Atrocity’s Archives: The Remnants of Transitional Justice in Rwanda
Tonights speaker was Julia Viebach, who currently has an exhibition at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford on the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.
Guest speakers : Rotary Scholars Gideon Laux and Chris Chew
Our guests tonight are two of Rotary’s scholars, Gideon Laux, from Germany, and Chris Chew, from Australia. Gideon is working on a project to provide access to energy in India and Chris is specialising in infectious diseases.
Anne Bajorek: Guest Speaker from YoungDementia UK
The Rotary Club of Oxford Spires recently hosted a Musical Memories fundraising event in aid of YoungDementia UK. To help explain to club members what YoungDementia UK does as a charity, as well to give thanks to the club for their fundraising efforts, Anne Bajorek came to our club to give a presentation.
Saeed Ahmed Rid, a Rotary Peace Fellow from California
In today’s club meeting our guest speaker was Saeed Ahmed Rid, who wanted to talk to us about his academic research and the book he wrote called “India Pakistan Peace Process – A Strategy for Removing the Deadlock“.
Joanna, Europa Nostra (EN) and Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust (OHCT)
Joanna has always been interested in both tangable and non-tangable heritage, how people interact with these and perserving them. She is on the safety council of the EN (for Social and Economics), and local fundraising for OHCT. Both charities were set up to work with upper levels of society, but are changing to professionalise and […]
Just Because I Can. Naomi Riches’ rowing challenge shows that anything is possible
On Tuesday members of Rotary Oxford Spires were given a taste of athletic inspiration as Paralympian Naomi Riches MBE shared her experience of rowing down the length of the River Thames.