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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Largest Social Security Fraud Scheme in American history
Dec 21, 2018
Trey will discuss the investigation and prosecution of Eric C. Conn, an Eastern Kentucky Social Security disability attorney who conspired with health care providers and Social Security administrative law judges to defraud the Social Security Administration of an estimated $550 million in disability payments. This case involved the largest Social Security fraud scheme in American history. Assistant U.S. Attorney Trey Alford is a federal prosecutor in Kansas City, Missouri where he has prosecuted federal cases for the past ten years. Prior to serving as a federal prosecutor, Trey worked for two years as an Associate at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, a large Kansas City law firm, where he defended pharmaceutical manufacturers in products liability litigation. Prior to his stint in private practice, Trey served for seven years in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps attaining the rank of Major before resigning his commission.
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Jan 05, 2019 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
As part of our District Grant application, the Plaza Rotary will have 5 work Saturdays at the Urban Ranger Corps, 5908 Swope Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64130. Show up anytime between 8AM and Noon, ready to put in some Sweat Equity, to help make some updates to the Conference Room!
Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, and Feb. 2, 2019. If you have a tool belt, bring it. If you don't, show up anyway and Mindy will give you something to do!!
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Jan 11, 2019
Cindy Olson began her career in an oil and gas accounting position with Koch Industries in Wichita Kansas. From those humble beginnings she found herself on the fast track of a small energy business that over the following 20 plus years mushroomed into her role as the head of Human Resources and a member of the 20 person Executive Committee of Enron. By the end of 2000 Enron was the 7th largest public company in the world. She was among the top 150 executives of those 7 companies and 1 of only 18 women on those executive management teams. |
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Jan 12, 2019 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
As part of our District Grant application and award, the Plaza Rotary will have 5 work Saturdays at the Urban Ranger Corps, 5908 Swope Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64130. Show up anytime between 8AM and Noon, ready to put in some Sweat Equity, to help make some updates to the Conference Room!
Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, and Feb. 2, 2019. If you have a tool belt, bring it. If you don't, show up anyway and Mindy will give you something to do!!
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Royals and Writing
Jan 18, 2019
Steve Physioc has been telling stories for the past forty years. He has been a play-by-play announcer for football, baseball, and basketball for both college and the pros. Physioc will begin his eighth season as the radio-tv broadcaster for the Kansas City Royals in 2019, and also works College Basketball games for Fox Sports. He won an Emmy in 2013 for his play by play of Royals baseball. In his spare time, Physioc has taken up writing, releasing his first novel, The Walls of Lucca in April of 2018; It's a love story/historical fiction about two families struggling to produce a great wine during Italy's dark days of WW1 and the rise of Fascism. The sequel, Above the Walls, will be released February 1, 2019. Steve and wife Stace, have two children, Ryan and Kevin, and three grandchildren. They make their home in Stilwell, Kansas.
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Jan 19, 2019 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
As part of our District Grant application and award, the Plaza Rotary will have 5 work Saturdays at the Urban Ranger Corps, 5908 Swope Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64130. Show up anytime between 8AM and Noon, ready to put in some Sweat Equity, to help make some updates to the Conference Room!
Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, and Feb. 2, 2019. If you have a tool belt, bring it. If you don't, show up anyway and Mindy will give you something to do!!
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Jan 26, 2019 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
As part of our District Grant application and award, the Plaza Rotary will have 5 work Saturdays at the Urban Ranger Corps, 5908 Swope Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64130. Show up anytime between 8AM and Noon, ready to put in some Sweat Equity, to help make some updates to the Conference Room!
Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, and Feb. 2, 2019. If you have a tool belt, bring it. If you don't, show up anyway and Mindy will give you something to do!!
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Feb 02, 2019 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
As part of our District Grant application and awarad, the Plaza Rotary will have 5 work Saturdays at the Urban Ranger Corps, 5908 Swope Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64130. Show up anytime between 8AM and Noon, ready to put in some Sweat Equity, to help make some updates to the Conference Room!
Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, and Feb. 2, 2019. If you have a tool belt, bring it. If you don't, show up anyway and Mindy will give you something to do!!
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Malawi Children's Village Update
Feb 08, 2019
Our Plaza Rotary Club has initiated a number of projects for Malawi Children's Village (MCV) in Malawi, Central Africa, by providing seed money that prompted significant funding from District 6040. Projects included a needs assessment that was followed by funding for latrines at 8 different primary schools, an educational program for select teachers which introduced new methods and is being spread to their peers, introduction of solar panels which provide sites where children can study at night, and funding to provide tools and machinery for MCV's vocational program. The goal now is to provide treadle pumps that will enhance farmers to dramatically increase their yields. From Bill Schmidt: My connection to Malawi is that I spent two years there in the Peace Corps working to prevent malnutrition. I have maintained a close relationship with a family in Malawi over the last 50 years, visiting them and hosting two young men who were babies when I was there. It gave me direction for a career in public health; I have served as a local Public Health Director, and worked for two state health departments. I also was involved in clinical medicine as a Physician Assistant in the health depts and with Gastroenterology physicians. |
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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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