President Dudley Thompson called to order the 5,350th Civic Thursday meeting of the Rotary Club of Oakland. He welcomed everyone to the Zoom only meeting.
Trisha Connors shared the thought of the day about being happy with the things you already have. The saying is from Andrew Irvine, an author on stoicism.
Last Saturday, Rotarians and friends spent the morning at the Oakland Police Activities League (PAL) campsite in Roberts Regional Recreation Area pulling weeds, fixing landscaping and cleaning restrooms. The service day was led by Daniel Cheng and the Community Service Committee. Thanks to former TV Anchor Wendy Tokuda for organizing!
Oakland Rotary was one of the five original Rotary Clubs featured with a montage of photos on the front cover of the August, 2021 Rotary Magazine and an article about how Rotarians are finding fresh ways to connect. It reported on the five clubs’ collaborative project to provide sanitation kits locally to homeless people. Representing the club on short notice at the photo shoot were President Dudley Thompson, President Elect Mary Geong and Audio Visual Co-Chair Sandeepa Nayak.
President Dudley announced that lunches will be available starting with the August 12th meeting. They will need to be pre-ordered. Look for the Rotary email blast for ordering instructions. The Ballroom will open at 11:30 am for fellowship, hors d’oeuvres and drinks.
High Adventure Committee Co-Chair Mark Rosen posed the trivia question asking what/who is Stomper? Stomper is the A’s mascot and will be at the Rotary A’s game on Friday August 27th versus the New York Yankees. Only 20 tickets are still available. There will be an informal tailgate as well as a Rotary “shout out” on the jumbotron at the game. Order tickets on the Club Website in the Event Calendar.
President Elect Mary Geong invited us to attend Cocktails with the President on August 19th, 5:30 pm at Calavera Restaurant.
Allison Bliss introduced our speaker of the day, Stephen Menendian. Stephen Menendian is the Director of Research at the Othering & Belonging Institute of the University of California Berkeley. He is the lead author of "Roots of Structural Racism" (June 2021), a study of racial residential segregation and its consequences. At a time when the U.S. is becoming more segregated, his work focuses both on the causes and mechanisms of inter-group inequality, and seeks to design effective policy interventions. Stephen discussed racism in the Bay Area and its racial patterns.
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