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Think like a Rotary Peace Fellow
here are many pathways to peace, and
T in Rotary, we are fortunate to have
Rotary Peace Fellows who demonstrate this
truth time and again.
Each year, Rotary awards up to 130
fellowships for leaders around the world
to study peace and development, and what
these peace fellows learn prepares them to
work in conflict prevention and resolution
and promote Positive Peace. Here are a few
examples of the creative ways peace fellows
advance peace:
Promoting sustainability
Alejandra Rueda-Zarate combined her
Rotary Peace Fellowship in peace and
conflict resolution with her master’s degree
in energy and resources to support her dream
of protecting the Colombian countryside.
She founded the organization NES
Naturaleza in 2011 to help farmers in
Colombia and across rural Latin America
gain access to knowledge and training to
uphold sustainable farming standards.
That support has improved the lives of
nearly 4,500 farmers, inspiring many of
them to become entrepreneurs. And it’s
helped promote both natural and social
sustainability throughout Latin America.
Ending racism
Peace fellows Geoffrey Diesel and Kathy
Doherty have applied their fellowships in
peace and development studies toward
co-founding the Racial Equity Project, a
subcommittee of Rotary Positive Peace
Activators in North America committed
to studying ways to create a more peaceful
society through antiracism efforts.
look into how the eight Pillars of Positive
The Racial Equity Project takes a deep
Peace could support efforts to address
racism, and it works to spread this message
to communities across North America. The
organization initially grew from Rotary’s
strategic partnership with the Institute for
Economics and Peace, a global think tank
dedicated to promoting Positive Peace.
Managing disasters using data
Through a Rotary Peace Fellowship, Jamie
LeSueur earned a master’s degree in social
science within peace and conflict research.
He now leads emergency operations for
the International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies, setting a
management and operational framework for
agency collaboration in emergency response
situations.
Jamie has found that research data is a
powerful tool to bring calm to the complex
world of disaster response. No matter what
an organization’s protocols might entail,
letting research be the foundation for
decision making helps clarify even the most
complicated emergencies.
These stories — and hundreds like them
— show how Rotary is creating a generation
of leaders ready and able to build peace
worldwide. Nearly 1,800 peace fellows have
graduated from Rotary Peace Centers, and
they are applying their craft in more than
140 countries.
May the continuing work of peace fellows
and the Rotary members who support them
inspire you to continue to Create Hope in
the World through service, fundraising, and
creative thinking.
R. GORDON R. MCINALLY
President, Rotary International
2024. 2-3 總監月刊