Rotary World Peace Conference

Ashish Sarkar, Past President of the Ann Arbor Rotary Club, was the guest speaker at the Wednesday, Jan. 4, evening meeting of Rotary of Grosse Pointe. His topic was the upcoming Rotary World Peace Conference.

The Conference takes place from March 31st to April 1st at the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus. It is hosted by the Michigan, northern Indiana, northwest Ohio and southern Ontario based Rotary clubs.

Over the two days there will be plenary meetings with breakout sessions on the following themes: (1) Peace and Conflict Resolution; (2) Poverty, Hunger and Health; (3) Role of Faith Based Organizations in Peacemaking; (4) Role of Media in Peacemaking; (5) Preserving Basic Human Rights; (6) Violence Prevention; and (7) Role of Youth in Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution -- Taking Action. The panels will primarily consist of academics, religious leaders, and medical professionals from the local area and around the world.

The goal of this gathering is to empower community leaders, Rotarians, youth, and others to promote and practice peace in their own communities and beyond. Mr. Sarkar’s role is to help raise funds by asking local Rotarians to provide contacts as potential sponsors and to attend the event.

Attendance is not limited to Rotarians. To learn more, go to www.2017peaceconference.org.