The Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR), formerly the Community Mediation Center, is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization that provides mediation services, facilitation and training to individuals and organizations. By using restorative justice (RJ) processes and providing safe, structured and positive environments, CCR empowers people to solve conflict in their lives, giving them the tools they need to choose understanding over escalating conflict and to find peaceful solutions.
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Feb 19, 2019 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Rotary International Reach out and Read Event and below details in upcoming news letters and on the Club social media outlets? Signup sheets for this event will be available at regular Friday meetings. Please call Denise Holt at 913-526-3381 with questions. Operation Breakthrough & Rotary International Reach Out and Read Event Date: Tuesday 2/19/19 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Nature of Event: Operation Breakthrough will provide books or the Rotary volunteer can provide books to donate. The Plaza Rotary volunteers will read to groups of children 3-5 years old in classroom settings after the children’s snack. Number of volunteers: 14-20 Location and logistics of the Event: Enter Berta's Place (our original building) at 3039 Troost Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64109. You may tell the front desk that you are here to volunteer. They will page for Lindsay or Lily in the Volunteer Department and we will meet your group in the front lobby at 3:30PM. Volunteers may park in the lots to the north of 31st Street next to our building. Car-pooling is recommended. Please do not park in the Park & Go lot on the SW corner of 31st & Troost. |
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The Grooming Project
Feb 22, 2019
The Grooming Project is the pilot program of Empowering the Parent to Empower the Child (EPEC), a 501c3 nonprofit in Kansas City, MO devoted to helping impoverished families become self-reliant through job training in the high-demand, high-pay trade of pet grooming.
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New York Times Best Selling Author
Mar 01, 2019
In March 2014, I became one of the only living persons to walk the 444-mile Natchez Trace. 15 miles a day. 6 days a week. For 34 days. The Rotarian Magazine profiled me in its January 2017 issue as an ordinary Rotarian doing extraordinary things. I did the walk to launch my debut novel To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis, but I ended up having a life-changing adventure with my 80-year-old father. It inspired my NY Times best selling memoir Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace.You may reach me at readme@andrawatkins.com or at 843 870 0888. I look forward to hearing from you. |
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Irish in Kansas City
Mar 15, 2019
Pat O'Neill is the author of From the Bottom Up: The Story of the Irish in Kansas City. The Irish, Kansas City's largest ethnic immigrant group ever, hauled stones to build foundations and buckets of water to put out fires. They cut the throats of a million cattle, laid miles of bricks and rails, drove the streetcars, kept and distrubed the peace, organized the working poor and kicked down barriers at City Hall and the courthouse for themselves and many generations and nationalities to come. Pat spent three years researching the history of the Irish in Kansas City and interviewing immigrants and their descendants. He is about to show us how the Irish in Kansas City rose from the bottom up. Pat O’Neill is a fifth generation Kansas Citian After managing a cemetery – he was over 2,000 people – and serving as editor of weekly newspapers in the Colorado Rockies, he joined his father’s Kansas City public relations firm in 1984. He started his own firm, specializing in media, marketing and community relations, in 1991. Today he serves as special counsel to O’Neill Events, which is owned and operated by his much smarter daughter, Keli O’Neill Wenzel. The company is known for planning, orchestrating and promoting major citywide events, such as the openings of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, The President Hotel and many of KC’s top restaurants. O’Neill-managed events include Boulevardia, Taste of Leawood, the Builders’ Home Show, The Irish Fest, the Big 12 BBQ cook-off and the 2019 Air Show. One of seven brothers, Pat is most proud of his family’s involvement in charitable and civic endeavors. He has served as President of the City of Fountains Foundation and as a director of the Heart of America Shakespeare Fest, the Little Sisters of the Poor, the Kansas City Landmarks Commission and the Jackson County Board of Services for the Developmentally Disabled. And he’s the not-so-secret media Elf for Kansas City’s Secret Santa. He has written three books: From the Bottom Up: The Story of the Irish in Kansas City Celebrating a Century: The history of Redemptorist Church And Dearest Mother: Letters from a Lonesome Sammy, 1916-1919 He’s now writing a book about the life of a colorful Irishman who was once considered the Daddy of Baseball. That book is due out later this year. |
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KC Mothers in Charge
Apr 05, 2019
KC Mothers in Charge is a group of mothers, grandmothers, aunts and a caring community committed to working to prevent others from experiencing the tragedy of homicide.Our Mission is to reduce violent crime through prevention, education and intervention, and to guide and support the families of victims.Our Vision is a KC community safe for all, where families are empowered and supported. |
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My Year of Being 40 and Grateful
Apr 12, 2019
July marked my third anniversary as CEO at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City, and I feel profoundly lucky and honored to serve in this role for such an extraordinary charity. For a while now, our amazing director of marketing Emily has been encouraging me to write periodic blog posts from my perspective as CEO of RMHC-Kansas City. I’m not one to “toot my own horn,” but because I do want to share with you some of the behind-the-scenes magic at RMHC-KC…I agreed. So here we go. I received a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Kansas in 1998 and have spent my entire career in the nonprofit sector, from roles helping abused/neglected children and people living with HIV/AIDS to serving in organizations like the National MS Society and United Way of Greater Kansas City. |
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Apr 15, 2019 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us at Chicken N Pickle - Boardwalk Area to meet our Australian GSE Team! This is a Club Service Event. Plaza Club will provide a few appetizers and two drink tickets, as well as 2 Pickleball courts-- wear your tennis shoes and be prepared to play! Dinner and more drinks will be on-your-own; the food is great and you'll need refreshment while you smack the pickleball at your fellow Rotarians. |
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Easter Seals 100th Anniversary
Apr 19, 2019
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WWI Museum
May 03, 2019
Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article221452685.html#storylink=cpy There’s an old adage that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” From the vantage point of history — 100 years later — there is consensus: “The Great War” changed everything. From 1914-1918, more than 65 million served. Nearly 30 million became casualties. Empires were lost. National boundaries were reshaped. Economies were devastated. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, which affected 500 million people and killed tens of millions, was spread largely through movements of soldiers across the world. At home in the U.S., World War I changed America. Going from isolationist to global leader, the U.S. fought to secure liberty abroad in order to sustain freedom at home. Among the results: broader freedoms, a new era in women’s and civil rights, the dawn of the “American Century” and much more. In a world of increased globalization, radicalization and national tensions, it’s clear that the lessons of the Great War endure to this day. The world today is more like the world of 1914 than it has been for the past 104 years. As we mark the 100 years since the Armistice, it is essential that we not sleepwalk into catastrophe. It is our collective responsibility to have these conversations, to reflect and learn. And we have a sacred responsibility to remember those who served in defending our liberty and freedom. The enduring impact of the Great War continues to be felt today, continues to influence the lives of men and women through the world. This is the story told uniquely at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. And, it’s as important now as it’s ever been. Matthew Naylor is president and CEO of the National WWI Museum and Memorial.
Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article221452685.html#storylink=cpy Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article221452685.html#storylink=cpy Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article221452685.html#storylink=cpy |
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Daughters of the American Revolution
May 10, 2019
The Daughters of the American Revolution is an organization with a deeply rich history while also being truly relevant in today’s world. More than 930,000 women have joined the organization since it was founded over 125 years ago. They became members to honor their heritage as well as make a difference in their communities across the country and the world. For more than a century, the members of DAR have dedicated themselves to historical preservation, promotion of education, and encouragement of patriotic endeavors. Joanna Bradley bio Joanna Bradley is employed by Children’s Mercy Hospital where she has worked since 2014. She is currently a Fellowship Coordinator in the department of Graduate Medical Education and serves on numerous departmental and hospital-wide committees and workgroups. When she isn’t working, Joanna is an active member of her local and state communities in various capacities.
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RedTeam Thinking
May 31, 2019
Our own Plaza Rotarian! In the run up to the 2003 Iraq war many knowledgeable people told Army leadership about the insurgency that would follow the deposing of Saddam. The Army failed to heed any of the warnings. As a consequence, after the insurgency materialized the Army developed tools and methods to listen better, identify bias and think more divergently. Steve Rotkoff was at the center of the decisions made during the war and was instrumental in the educational remedies adopted afterwards. His presentation will be around both events. http://redteamthinking.com/about-us/our-team/
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Jun 11, 2019 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us Tuesday, June 11, for a tour of Swope Health Services at 3801 Blue Parkway, Kansas City, MO. The first tour starts at 4:30 PM, the second tour starts at 5:00 PM. After our tour, we'll meet at Aixois Bistro for Happy Hour, 251 E 55th Street, Kansas City, MO. Sign up with Eric Wymore if you have NOT signed up on the sheet at a club meeting. |
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UMKC Mens Basketball
Jun 14, 2019
Billy Donlon was introduced as the 7th head coach in UMKC men’s basketball history on March 28th, 2019. Donlon will look to rebuild a Roos program that hasn’t been above .500 since the 2016-2017 season. After spending the last three seasons as an assistant coach in power five conferences, Donlon will return to the mid-major level where he spent six successful seasons as the head coach at Wright State.
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Jun 20, 2019 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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UMKC Women's Basketball
Jun 21, 2019
Entering 2018-19, Jacie Hoyt is in her second season as the UMKC women's basketball head coach. During her first season at the helm in 2017-18, Hoyt compiled a 11-17 record, including tying for the best Western Athletic Conference (WAC) finish (fifth) in program history. The 7-7 league slate was the program's first .500-or-better record in seven seasons. Her squad swept a pair of games against Grand Canyon and UTRGV for the first time in Roo annals. Statistically, Hoyt mentored a team to lead the conference in steals (9.2) and the club ranked second in scoring offense (67.8), assists (13.5) and 3-point field goals made per game (6.8). |
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Jun 27, 2019 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join us for the Changing of the Guard at Brio Tuscan Grille as Randy Steinman passes the Plaza Rotary baton to Erik Dickinson. Please RSVP to Lisa Deatherage at lmdeatherage@gmail.com. Tickets are $20/person, payable at club meetings, at the door, or on EventBrite *$2.85/ticket service charge will apply for payments thru EventBrite.
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COG w/ Erik Dickinson
Jun 27, 2019 6:00 PM
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^JOIN US AT CHANGING OF THE GUARD ^
Jun 28, 2019
NEW ROTARY YEAR-- PLEASE JOIN US AT THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD INSTEAD! https://kcplazarotary.org/event/changing-of-the-guard-2019-20/
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The Commissioning of the USS Kansas City
Jul 19, 2019
From: https://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio_ret.asp?bioID=585 Rear Adm. Jeffrey Penfield was commissioned in October 1982 via the Aviation Officer Candidate Program and earned his Navy Wings of Gold in June 1984. His operational assignments include Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA 136) as a plankowner, VFA-94 and command of VFA-115. While in command, he deployed on the maiden F/A-18E Super Hornet cruise participating in Operations Enduring Freedom, Southern Watch and the initial combat phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His shore tour assignments include Training Squadron (VT-23), Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 5, the Super Hornet Fleet Introduction Team and VX-9 where he was the lead operational test director for the F/A-18E/F operational evaluation.| |
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