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| October 2023 | Engaging the next generation of Rotary leaders |
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 | | Join the World Interact Week celebration! | World Interact Week (30 October - 5 November) is an opportunity to celebrate the power of Interact while connecting with Interactors around the world! The 2023-24 Youth Advisory Council is hosting a LIVE Facebook event on 1 November 2023, 5:30 PM Chicago Time (UTC-5) to discuss youth voice and youth belonging within Rotary. RSVP to attend at the link below!
Be sure to share your celebrations across social media with #WorldInteractWeek and RSVP to the Facebook event page for more ways to celebrate. | |
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| | Participate in the 2023 Interact Awards! | This year’s Interact Awards invites Interact clubs to create an Interact promotion! Develop a promotional video, photo, and/or essay that raises awareness about Interact and shares what being an Interactor means to you and your Interact club. For the second year in the Interact Awards history, submissions will be accepted in Rotary’s official languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese)!
Submit your video, photo, and/or essay nominations by 3 December 2023 for a chance to be named “Best Video,” “Best Photo,” or “Best Essay” and receive funds to support your Interact club.’s next p |  |
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| | Recording available: Interact Sponsor and Adviser Training | In September, Rotary International hosted a 60-minute panel discussion with diverse Interact leaders from around the world. Hear directly from Interact sponsors, advisers and Interact alumni in this webinar recording and learn how to make the most of your Interact club!
This webinar recording is offered in English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. |  |
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| | We are family: Rotary Youth Exchange | Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) has been promoting international understanding for nearly 50 years, and today Rotary clubs host exchanges in more than 100 countries. Rotary magazine recently featured three Rotary Youth Exchange students who spent an exciting year in Brazil! Read the article and learn how their exchange year impacted them and their host families.
Do you love the photos featured in the article? Find them and more to use as general RYE promotional images in the Brand Center. |  |
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| | | Bangladesh project spreads happiness | In a recent Rotary Voices blog post, former district Interact representative and past president of the Interact Club of Habigonj, Bangladesh, Nahid Hasan, reflects on a meaningful service experience: the "Happiness" project. Hasan reflects that this service project was designed with a spirit of empathy and compassion, inspiring a ripple of change extending beyond that day of service. |  |
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| | | Get ready for World Polio Day, 24 October | | As World Polio Day on 24 October approaches, we need everyone’s help to raise awareness about Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio for good! Share social media posts using the #EndPolio and #WorldPolioDay hashtags, create a fundraiser for Rotary’s PolioPlus Fund, or host a virtual or community event. You’ll also find a variety of resources to help you plan and promote your action on our World Polio Day Resources webpage. |  |
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| Have an upcoming youth programs event? | Are you hosting or attending an upcoming Interact, RYLA, or Rotary Youth Exchange event that is open to the whole Rotary community? Tell us about it!
E-mail us at youngleaders@rotary.org to have your event featured in the monthly Young Leaders in Action newsletter "Upcoming Events" section! Please include the name, date, and website and/or applicable information about your event to be featured. | |
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| | Various dates 2023
RYLA Oceania ELEVATE 2023
New South Wales, Australia
Virtual sessions available
Do you have an upcoming event to add to this list? Email us at youngleaders@rotary.org. | |
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