed myself in the Rotary experience. I actively participated in our district’s events and training sessions and met amazing people. Thes...