Noting that 103 of the 539 incoming governors are women, Riseley said they are the type of women we need in Rotary, “leaders who will help Rotary connect with, and represent, and better serve, all of the members of all our communities.” We need to make it a priority now,” he said. “Three decades is far too long to wait to achieve a Rotary that reflects the world in which we live. We know that we can do more together than we could ever hope to do alone. At that rate, Riseley said, it will take another three decades for Rotary to achieve gender parity. Only 22 percent of Rotary’s members are women, up from 13 percent 10 years ago. In his address to the 2017-18 class of district governors, Riseley also urged clubs to improve their gender balance and lower the average age of their members. “I believe the greater result will be a Rotary that recognizes our responsibility not only to the people on our planet, but to the planet itself.” Securing Rotary’s future “It is my hope that the result of that effort will be far greater than the environmental benefit that those 1.2 million new trees will bring,” Riseley said. Trees remove carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the air, which slows global warming. The president-elect challenged every Rotary club to make a difference by planting a tree for each of its members between the start of the Rotary year on 1 July and Earth Day on 22 April 2018. It is, and must be, everyone’s concern,” he said. “The time is long past when environmental sustainability can be dismissed as not Rotary’s concern. News & Features (down arrow opens sub-menu)>įollow the assembly on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter using #rotary17 Our Programs (down arrow opens sub-menu)> Get Involved (down arrow opens sub-menu)> Search SubmitĪbout Rotary (down arrow opens sub-menu)>
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