Creating Prosperity for Female Micro-entrepreneurs in Guatemala: Before and Throughout COVID-19
Meeting for the week of December 28 2020 - January 01, 2021
This Meeting at a Glance:
Program: Creating Prosperity for Female Micro-entrepreneurs in Guatemala: Before and Throughout COVID-19s
Speaker: Desiree Lyons
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Welcome to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley!
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Guests, we are happy to have you join us this week!
As we see it, our flexibility as an online, asynchronous club allows a special type of service to Rotarians around the world: we make it easier for anyone to strive for and maintain 100% attendance. That keeps you engaged with Rotary's events and ideas, and provides a moment of inspiration for devoting your creativity, talents, and resources to good causes.
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The Four Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships.
Of the things we think, say or do
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Weekly Funny with Shags.
We believe laughter is an important part of life, and we should all make time to laugh a little. This segment of our meeting is meant to tickle you just enough. These funnies are curated by member Steven "Shags" Shagrin !
For the New Year, one slightly edgy, but from another Rotary website!
A couple made a commitment that whoever died first would come back and inform the other if there is sex after death.
Their biggest fear was that there was no after life at all.
After a long life together,the husband was the first to die. True to his word, he made the first contact:
" Marion ....Marion "
"Is that you, Bob?"
"Yes, I've come back like we agreed."
"That's wonderful! What's it like?"
"Well, I get up in the morning, I have sex. I have breakfast and then it's off to the golf course. I have sex again, bathe in the warm sun and then have sex a couple of more times. Then I have lunch (you'd be proud - lots of greens). Another romp around the golf course, then pretty much have sex the rest of the afternoon. After supper, it's back to golf course again. Then it's more sex until late at night. I catch some much needed sleep and then the next day it starts all over again"
"Oh, Bob! Are you in Heaven?"
"No dear -- I'm a rabbit in Victor Harbor!"
Weekly Inspiration
Every week we start our meetings with a short video highlighting innovation, inspiration, entrepreneurship, or social change.
It strikes me as a good way to finish off 2020 and welcome 2021 by sharing a poem. This video is a collaboration between an English poet David Whyte, the filmmaker Andrew Hinton, and the Irish musician Owen Ó Súilleabháin. May your 2021 be filled with blessings!
World of Rotary
Every week we will focus on a particular story that tells of our organization and the work of Rotarians in the world.
ShelterBox and Rotary clubs have continued to support families throughout the global pandemic. Despite the new challenges, they been able to support 200,000 people around the world this year with emergency shelter and aid.
Through a Rotarian's Lens
Sometimes a photo can capture an amazing moment. In this section Member Keith Marsh shares his incredible photography!
If you'd like to submit a photo for this section please contact Keith.
Fifteen years ago on December 31, 2005, the second 100 flood in less than 25 years hit my home town of San Anselmo in Marin County, CA. As the rain subsided, I grabbed my camera and fishing waders to document the flooding on our main business street. This photo shows the depth and rage of the flood waters that damaged nearly every business in town. A prior flood in 1982 did extensive damage to my property that borders the creek.
Learn Something New
This section is curated by members Shags Shagrin and aims to teach our members and guests something new, fun and useful! If you have any ideas on a fun trick or skill you'd like to share please contact Shags.
My Favorite of the Marx Brothers -- Chico!
No, not pronounced as the city to our north -- "Cheek-oh", but rather "Chick-oh" -- because he was a chaser of the ladies!! The link below is a great demonstration of his piano keyboard skills. I present to you Leonard "Chico" and brother Adoph "Harpo" Marx sharing some piano antics! This is just under 3 minutes of musical whimsy and mayhem, and try to follow Chico's fingers as they dance across the keys as they both play Mama Yo Quiero -- a bit differently, for sure! Enjoy!!
Learn more about the oldest Marx brother at these two sites:
https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/pittsburgh-music-story/pop/chico-marx and
https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/chico-marx-wisecracking-pianist/
And a 10-song compilation (including the one here) can be viewed here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5MCn2juMS0
Service Report
Tell us about service you’ve done recently in your community.
Click here to fill out The Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley Service Survey
On the first meeting of every month, we feature service reports from club members for the previous month. Thanks for your service everyone!
Week of Dec 27th - Donate an animal shelter kit to your local animal shelter
Bay Area:
SVACA
Humane Society Silicon Valley
Berkeley Humane Society
North Bay Animal Services
Animal shelter kit: dry and can food, treats, toys, newspaper, towels, blankets
Don’t forget to take a selfie or a screenshot and post it to the #52-ways-to-be-a-more-engaged-rotarian channel!
https://app.slack.com/client/TNH7VRC0M/C01CQ53AE95
Club Announcements
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Service Project Information
Club members, if you are participating or have previously participated in a service project as part of our club, could you please complete the following form:
https://forms.gle/jxfpHHiKBv7P5YXy5
New Members Introduction
Our Events & Projects
We hold our meetings online, but we do regular service projects and social events in the Silicon Valley! This section is updated every week with our upcoming events. We welcome guests to all of the events and service projects listed here.
Past Events:
Upcoming Events:
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More events coming soon! All events are open to guests, unless otherwise mentioned. Feel free to join us! If you ever have questions, please email inquiries@siliconvalleyrotary.com
Happy Dollars: Do Good by Sharing Something Good
Each week we ask our members to share stories with the club and toss in a few dollars to support our efforts. The primary goal of this section is to provide a fun way of getting to know each fellow members and guests, while giving back to a good cause.
Happy dollars is an opportunity to share something positive that has happened in your life whether it is personal or business. Think of it as your opportunity to brag a little, but also put a little bit into a karma jar. The money donated through happy dollars is put to charitable use, and the message that you leave for happy dollars will be posted in our online meeting the following week for the entire week for folks to see! (Pending that it’s appropriate!)
Here are the happy dollars contributions from last week!
This section is usually updated on the early hours of Saturday, so contributions made over the weekend may not be listed here.
Catherine A made a Other Amount donation.
To meet the 2020 end-of-year Rotary Social Media Challenge ($1 per online account and per posted selfie), I am donating $104 to The Rotary Foundation!
Rory Olsen made a $20 donation.
On Monday our household collection of electric gadgets went on and off. We think it was the modem, but who knows? It just did it a few seconds ago. Anyway I have been married for 48 years as of today.
Selected Comments
Every week at the bottom of our meetings, there is a comments section for members and guests to tell us what they enjoyed about the meeting or to ask questions to the speaker. We select a few comments every week from last week’s meeting to be featured during this week’s meeting.
Here are the comments selected from last week’s meeting.
Cecelia said:
Thank you, Jaideep for all your efforts to bring electricity and connectivity to remote, underserved areas and for responding promptly to my e-mail, asking whether your organization will consider working in Ethiopia/east Africa, once the Covid-19 pandemic is behind us (will that day ever come?). I really like your model and am trying to figure out whether/out a tourism model would work in my community in Soda, Ethiopia.
To Tatiana, Gabi and our great fundraising team, thanks for getting our Soda fundraiser onto the site - y ou are the best! I have made my contribution and am about to post it in my social media pages. Looking forward to the results!
Great content from everyone - Shags, Ferheen and the artical about Xavier Ramey - all great stuff! A shout-out to Angelica and Sandy for a really fun Zoom party with our sister e-club in Hawaii! Happy Holidays, everyone!
Gabriella L said:
This is an amazing presentation! As many have mentioned, I’m so impressed with the creativity and empowerment coming from all parts of the world. It’s inspiring to see the tourism part and it’s definitely something that I would be interested in doing too!
Excited for our initial fundraiser! Please share and give feedback! Thanks all!!
Armand said:
Thanks Jaideep for this amazing presentation. This is very innovative and should be replicated in other parts of the world.
Be sure to leave a comment at the end of this week’s meeting after you watch the program below, and perhaps you’ll see your comment featured next week!
Program: Creating Prosperity for Female Micro-entrepreneurs in Guatemala: Before and Throughout COVID-19
Speaker: Desiree Lyons
Every week we bring to you a new program on innovation, entrepreneurship, and education, and how those contribute to service to others.
The Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley seeks to explore perspectives on service from across the world. The views of the speakers in our programs are their own, and unless stated otherwise, are not necessarily reflective of the views of our eClub nor Rotary International.
If you have an idea for a cool speaker, please feel free to reach out to them directly or submit THIS FORM so our Program Committee can contact them!
Namaste Direct is a nonprofit organization that is laser-focused on economically empowering poor Guatemalan women who run small businesses to lift themselves out of poverty. This presentation will provide an overview of Namaste's high-impact economic development model, and discuss how their partnership with Rotary has equipped their clients with the skills and resources to grow sustainable, profitable businesses. The presentation will also provide an overview of the impacts COVID-19 has had in Guatemala, and explain the targeted interventions Namaste has developed to provide a safety net for these women as they navigate unprecedented economic hardship.
Desiree Lyons is the Director of Development at Namaste Direct. She has dedicated her career to designing strategic partnerships between Fortune 500 companies, foundations, and NGOs to move the needle on pressing social causes. Desiree holds a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from San Francisco State University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology from UCSB. After many stints traveling and working in Central America (and working with her beloved Guatemalan tutor), Desiree proudly speaks rudimentary Spanish! She is passionate about women’s empowerment, and inspired by the enterprising women in Namaste’s program who work tirelessly to create better lives for themselves and their families.
Members and guests, please welcome Desiree Lyons!
Learn more at:
www.namastedirect.org
Upcoming Program Recording Schedule
All of our guest speakers and programs are recorded live online over Zoom video conference. We welcome members and guests to join us in one of these upcoming recordings. Recordings are approximately 30 minutes long and are subject to change without notice.
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