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Today we celebrate 102 Years of service through our Club’s Foundation, the Rotary Foundation of Washington, DC!

This is our story…

During World War I, the D.C. Rotary Club (est. 1912) became a strong and viable organization and assumed important roles. Its members met the call to service by organizing Liberty Loan drives, helping in Red Cross work, and staging relief campaigns to benefit suffering civilian populations in war zones.

By 1922, the Club had acquired a bus and used it daily to render service to invalids, shut-ins, and underprivileged persons in the community.

This led to the idea of creating the Rotary Foundation of Washington, D.C., incorporated in the District of Columbia on July 26, 1922, as a non-profit corporation “to engage in such benevolent and charitable enterprises as the Rotary Club might undertake.”

To this day, the Foundation provides funds many projects and programs undertaken by the Club, including our annual support of more than 20 nonprofit organizations.

The D.C. Rotary Club, through its Foundation, can look back with pride on over a century of service to the community and the world. Again and again, through wars, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and intractable human needs, the club has raised money, undertaken projects, and provided countless hours in an effort to improve the human condition and sustainable development. It has fostered the bonds of friendship and fellowship throughout its history.

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Our guest speaker this week presented, Educating in The 21st Century, Charisma Howell has a nearly 20-year history with Street Law at Georgetown University Law Center, the world’s oldest high-school-to-law school pipeline program.  She served as a Georgetown Street Law clinical teaching fellow, adjunct professor, and clinic co-director and is currently a visiting professor and director of Street Law at Georgetown University. 
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Our Rotary Club has a special relationship with the Street Law clinic at Georgetown Law. Rotarian Ed O’Brien, a longtime member of our club before his passing was one of the founders.
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Professor Howell teaches the art and science of interactive, learner-centered methodologies to legal professionals and non-lawyers worldwide.  She researched the areas of education policy, accountability, assessment, and best practices. During her time away from Street Law, Professor Howell was the deputy director and legal counsel of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in the District of Columbia, Executive Office of the Mayor, where she collaborated with local juvenile and adult justice agencies to create policies at the intersections of justice and education to improve outcomes for justice-involved citizens.  Professor Howell also served as legislative counsel and general counsel for an education advocacy organization that promoted access to high-quality education for all students.
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Our Rotary Club is fortunate to have so many members with wonderful contacts such that we are able to attract a wide variety of newsworthy, sought-after speakers! The diversity of our speakers reflects the diverse interests of our members.
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Congratulations, @m_n_c_10, on the start of a great Rotary year as President of our Club’s Foundation, the Rotary Foundation of Washington, DC!

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Hoping you had a Happy 4th!

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