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By Cheryl M. Scott, Published in Rotary International 

Imagine a sparkling lake, surrounded by rolling hills dotted with red, white, and blue flags flapping in the gentle breeze. Picture a three-year-old boy with a miniature flag, running beside the patriotic spectacle…or a high school senior in cap and gown, smiling proudly for her picture-taking mom in front of the colorful backdrop. Now, imagine an Army veteran, dressed in a beret and fatigues, leaning on his cane for support in his slow, deliberate walk among the sea of American flags.

May 24, 2018, Published in UN News

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday that he was “deeply concerned” by the cancellation of the planned meeting between the leaders of the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly-known as North Korea. Speaking in Geneva on Thursday, where the Secretary-General unveiled his new Agenda for Disarmament, Mr. Guterres called on the two parties “to continue their dialogue to find a path to the peaceful and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

By Scott R. Martin, Published in Rotary International

As my Rotary Peace Fellowship came to a close in Bangkok, I was already planning my next steps but I had no idea how quickly the plan would unfold. I was excited to be stepping into one of the world’s largest extended families,  a family who shares weekly meals with one another in nearly every major city around the world. As a newly minted peace fellow with a background in dialogue and conflict resolution, I see it as my calling to work with fellow Rotarians to first increase our ability to communicate with each other in a robust and honest way and then to build our capacity to reach out and re-connect the communities in which we live.