“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment — become the center of the universe.”
― Elie Wiesel
― Elie Wiesel
This Week's Speaker: Marmar Stewart
Human & Social Rights Activist and Author
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Marmar Stewart was born in Iran, raised in Hamburg, Germany and now lives in Atlanta. While helping Afghan refugee women and children obtain political asylum in Germany; she found that her passion was working on human rights and social issues.
Marmar's professional career is in radio and television. Upon moving to Atlanta, she worked for CNN with Bobby Batista on CNN's Talk-Back Live Show. Now she is undertaking a variety of independent projects including charity work for the local Kurdish community, especially women refugees. In 2018, she hosted a fundraising event for the Atlanta Women's Club at the Wimbish House to support the Refugee Women Network's leadership program.
In addition to her humanitarian work, she is determined to help improve the diagnosis and treatment of autism. Her children’s book We Are Special deals in particular with the issues of siblings of children with autism and with speech therapy. Based on her own experience, she believes that speech therapy can play an essential role in improving the lives of autistic children. 100% of the profits from sales of We Are Special are earmarked for support of speech therapy of children with special needs at the Coralwood School in Decatur, Georgia.
BIRTHDAYS
- Aug. 25th – Casey Robinson
- Aug. 25th – Mary Ulich
- Aug. 25th – Joe Wargo
- Aug. 27th – Erin Doiron
- Aug. 27th – Glenn Guest
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
- Matt & Savannah Amerson – 14 Years, Aug. 25th
- Chip & Dana Reid – 30 Years, Aug. 26th
- Heather & Ollie Wagner – 30 Years, Aug. 26th
- Lawrence & Jane Mulkey – 55 Years, Aug. 29th
- Lauri & Rory Young – 27 Years, Aug. 31st
BrewAble Grand Opening – September 6th, 9:00am Alpharetta Community Center
Adopt-A-Mile – September 7th, 8am Meet at Avalon Chick-fil-A
Grilling & Gridiron – September 14th, 11:30-2:30
Financial Literacy Course – September 15th, 2-4pm @ YMCA, September 18th, 6:30-8:30am APC
GRSP Weekend – November 1-3, Need host family volunteers to house students Fri. & Sat. night.
2020 District conference – Jekyll island – April 30 – May 3, 2020
Opportunities for Service -
- BrewAble Grand Opening – September 6th, 9:00am Alpharetta Community Center
- Grilling & Gridiron – September 14th, 11:30-2:30
- Financial Literacy Course – September 15th, 2-4pm @ YMCA, September 18th, 6:30-8:30am APC
- Rotary Tanzania Trip - September 25-October 7th - See Bob Koncerak for details
- GRSP Weekend – November 1-3, Need host family volunteers to house students Fri. & Sat. night.
- Fresh Market –If you’ve not participated before, the sign-up sheet is passed around each meeting. This is an easy way to serve those in need by taking breads and other items from Fresh Market to NFCC to be given to those in need. Contact Lee Doernberg.
See You Friday Morning!
Will Daniel, President 2019-2020
Rotary Club of Alpharetta
Rotary Club of Alpharetta