Melissa Rotary Club
 
 
Week of September 12th  2022

Volume 2022 | Issue 31

Theme of the month is:  Education and Literacy

Meet in person at the ISD Building
 
Thursday Sept 15th at 1904 Cooper St 7:30 to 8:30AM
 
Breakfast by John C
Invocation by Jessie
Pledge by Judy D
4 Way Test by Mike S
Join us via Zoom at:
 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88982604478?pwd=YVpPTndycTVVaGZEN2swS3JJRkRrdz09 
Meeting ID: 889 8260 4478
Passcode: 819175
 
 
 
On September 8th Wen Chen will be back via Zoom to help us learn about human rights in China.
Wen is a great educator and has a passion for China and the Chinese people. Wen was born in China at the end of the Great Cultural Revolution. Being the victim of this horrific atrocity that killed two million intellectuals and destroyed traditional Chinese culture, Wen's parents had mixed feelings about her education. Despite their discouragement, Wen eventually won a national prize at a science competition when she was 16. Hence, she went to a top university for undergraduate study and then came to the U.S. in 1994 for graduate school. Wen received a Ph.D. in Biology at the California Institute of Technology in 2000. Because of her personal experience of being brainwashed in China, she decided to voice for the voiceless. Since 2012, she has given over 300 presentations to community organizations about Chinese culture, history, and society.
 
 
Announcements
 
Save the date:
On September 22nd  we will be having our Fourth Thursday Rotary after work meeting.  Our Speaker will be Ken Wooten the Principal of Melissa High School. Good chance to learn about how he incorporates the 4 way test into his leadership style.
 

 

Last week's actions
Last week we had Wen Chen back via Zoom to help us learn about human rights in China.
Wen is a great educator and has a passion for China and the Chinese people. Wen was born in China at the end of the Great Cultural Revolution. Being the victim of this horrific atrocity that killed two million intellectuals and destroyed traditional Chinese culture, Wen's parents had mixed feelings about her education. Wen provided some eye opening facts for us to ponder. She also provided some resources below:
 
I also have some action items for Rotarians to consider.
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Action Items to Combat the Chinese Communist Party’s Infiltration into the U.S.
 
Bullet points with references
 
Useful Resources 
 
Call your representatives to co-sponsor these action items in the Congress and Senate

 
H.Res.500 - Condemning the Chinese Communist Party for 100 years of gross violations of human rights and standing with the Chinese people in their struggle for liberty.
H.R.6319 - Falun Gong Protection Act
 
H.R.1592 - Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2021
 
S.602 - Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2021
 
 

 
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