Events

Where: This event will be held at the Academy of Art Automobile Museum, 1849 Washington Street (corner of Washington Street and Van Ness Avenue). Follow signs to enter on the Van Ness Avenue side. 

International Women's Day is celebrated each year on March 8 to recognize women’s achievements, to raise awareness, and to reflect on gender equality worldwide. The celebration of this day began in New York City on March 8, 1857, by textile workers who called for shorter workdays and improved wages. In 1975, the United Nations General Assembly began celebrating March 8 as International Women’s Day, and it has since become a movement to honor women across the globe.

As March 8, 2023 approaches, we cordially invite you to join us in this in-person celebration at the Auto Museum of the Academy of Art University, which is home to over 200 classic cars and one of the best museums in the Bay Area. This is a wonderful opportunity to network, to hear women's inspiring and thought-provoking stories firsthand, to participate in assembling comfort care kits for local women in need, and to discover ways to empower each other worldwide. Everyone is welcome to attend either the VIP Reception (beginning at 3:30 PM) or the General Reception (beginning at 4 PM).

The PROGRAM will be held from 5 PM to 6 PM:

• Welcome from Emcees: Johwell Saint-Cillien of the Rotary Club for Global Action Member and Past Rotary District 5150 Governor Mary Bates of the Rotary Club of Foster City 
• Welcome Address: Dr. Elisa Stephens, President, Academy of Art University and Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of San Francisco 
• Presenters:

Dr. Sylvia Whitlock,
Police Chief Tracy Avelar,
Firefighter Bella DeRuva, and
Rotary District 5150 Interact Youth Leaders, as they “look to the future”.

In Person meeting at The Chinatown Restaurant, 744 Washington Street.  SF

Park at 732 Washinngton for $5.Tell them you are attending the Rotary Club meeting at the Chinatown Restaurant.

Andrew Carmona is an international development practitioner currently working at Social Impact, a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) management consulting firm in the Washington, DC area. In his current role, he manages a portfolio of impact and performance evaluations of international aid projects across Latin America, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Andrew has a passion for M&E, data visualization, information, communication, and technology for development (ICT4D), as well as innovative project design. He has over 11 years of experience working in health, WASH, agriculture, education, and governance projects. 

Andrew visited Rabinal in March 2007 alongside Michael Bakal on their first trip to the community with the American Jewish World Service. Over the years, Andrew and Michael have kept in touch and in 2016, Andrew officially joined the Voces y Manos board as the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation. Andrew holds a Master of Public Administration in Development Practice from Columbia University and a B.A. in International Studies from UC San Diego. Originally from Los Angeles, he speaks Spanish and French fluently.

Voces y Manos believes that education is a powerful means of achieving sustainable development, health, and self-determination for indigenous communities.

Come to Redwood High School for our District Assembly and cheer on President Elect Jennifer and attend some exciting classes

Redwood High School

395 Doherty Drive
Larkspur, CA 94939
United States of America

You are invited to join us for Rotary District 5150's Learning and Leadership Development District Assembly!

In person meeting at The Chinatown Restaurant, 744 Washington Street. SF
Lunch is $35

She will bring a keynote skiff show on her life work, a couture piece and an original Chinese water color painting. 

Colleen Quen, Couturier

Born and lives in San Francisco, California, 1962.   Fourth generation Chinese American.  

My charming Atelier is privately tucked away on one of the highest San Francisco hills called Telegraph by Coit Tower.   

My three decades of work in Couture fashion and art in my community as well as internationally,  are inspired by my global cultural influences from my Eastern Spiritual heritage, my American upbringing and French couture education which lead to my International Museum commissions, Ballet costumes and Private Clientele which are exhibited and worn all around the world.  Integrating my cultural experiences and life dedication to Couture and art it internally speaks to me with such pure clarity and intention. I am an optimistic poet, romantic sculptor expressing and creating each art piece with my heart and hands through the characteristics of fabric and the human spirit.   To be a creative vessel, educator and communicator for our planet through our Fashion Design.   My life mission in my work, is to always bring forth a Universal message with honor to French Couture and the message of pure Beauty, Elegance and Style. 

http://www.colleenquencouture.com/

https://www.facebook.com/colleenquen13/

Betty Ann Ong Rec Center

1199 Mason Street

Jim Carriere joined Rotary International in 2004, and is a Past President of the San Rafael Harbor Rotary Club. He has served Rotary District 5150 as the ShelterBox Chair, Area Membership Chair, Assistant Governor, District Administrator, and on the Grants Stewardship Committee. Jim is a Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation and a seventeen-year member of the Paul Harris Society.

Jim learned of the ShelterBox program in 2007 at the Rotary International Convention in Salt Lake City. He immediately agreed to become an ambassador and has done presentations to Rotary Clubs and other groups throughout the Western United States. Jim was elected to the ShelterBox USA Board of Directors in 2010, serving as the organization’s Chairman in 2017 and 2018. Though his Board service has come to an end, Jim continues to serve on the SBUSA Finance and Audit Committee.

Raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jim is a graduate of Louisiana State University. Professionally he is a Senior Vice President with First Federal Savings of San Rafael, overseeing Operations, Information Technology, Compliance and Retail Banking. Jim and his wife Nancy live Oakland, CA since 1985. Their son Joseph is in his third year of veterinary school at UC Davis.  

Come volunteer with our members and RefuseRefuseSF for a clean up.  Probably at Ocean Beach 

10:00am - 12:00 noon

Save the date.  Register now at www.rotary5150.org

Our Rotary District Conference will be in Monterey at the Hyatt Regency.

Thursday Optonal:  Golf and Rotary Foundation Dinner

Friday:  Begins at 1:00Pm

more to follow

Volunteer for helping kids at Edwin and Anita Lee Newcomers School with our mobile art cart.  Mother's Day Cards and more

Time to be anounced

Christopher Pollock, the Historian for the Golden Gate Park

He will be sharing stories from his book

Rotary Day of Service in San Francisco will meet in Golden Gate Park at the Bison Paddock / off of JFK Drive

9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

more info to follow

See you live and in perosn on June 7!

In person meeting at The Chinatown Restaurant

Sherlyn Chew was born in Oakland, California and grew up steeped in traditional Chinese music. Her father, Poon L. Chew, a music history professor and a musician, began training her in music since she was three. She studied the pipa and guzhen under her father, as well as other musicians from Hong Kong and Taiwan who immigrated to the United States. She also began studying Beijing Opera at age 14. After graduating from University of California, Berkeley with a double major in social science and languages, Chew went to Taiwan to further her music studies and to perform. After her debut concerts in Asia and Southeast Asia, Chew returned to the United States and did her graduate work at UC Berkeley in Curriculum & Instruction with emphasis on Music Instruction and bilingual education. Soon afterwards, she began teaching third grade at Lincoln Elementary School and Chinese Music at Laney College.

Chew received numerous honors for her teaching, including the Oakland Business Council’s Arts advocate Award(1994) and Mason McDuffy Excellence in Teaching Award(1995). She was chosen by the Marcus A Foster Institute as one of two Distinguished Educators in Oakland. Chew performed in 1995 in Europe for the opening of the International Peace University. The concert marked the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War II. Also in 1995, soon after acquiring her first Chinese instruments, Chew became a full-time music teacher at Lincoln Elementary School and started the Purple Bamboo Orchestra & Chorus. She also started the Great Wall Youth Orchestra and Chorus at Laney College.

In 2005, Chew expanded the music program at Lincoln Elementary School to the International Community School. In the summer of 2006, Chew retired from Lincoln Elementary and International Community School to teach music full-time at Laney College. Victor Siu is her successor teacher at these elementary schools. Chew’s orchestras and choruses have performed in many local venues, including schools, art openings, state fairs, churches and professional sports events. They have performed with the Oakland East Bay Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony. They have been featured on the Wall Street Journal, KQED’s SPARK! Program, CNN, CBS Sunday Morning, ABC Good Morning America, San Francisco Chronicle and Oakland Tribune.

in Petaluma

listen to President Jennifer's goals and plans for our club in 2023-2024

Chief Dave Murphy will discuss what the SF Rec and Park Rangers do and current issues.

The board meeting wiil be held after the regular club meeting

open to all Freshman, Sophomores, and Junior high school students in San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo counties.  Rotary Leadrship at Camp Redwood Glenn, Scotts Valley, all expenses paid

for more info www.ryla5150.org

Marcia Howard will update us on the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, the differences between Alzheimer's and Dementia, and the Walk to End Alzheimer's on Nov 4th, SF, Pie 27

Come volunteer and pack 20,000 meals with us for veterans

CEO William McNally will highlight Harvest Pack mission, and our project

registration is open!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf55uTxuZ0-_UUhVfKPOO9HdgvIc0Cb2PkwL443lZ9OE8CP2w/viewform

10:00-12:00noon, and 12:30-2:30pm

War Memorial Building

401 Van Ness Aven, 2nd Floor

San Francisco