‘Reach Within to Embrace Humanity’ is 2011-12 RI theme
Posted by John Borst
on Jan 17, 2011
17 January 2011 from RINews service
RI President-elect Kalyan Banerjee today annouced the 2011 - 2012 theme "Reach Within to Embrace Humanity".
RI President-elect Kalyan Banerjee today annouced the 2011 - 2012 theme "Reach Within to Embrace Humanity".Banerjee unveiled the RI theme during the opening plenary session of the 2011 International Assembly, a training event for incoming district governors.
In making the announcement he said, "In order to achieve anything in this world, a person has to use all the resources he can draw on. And the only place to start is with ourselves and within ourselves."
Banerjee emphasized the family as a starting point in serving others. "The communities we live in are not built of individual people but of f
amilies -- families living in homes together, sharing their lives and their resources and their common destinies. Good families lead to good neighborhoods, and good neighborhoods build good communities."
amilies -- families living in homes together, sharing their lives and their resources and their common destinies. Good families lead to good neighborhoods, and good neighborhoods build good communities." Jane Millar, governor-elect of District 6290 (Sault Ste. Marie, Blind River & Wawa in Ontario, and Northern Michigan) said, "I am so thrilled to be a district governor when this man is president. I loved the focus on family, continuity, and change. Family is the center of everything, and not just our immediate family. It’s also about the family of Rotary and the world as one big family."