Jason Fellman, owner of J-Fell Presents and co-owner of Sterling Talent, shares insights about the impact Covid-19 has had on live music, the current state of the industry, and a forecast for what lies ahead in 2022 and beyond.
Former Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) student Anna Knill, who attended Wilsonville High School in 2016–17 and was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Wilsonville, will share her thoughts on her experience, as well as updates on her life since then. (Ms. Knill will be appearing live from Switzerland via Zoom.)
Claire Sarnowski, a 16-year-old high school senior at Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego, will discuss her activism on behalf of Holocaust education, her friendship with Holocaust survivor Alter Weiner, and her forthcoming book on the experience, published by Little, Brown.
Bill Wittich will be the presenter at one of the club’s periodic Club Assemblies, which focus on member education and training. He will discuss why people join Rotary and how the club can attract new members and energy.
Cole Merkel, deputy director of outreach and engagement at HereTogether Oregon, a local nonprofit that provides services to the homeless. He will give an update on the 2020 Metro bond to provide services for the homeless and support affordable housing in the region.
Diane Pallas will be the presenter at the August 12 meeting of the Rotary Club of Wilsonville. An accountant with 16 years of experience, she will be discussing people's relationship with money.
Financial advisor Alicia Itzaina will discuss factors to consider so that retirement income will last through your lifetime.
Three Rotarians — Jennifer Allain, Gladys Boutwell and Tabitha West — will discuss their personal and professional backgrounds in what is known within Rotary as a "classification talk." Rotary is made up of local professionals who desire to make friends and serve the community.
Former school administrator Michael C. Johnson will give a presentation on the inadequacies of our current system of public education. He is concerned that our current instructional approaches and curriculum expectations are vestiges of the past, rather than directions that will adequately prepare students for their futures.
Simon Fulford, executive director of Parrott Creek Child & Family Services, will discuss some of the hidden impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable children and families, what this means for how our communities recover and what the nonprofit community are doing in response.
