Welcome to the Rotary Club of Washington, DC

Rotary Club of Washington D.C. Supports ShelterBox

Help shelter families after the devastating earthquake in Morocco and Floods in Libya.

We urgently need your support. Your donation today will help people who have lost their homes.

100k Grant Awarded. The Rotary Club of Washington, DC today announced that a special Centennial Community Service Grant of $100,000 has been made to the Multicultural Career Intern Program (MCIP).
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Our Club meets every Wednesday, promptly, 12:30pm – 1:30pm at the University Club of Washington D.C. Our meetings are hybrid and available via zoom. To request an invitation to join our weekly meetings, click the button below to send us an email. Be sure to regularly visit our Club Calendar for updates.
Every Wednesday at 12:30 PM

If you are interested in learning more about our events, click the link below to our Club Calendar.  Each and every month, we host and attend numerous insightful, energetic and service-oriented events.  Come and see what we’re all about…roll up your sleeves and help us – help others.

One of the Club’s most popular ways of serving our local community is through Grate Patrol DC.  To learn more about how you can volunteer to help us feed the homeless on the evenings of every 3rd Tuesday and 3rd Friday.  Click the button below to sign up today!

Vision Statement

A world of peace, justice, equity, opportunity, and human well-being within a thriving and sustainable environment.

Mission Statement

To transform lives in the nation’s capital and throughout the world through service, friendship, networking, and fun.

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Our Rotary Club of Washington, DC’s March 13, 2024, program will be organized and produced by the first Rotaract Club our Rotary club sponsored. The Rotaract Club of Washington, D.C. was founded in May 1994–30 years and counting, and is led this Rotary year by Ahmed Eltally, President the Club and an Emerging Leader in District 7620.
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The club is a part of a global effort to bring peace and international understanding to the world.  Their effort starts at the community level but knows no limits in its outreach. Rotary International provides the administrative support that helps the Rotaract club thrive, and they’re also funded by our Club and its foundation,
the Rotary Foundation of Washington, D.C. 
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Professionally, Ahmed is an international diplomacy professional and conflict resolution practitioner who works at the intersection of business, development, security, and diplomacy. Ahmed started his career as a civil engineer designing and managing infrastructure projects, then he decided to shift his career to studying international conflict resolution. Ahmed used to design concrete bridges, and he is now designing bridges of peace and understanding.
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Ahmed is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), certified Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP), and Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), and he earned graduate degrees in Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies, Public Administration, Teaching University Students, and Nonprofit and Public management from Portland State University, where he taught classes about the Middle East policy and leading social change, led new initiatives, and received the UNST scholarship, the Presidential Award for Excellence, and the Department Award for Excellence, and some research grants to conduct research abroad.
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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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An ever vigilant Community Service Grant Committee reviewing applications!

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As we celebrate #IWD2024, we highlight our very own. In 2024, the campaign theme “Inspire Inclusion” emphasizes the importance of diversity and empowerment in all aspects of society.

The Rotary Club of Washington, DC’s current President, Lisa Cohen, is a champion for those without a voice, forgotten youth especially those in the foster system. That’s why it is no surprise that her theme this Rotary year is “Rotary’s Championship Fight for Youth!” and that the initiatives she promotes and the activities she has planned will empower local youth with dignity!

“International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Each year, this day serves as a powerful reminder of the progress made towards gender equality and highlights the work that still needs to be done.”
~InternationalWomensDay.com

Having aged out of foster care at 19, Lisa went on to serve her country as an engineer, interior communications electrician in the U.S. Navy. Her martial arts prowess, beginning at age 16, saw her excel in kung fu and karate, but it was in boxing where she truly shone. Turning professional in 1997, Lisa claimed the FBA Junior Featherweight title with a knockout victory, culminating in winning the world title championship in 2002 before retiring a year later.

Her presidential initiative, “Rotary’s Championship Fight for Youth,” epitomizes her dedication to empowering the next generation.

“With well over a century of history and change, the first International Women’s Day (IWD) was held in March 1911. IWD isn’t country, group or organization specific. It’s a day of collective global activism and celebration that belongs to all those committed to forging women’s equality.”
~InternationalWomensDay.com

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We closed the month February’s wonderful guest speakers with Terrell Danely, Senior Director of Programs at the Washington Literacy Center.
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Terrell Danely’s journey to Washington Literacy Center was fueled by his passion for people, education, and the community. A former DC junior high school teacher and retired chef/restaurateur, he has over three decades of experience working with youth and adult empowerment programs, helping the city’s most vulnerable citizens overcome perceived barriers to education and employment. Terrell’s post-hospitality experiences include the Potomac Job Corps Center, DC Central Kitchen.
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In his current role, Terrell oversees all educational programming, developing, leading, sustaining, and growing WLC’s academic and training programs, leveraging community partnerships to provide innovative curricula and programs. His vision of applying a holistic multiple-intelligences approach to youth and adult learning will position WLC as an educational frontrunner in the District of Columbia.
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A native Washingtonian, Terrell is a current Ph.D. candidate in the Urban Leadership program of the University of the District of Columbia, focusing on hope research. Additionally, he holds a Master’s degree in Adult Education, a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Mathematics Education from Penn State University, and an Associate’s degree in Culinary Arts from the prestigious
Culinary Institute of America.
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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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#DCRotaryClub #hybridmeeting
#clubmeeting #zoommeeting #newsworthy #guestspeaker #RotaryInternational #RI #RotaryDistrict7620 #CreateHopeintheWorld
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Terrell Danely Washington Literacy Center | Adult Literacy & Paths to Engagement | February 28, 2024

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RI President R. Gordon R. McInally owned and operated his own dental practice in Edinburgh until 2016. He has held various academic and professional positions, served as Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and is an ambassador for “Bipolar UK”.
A member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry in Scotland, Gordon joined Rotary in 1984 aged 26. He has served as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) and in RI has had many roles, including adviser to the 2022 Houston Convention Committee and chair of the Operations Review Committee. Gordon looks forward to working with members on building new style Rotary clubs and groups. His vision is to ensure that Rotary should exist everywhere in a style to suit everyone who has the desire to do good in the world. 

He is also a patron of “Hope and Homes for Children” and led a partnership between that organization and RIBI during his presidency to lift orphans of the Rwandan genocide out of poverty and into stability. He recalls a moment of epiphany about Rotary’s power to transform lives while in Rwanda when he met a 16-year-old girl who had previously never owned shoes. Gordon is also a patron of “Trade-Aid” for developing countries. 
 

In his free time, Gordon enjoys rugby, good food and wine, and “stick dressing”. Gordon strongly supports The Rotary Foundation, which he describes as “the fuel that provides the energy to do Rotary service.” He and his wife, Heather, also a Rotarian, are Paul Harris Fellows, Major Donors and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation. They are also members of the Bequest Society. As a proud grandfather, Gordon wishes to dedicate his presidency to making the world a better place for children everywhere to live and thrive. “No matter how long I live, I will never be able to give back to Rotary what Rotary has given me,” he says.

RI President R. Gordon R. McInally owned and operated his own dental practice in Edinburgh until 2016. He has held various academic and professional positions, served as Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and is an ambassador for “Bipolar UK”.
A member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry in Scotland, Gordon joined Rotary in 1984 aged 26. He has served as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) and in RI has had many roles, including adviser to the 2022 Houston Convention Committee and chair of the Operations Review Committee. Gordon looks forward to working with members on building new style Rotary clubs and groups. His vision is to ensure that Rotary should exist everywhere in a style to suit everyone who has the desire to do good in the world.

He is also a patron of “Hope and Homes for Children” and led a partnership between that organization and RIBI during his presidency to lift orphans of the Rwandan genocide out of poverty and into stability. He recalls a moment of epiphany about Rotary’s power to transform lives while in Rwanda when he met a 16-year-old girl who had previously never owned shoes. Gordon is also a patron of “Trade-Aid” for developing countries.


In his free time, Gordon enjoys rugby, good food and wine, and “stick dressing”. Gordon strongly supports The Rotary Foundation, which he describes as “the fuel that provides the energy to do Rotary service.” He and his wife, Heather, also a Rotarian, are Paul Harris Fellows, Major Donors and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation. They are also members of the Bequest Society. As a proud grandfather, Gordon wishes to dedicate his presidency to making the world a better place for children everywhere to live and thrive. “No matter how long I live, I will never be able to give back to Rotary what Rotary has given me,” he says.

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RI President, Gordon McInally | February 21, 2024

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Speaker Series | RI President, Gordon McInally

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