Virtual Online Meeting-Annual Change of Command
2020-07-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
We will welcome 2020-2021 President, Chris Sichel, the club’s 111th president.
Please join us online as our newest leader is sworn in and shares his vision for this new Rotary year. :

Virtual Online Meeting-Dan Shea & Peter Seidler
2020-07-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Guest speakers Dan Shea and Peter Seidler join us to give an update on San Diego’s current homeless situation.

Membership Committee
2019-06-20 13:30 - 14:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States

Virtual Online Meeting-Shelley Zimmerman
2020-07-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
“Public safety is a shared responsibility.”
“It was an honor and privilege to be a San Diego police officer for thirty-five years, retiring as the Chief of Police. As police officers we are held to a higher standard and we should be. I believe this is the most challenging time to be a police officer. I also believe with every challenge comes an opportunity for improvement. In my remarks, I will comment on these topics; San Diego PD was an early adopter of body worn cameras – how has this technology evolved, how has social media changed the landscape of policing, and what is meant by “defunding the police”.” Shelley Zimmerman

Virtual Online Meeting-Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D.
2020-07-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. was elected in November of 2012 to represent California’s 79th Assembly District, which includes the cities of Bonita, Chula Vista, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, National City and San Diego.
She has lived in the 79th Assembly District for over 30 years. She was a faculty member and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at San Diego State University for over four decades. Deeply committed to education, she served for eight years as school board member and president at San Diego City Schools. As an Assemblymember, Weber has translated her commitment to education and social justice into her ambitious legislative agenda, including bills on K-12 education reform, civil rights, public safety, food insecurity, protections for person with disabilities, and voting rights. In August 2019, Weber introduced and passed a historical piece of legislation, AB 392, known as the California Act to Save Lives, which determines when police could use deadly force. This law sets the highest standards in the nation for California. It will be on November’s ballot to repeal the 1996 BAN on Affirmative Action.
Weber will speak about police reform, economic inequality and racism.

Monthly Club Board meeting
2020-01-31 07:30 - 09:00 | Club 33 Conference Room, 2247 San Diego Ave, Suite 233, San Diego, CA, 92110, United States

Virtual Online Meeting - Heiwa: Rotary Hiroshima Survivor Trees - Planting for Peace
2020-08-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Guest speaker: Steve Yoshida, Rotarian and US Coordinator for Heiwa
Heiwa (Japanese for “Peace”)
Rotary Hiroshima Survivor Trees (Heiwa) is a coalition of Rotary clubs in Japan and the US that distribute survivor seeds and plants from Hiroshima with the message of peace, hope, and survivability. Members include a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and a Hiroshima bomb survivors.
Heiwa grew from the vision of its parent, Green Legacy Hiroshima (GLH), working under its guidance. Now Heiwa harvests survivor seeds and grows plants in its own greenhouses in Hawaii and California to spread through Rotary clubs all over the world.
The seedlings are from trees that survived the nuclear attack that killed 140,000 people and devastated the city of Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 8, 1945. In the aftermath, experts predicted the city’s soil would remain too toxic to give life to anything for the next 75 years. To their pleasant surprise, after several months, in the spring of 1946, people started to see new buds springing out from the seemingly burnt trees. That gave them hope that they too could live, and [the trees] became a symbol of hope and peace, to tell people how horrible the bombing was, to promote peace, and help propagate and distribute survivor trees.
Heiwa is organizing a Hiroshima Peace Conference in 2020 to celebrate peace on the 75th anniversary of the one and only use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Virtual Online Meeting - Donna DeBerry, President & CEO-Central SD Black Chamber of Commerce
2020-08-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Donna DeBerry brings a wealth of skills and experience in global diversity and inclusion, and has been described as a trailblazer, a pioneer, and the “Go-To-Person” in diversity branding. She is an award-winning marketing strategist and author, as well as a sought after renowned speaker that focuses on global diversity, branding and marketing.
Donna is currently the CEO at the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce. She is formerly the Director of Inclusion at Indeed, and led various diversity initiatives at Starbucks Corporation. She served as the Executive Vice President of Global Diversity & Assistant to the Chairman of the Board and as Vice President of Global Diversity for Nike. She has worked with the Oprah Winfrey Show, NBA, NFL, Jerry Colangelo and on many other high-profile projects.
DeBerry’s success has been featured in Fortune, Time, Money, Newsweek, Essence, Black Enterprise, and Diversity Inc. and a wide range of other media venues. She has received awards for her outstanding production of the documentary “Walking the Waking Journey”.

Virtual Online Meeting - Scott Lewis, CEO/Editor in Chief - Voice of San Diego
2020-08-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Pick Your Future
We are facing a public health, economic, and trust crisis and in coming months, San Diego will face major decisions about the future of public education and the direction of several different government agencies.
Scott will review major political choices that are upcoming and how, underneath all this, a severely troubled news media infrastructure is trying to reinvent itself to provide the vital service we took for granted for so many decades.

Virtual Online Meeting-Ana Morino-Avionics Systems Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Mars 2020 Mission
2020-08-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Ana Morino chose to study Aerospace Engineering when she was 16 years old, after attending RYLA, the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (a leadership program coordinated by Rotary Clubs around the globe). In 2017, she graduated from San Diego State University with a BS in Aerospace Engineering and a minor in Business Management. While attending SDSU, she joined Rotaract and also attended San Diego Rotary’s Camp Enterprise. Through Rotaract, she met her mentors, San Diego Rotary members Bink Cook and Doug Arbon. Bink and Doug supported Ana as she interned at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory working on the Mars 2020 Mission (Mars Perseverance Rover). She was offered a full-time position with JPL as an Avionics Systems Engineer upon her graduation .
Ana will share how Rotary helped her achieve her dream of working for NASA. She will give us an overview of the Mars 2020 Mission and what it takes, through personal experiences, to send a rover to Mars.

Virtual Online Meeting-In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote
2020-09-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Personal reflections on the evolution how far we’ve come in 100 years
Deborah Szekely, honored by San Diego Rotary as Mrs. San Diego in 2002, was born a mere two years after women in America secured the right to vote through the passage of the 19th Amendment. Through the lens of her life experience; as a woman, a successful entrepreneur, an influential civic leader, an important force in Latin American affairs during the George H.W. Bush administration, a sought after speaker and writer, a wife, mother, and grandmother, Deborah will share her views in conversation with Mary Walshok, PhD, one of the early women members of the Rotary Club and currently Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Programs and Dean of University Extension, UC San Diego.

Geoffrey Woglom - Coronavirus Economics
2020-09-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Geoffrey Woglom is Professor of Economics emeritus at Amherst College where he taught for over 40 years. During his career, he has been a consultant at the Federal Reserve Board and the International Monetary fund and held visiting positions at Harvard, Cambridge, LSE and Nanjing universities.
Geoff will review how monetary and fiscal policy have affected the economy during the pandemic and the data economists use to assess these effects. He will also describe the different labor market statistics that economists use to gauge the recovery, and explain the major risks that could stall recovery.

Dr. Brian Jaski-New Horizons in Heart Transplants
2020-09-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
On October 11, 1985, Cardiac Surgeons Aidan Raney, Douglas Zusman and Pat Daily, and Cardiologists Sidney Smith and Brian Jaski undertook the first heart transplant in San Diego County at Sharp Memorial Hospital. This year marks the 35th anniversary of this historic community event.
Dr. Brian Jaski, who is the Medical Director for Advanced Heart Failure at Sharp Memorial Hospital, will join us and talk about the amazing progress we have made in organ transplants since then and what is on the near horizon. Personal strategies for prevention of heart failure will also be presented.

Tom Turner, Vice President-CBRE
2020-09-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Tom Turner, Vice President of CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, will join us to talk about “Emerging Trends in Commercial Real Estate: The Good, The Bad and the Uncertain.” Tom will examine key trends evolving though the COVID era across various real estate product types and note key developments to look for going forward.
Tom is a licensed real estate broker and specializes in helping law firms, technology, biotech and healthcare companies and a wide variety of real estate users negotiate advantageous space transactions. Prior to CBRE, Tom was an award winning commercial real estate attorney at Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch.

It's A Virtual Happy Hour!
2020-09-25 16:30 - 17:30 | CA
Join us online on Friday, September 25 at 4:30pm
Bring along a guest and your favorite beverage. Stay for a few minutes or stay for the hour. We’d love to see you!
Click here to join us on Zoom

Building Change and Peace: Standing in the Gap & Just and Moral Governance
2020-10-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
San Diego Rotary’s Peace Prize will be awarded during the October 1 meeting and this year’s award focuses on social justice in matters relating to race and equity. The annual peace award is designed to honor achievements that promote awareness and actions aligned with Rotary’s Mission Statement: to help build goodwill and peace in the world.
The Peace Committee has selected two organizations to be awarded for their significant contributions toward building peace in 2020:
Standing in the Gap is a grassroots organization that brings together retired black law enforcement, the SD County Association of Police Chiefs and Sheriffs and black community and religious leaders to address systematic racism and report on activities that promote peaceful engagement and meaningful change that support racial justice. Representing Standing in the Gap is Chula Vista Chief of Police Roxana Kennedy and Reverend Bryon Barmer, Sr.
Attorney and community advocate Genevieve Jones-Wright serves as the founding Executive Director of Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance (MoGo), an impact litigation organization in San Diego County whose mission is to hold the government accountable to all people, especially those who have been marginalized by society. MoGo’s sole purpose is to achieve racial and social justice.
Join us for this enlightening conversation with our awardees who will have an opportunity to share their work and how San Diego is finding ways to lead positive change during this pivotal year. It will be a program not to miss!

Virtual Prospective Member Reception
2020-10-08 11:15 - 11:55 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Recruiting new members has always been a key strength of our club. The Membership Committee, combined with many of your efforts during the Pandemic, continues to find ways to recruit, recommend and submit new candidates for membership. So we are excited to announce that on Thursday, October 8, at 11:15 am -11:55 am we will be hosting our very first virtual Prospective Membership Reception via Zoom (this will take the place of our usual Lobby Chat that day).
Please invite a prospective member (or two) to attend this special event with you so they could learn more about Rotary and our club. Guests will hear first-hand testimonials from members on what Rotary means to them and how we as Rotarians serve our community.
Then encourage your guests to join us for our 12:00 noon program that day, which will be our Mayoral Candidate Forum with Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria.
Please register your guest in advance for the Reception here https://sandiegorotary.wufoo.com/forms/wmgv90z1peeuif/
Guests will be emailed the Zoom link before Oct. 8.

Mayoral Candidate Forum: Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria
2020-10-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
With the election just weeks away, San Diego Mayoral Candidates Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria join us in an interactive dialog to talk about their stance on the city’s most important issues.
MEMBERS: IF YOU WILL HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES, PLEASE SUBMIT IT IN ADVANCE OF OCT. 8 TO PAUL AT paul@rotary33.org. THANK YOU.
VIRTUAL PROSPECTIVE MEMBER RECEPTION
Do you know someone who is interested in learning more about Rotary? We are excited to announce that we will be hosting our very first virtual Prospective Membership Reception via Zoom (this will take the place of our usual Lobby Chat) today before our Mayoral Candidate Forum.
Please invite a prospective member (or two) to attend this special event with you beginning at 11:15 so they could learn more about Rotary and our club. Guests will hear first-hand testimonials from members on what Rotary means to them and how we as Rotarians serve our community. Then encourage your guests to join us for our 12:00 Forum.
Please register your guest in advance for the Reception here https://sandiegorotary.wufoo.com/forms/wmgv90z1peeuif/
Guests will be emailed the Reception Zoom link before Oct. 8.

Steph Johnson-Executive Director/Creative Director, Voices of Our City Choir
2020-10-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
President Chris’ initiative for 2020-2021 is to build awareness and action around homelessness in San Diego. This makes the program on October 15 one he is excited to share with the club: Musician/Jazz vocalist Steph Johnson, is the Executive and Creative Director and Co-Founder of Voices of Our City Choir, the “Golden Buzzer” semi-finalists on America’s Got Talent Season 15.
Steph and her team are changing lives of our unsheltered neighbors through music. She noticed the suffering and began outreach that brought food, clothing, blankets and friendship to people experiencing homelessness. Inspiration came from doing outreach and discovering that many people living on the streets were artists and musicians with no outlet, and so began Voices of Our City Choir. Steph was named the 2020 Woman of the Year by San Diego Assemblymember Todd Gloria and is a gifted musician with a heart of gold.
In this illuminating program you will learn more about how Steph sees the challenges and lessons from those living on the streets, as well as some success stories (over 60 people are now in reliable housing and rebuilding their lives with dignity and a sense of home again.) Plus, you will glean what it was like to win the Golden Buzzer this spring and some behind the scenes stories from the AGT experience.
Don’t miss this special program, filled with hope and heart–it’ll change the way you look at homelessness.

Chief Colin Stowell-San Diego Fire-Rescue Department
2020-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Chief Colin Stowell is the 18th fire chief of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD). Chief Stowell was hired by SDFD in 1988 and has served in every rank in the department.
Chief Stowell will talk about the impact of the devastating wildfires in our community and on the fire-rescue department, the strategy behind fighting these fires, and what we can do to protect our property.

Bill Toone, Founder- ECOLIFE Conservation/Monarch Butterflies
2020-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
Rotary Clubs all over the U.S. have begun a project to restore habitat for the beautiful, but threatened Monarch butterflies (Operation Pollination). As you may know, the butterflies have an extraordinary migration pattern. They fly from Mexico to Canada and back. No single butterfly can do it. It takes FOUR generations! Their population is declining because habitat and food sources are being destroyed.
Bill Toone, a world-renowned conservation biologist and a spokesperson for endangered species, will join us and give us a look into the world of the Monarch butterfly. We will learn about their extraordinary migration, their lifecycle, threats, and programs helping their recovery.
Bill has worked around the globe, experiencing the world’s natural wonders as well as its misunderstood cultures. From the foothills of California where he pioneered the early years of the California condor recovery program to the remote forests of Madagascar where Bill had his life forever changed, he has collected unusual stories of wildlife and the people who depend on them. Bill specialized in rain forest transects and remote field conservation programs for the Zoological Society of San Diego.
He co-founded ECOLIFE Conservation in 2003. ECOLIFE approaches conservation holistically, addressing the biggest threats to life on earth. They focus on providing simple solutions to the leading causes of wildlife extinctions and human deaths.

Annual Salute to Military - RDML Bette Bolivar
2020-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
In honor of Veterans Day and as part of our club’s Annual Salute to the Armed Forces, RDML Bette Bolivar will be joining us as our guest speaker.
As a special operations officer (Explosive Ordinance Disposal / Diving and Salvage Community), RDML Bolivar has served our Nation in some of the most challenging environments in the world during her long career with the U.S Navy. She now has the responsibility of keeping the critical Navy installations in San Diego operating in support of the Navy Fleet, fighters and families homeported here and throughout the Southwest region.

Mara Elliott, San Diego City Attorney
2020-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott will discuss how her office combats domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking through comprehensive services. These services are increasingly important during the pandemic when many victims are sheltering at home with their abusers. The San Diego Family Justice Center offers a safe space for victims to rebuild their lives. Through a collaborative model, the needs of victims are met, violence is stopped, families heal, and hope is realized. Yvette Lopez-Cooper, Executive Director of the San Diego Family Justice, will join the City Attorney for this presentation. City Attorney Elliott looks forward to sharing more with you about this important work.

Annual Mr./Ms./Mrs. San Diego Program
2020-11-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Online Meeting Via Zoom
The Mr./Mrs./Ms. San Diego award has been in existence since 1952. Since 1976, the San Diego Rotary Club has been in charge of selecting the honoree (or honorees) each year that has contributed outstanding community betterment to our city in various ways. Past recipients include Father Joe Carroll, Steve Cushman, Tom Hom, Betty Peabody, Leon Williams, the late Lucy Killea, Patti Roscoe and Michael Brunker.
Please join us on November 19 to celebrate and honor the contributions and achievements of this year’s honoree, Dr. Fred A. Frye.
Fred has been a member of San Diego Rotary since 1982, he served as club president in 1990-91, and was the first recipient of our club’s Dr. James MacLaggan Award in 1991 for his humanitarian service benefitting children. His career as a pediatrician spanned 3 decades and he dedicated many years to voluntary service in the San Diego community including serving as President of the San Diego Medical Society, as Commodore of the San Diego Yacht Club when the America’s Cup race came to San Diego, having served for many years on the San Diego Zoological Society (including as Chairman), and he served on the Board of the Fleet Science Center, the Maritime Museum and the San Diego Historical Society.
Thank you to Diane Bell, U-T Columnist and SD Rotary member, for the wonderful article on Fred and the Mr./Mrs./Ms. San Diego award. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/columnists/story/2020-10-12/local-physician-to-get-2020-mr-san-diego-title
