Past Speakers
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title | Newsletter, Videos, ... |
| 2024-12-04 | Allison Brooks, Executive Director, Bay Area Regional Collaborative | Bay Area Plans for Adapting to Climate Change | |
| 2024-11-20 | Grier Graff and Tina Etcheverry | Dollars and Sense: How Berkeley Rotary Endowment Supports Our Community and Our World | |
| 2024-11-13 | Tommy Lee Wallace | Behind and In Front of the Camera | |
| 2024-11-06 | PE Jason Russell, BRC Foundation Chair | The Rotary Foundation: Doing Good in the World | |
| 2024-10-30 | Veronica Sibley, Director of Marketing Senior Alternatives | Balancing Act: Navigating the Challenges of the Sandwich Generation | |
| 2024-10-23 | Kristy Higares, Director of Development, Girls Garage | Girls Garage | |
| 2024-10-16 | Rolf Bell | Influencing the Trajectory of East Africa’s Future: The Essential Role of Secondary Education | |
| 2024-10-09 | Agata Kotkowska, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment | Sustainable Competitiveness: The European Way for Decarbonization | |
| 2024-10-02 | Mark Baldassare, Survey Director, Public Policy Institute of California | California Statewide Survey: PPIC's Latest Election Poll | |
| 2024-09-25 | Berkeley Rotary Peace Committee | Annual BRC Peace Grove Award Ceremony: Honoring the Ukraine Center for Civil Liberties | |
| 2024-09-18 | Claudia Terraza, M.D., Chief of Ophthalmology | Update on the Hospital de la Familia Eye Center | |
| 2024-09-11 | Sandhya Naidu Janardhan, Architect + Founder of Community Design Agency | Community Development in India | |
| 2024-09-04 | Grier Graff and others | The History of Rotary Projects in Mexico | |
| 2024-08-28 | Alyssa Padia, Herms District Executive + Steve Welch, Sea Scout Commodore | Scouting America and the Sea Scouts Program | |
| 2024-08-21 | Tina Etcheverry with Current and Past High Hopes Scholars | Celebrating 24 Years of Rotary Reynold’s Scholarship Program | |
| 2024-08-14 | Dmytro Kushneruk, Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco | Ukraine: A Bastion of Global Democracy | |
| 2024-08-07 | Dale Becknell | Solutions to Hunger and Thirst from Nigeria to Madagascar | |
| 2024-07-31 | Nadine + Anna | Three Weeks in the West Bank | |
| 2024-07-24 | Amit Randhawa, Clinical Operations Manager and Jan Herr, M.D. | What Drives RotaCare: A Deeper Dive into the Free Clinic | |
| 2024-07-17 | Mike Crosby, Rotary District 5160 PolioPlus Chair | The Unintended Consequences of Polio Eradication | |
| 2024-07-10 | Jim Carriere, Former Board Chair of ShelterBox USA | Emergency Shelters to Families Around the World | |
| 2024-07-03 | Ken Renworth, Berkeley Rotary President 2024-25 | The Year Ahead: Celebrating Rotary's Connections to the World | |
| 2024-06-19 | John Caner, CEO DBA + Elizabeth Redman Cleveland, Berkeley Office of Econ. Dev. | Where Is the Local Economy Heading? The Future of the Downtown and the City | |
| 2024-06-12 | President Libby Tyler, Berkeley Rotary 2023-24 | That Was the Year That Was | eRev 06-17-2024 <video> |
| 2024-06-05 | Joel Roster, Executive and Managing Director, Contra Costa Civic Theater | The Next Chapter | eRev 06-10-2024 <video> |
| 2024-05-29 | Adam Janik, MD, and Maddison Eshoo, NP, Palliative Care, Alta Bates | Preparing for End-of-Life Care | |
| 2024-05-22 | Alison Simon, Former Director of Amtrak | The Future of Rail in a Climate-Changing World | eRev 05-28-2024 <video> |
| 2024-05-15 | Steve Tornallavay, Founder + Director, 9th Street Lab | 9th Street Lab: Learn to Build, Build to Learn | eRev 05-21-2024 <video> |
| 2024-05-08 | Professor David Weisblat, Dept. of Molecular + Cell Biolology, UC Berkeley | The Mongolia Program | eRev 05-13-2024 <video> |
| 2024-05-01 | Grace Karr, Senior Community Engagement Manager, BUILD Bay Area | Support East Bay High School Entrepreneurs in the BUILD Program | eRev 05-06-2024 <video> |
| 2024-04-24 | Peter Fedichev, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, Gero | Aging, Entropy, and the Biological Arrow of Time | eRev 04-29-2024 <video> |
| 2024-04-17 | Lori Fogarty, Director and CEO, Oakland Museum of California | The Changing Landscape of Museums: Museum as Town Square | eRev 04-22-2024 <video> |
| 2024-04-10 | Henry DeNero, Berkeley Fire Safety Council | Before It's Too Late | eRev 04-16-2024 <video> |
| 2024-04-03 | Andy Katz, Director, EBMUD | Climate Change and Infrastructure Innovation in Berkeley | eRev 04-08-2024 <video> |
| 2024-03-27 | Nik Dehejia, CEO, Oakland Zoo | People & Wildlife Thriving Together: Oakland Zoo’s Journey | eRev 04-03-2024 <video> |
| 2024-03-20 | Commissioner Stephanie Singer, Alameda County Elections Commission | How Democracy Is Doing | eRev 03-26-2024 <video> |
| 2024-03-13 | Henry Symons, BART Principal Government + Community Relations Representative | BART’s Safe and Clean Plan | eRev 03-18-2024 <video> |
| 2024-03-06 | Dobby Boe, Author + Retired Lecturer in English, UC Davis | Humor and Life |
eRev 03-11-2024 |
| 2024-02-28 | Emily Seelenfreund, Exec. Dir., BORP (Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program) | BORP: Empowering People with Disabilities Through Adaptive Sports and Recreation | eRev 03-05-2024 <video> |
| 2024-02-21 | Monica Gandhi, MD, Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases /Global Medicine UCSF | Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook | eRev 02-26-2024 <video> |
| 2024-02-14 | Jeannine Chappell, Artist | My Journey with the Owls | eRev 02-19-2024 <video> |
| 2024-02-07 | Berkeley Rotary Past Presidents | Berkeley Rotary: Building Communities Near And Far | eRev 02-12-2024 <video> |
| 2024-01-31 | Manoj Joshi, Certified Yoga Teacher | Applied Yoga and Mindfulness for Total Health | eRev 02-05-2024 <video> |
| 2024-01-24 | Mayor Jesse Arreguín, City of Berkeley | The State of the City | eRev 01-30-2024 <video> |
| 2024-01-17 | Tiffany Fajardo, BSO Patron Experience and Community Engagement (PEACE) Manager | An Orchestra for the Community of Berkeley | eRev 01-22-2024 <video> |
| 2024-01-10 | Ellen Siegel, President, Wood Stork Wisdom, Inc. | There's Gold in Them Thar Hills: Federal Incentives to Reduce Our Carbon Emissions | eRev 01-15-2024 <video> |
| 2024-01-03 | Sue Moxon, Resident at The Glen at Scripps Ranch | Life in a Continuing Care Retirement Community | |
| 2023-12-13 | Councilmember Kate Harrison, City of Berkeley | Berkeley's Infrastructure Challenge | eRev 01-02-2024 <video> |
| 2023-12-06 | Lieutenant Matt McGee + Data Policy Analyst Arlo Malmberg, Berkeley Police Dept. | Data-Driven Policing | |
| 2023-11-29 | David Riemer, Author + Berkeley-Haas School of Business Professional Faculty | How to Tell a Compelling Story | |
| 2023-11-15 | Grier Graff, Endowment Secretary + Tina Etcheverry, Endowment Treasurer | Berkeley Rotary Club Endowment Report | |
| 2023-11-08 | Jeanne Wilson, Chair, Nursery of the Redbud Chapter/CA Native Plant Society | California Native Plants in Berkeley | |
| 2023-11-01 | Jason Russell, BRC Foundation Chair | The Rotary Foundation: Doing Good in the World | |
| 2023-10-25 | Peter Radu, City of Berkeley | Housing, Homelessness, and Mental Health in Berkeley | |
| 2023-10-18 | Erin Rhoades, Executive Director, Berkeley Public Schools Fund | Two Years into a New Mission | |
| 2023-10-11 | Anthony Suen, Data Science Discovery Program Director, UC Berkeley | The Future of Computing, Data Science, and Society: A Vision for Berkeley's New College |
eRev 10-16-2023 |
| 2023-10-04 | Claire Sammon Roberts, Rotary District 5160 Governor | Team 5160: The State of the District | |
| 2023-09-27 | Berkeley Rotary Peace Grove Ceremony | Honoring Greta Thunberg | |
| 2023-09-20 | Mike Crosby, Rotary District 5160 PolioPlus Chairman | The Plus in PolioPlus | |
| 2023-09-13 | Allen Fish, Director, Golden Gate Raptor Observatory | Community Science and the Pacific Raptor Flyway | eRev 09-18-2023 <video> |
| 2023-09-06 | Dr. Jenny Espinoza-Marcus, Executive Director of Back to the Start | Back to the Start: Dismantling the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline | eRev 09-11-2023 <video> |
| 2023-08-30 | George Breslauer, UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus | The Remains of Communism in a Post-Communist World | eRev 09-05-2023 <video> |
| 2023-08-23 | Kinari Webb, M.D., Health in Harmony | Healing our Planet Through Listening | eRev 08-28-2023 <video> |
| 2023-08-16 | Geoffrey Gallegos, Music Director and Conductor, Kensington Symphony Orchestra | The Nature of Music | eRev - coming soon <video> |
| 2023-08-09 | Janice Chin, Berkeley Public Health | Public Health Issues and Programs in the City of Berkeley | [email protected] |
| 2023-08-02 | Janet Byron & Robert Johnson, authors | The "Berkeley Walks" Trivia Quiz | eRev 08-08-2023 <video> |
| 2023-07-26 | Ignacio F. Bunster-Osso | ALFIE: EARTH'S LAST HOPE, An epic eco-science fiction tale | eRev 07-31-2023 |
| 2023-07-19 | Elizabeth Echols, Ward 1 Board Member, East Bay Regional Park District | The Future of the East Bay Regional Park District: Addressing Climate Impacts and Equitable Access | eRev 07-24-2023 <video> |
| 2023-07-12 | JG Collomb and Stephen Gold, Wildlife Conservation Network | Bringing Clean, Renewable Energy to Conservations Projects Around the World | eRev 07-17-2023 <video> |
| 2023-07-07 | Libby Tyler, Incoming Berkeley Rotary President | From Down Under to Up Ahead: The 2023-24 Rotary Year |
eRev 07-10-2023 <video> |
| 2023-06-21 | Johanna Pfaelzer and Tom Parrish, Berkeley Repertory Theatre | Behind the Scenes with Berkeley Rep: 2023 Season | eRev 06-26-2023 <video> |
| 2023-06-14 | Leslie Moyer, Senior Black Rock City (AKA Burning Man) Communications Manager | Burning Creativity: Artmaking and Community Building in the Desert | eRev 06-19-2023 <video> |
| 2023-06-07 | Valeria Chupina, M.A. | The Generational Fracture in Russia Today: How Putin’s Propaganda Is Radicalizing My Parents’ Generation | eRev 06-12-2023 <video> |
| 2023-05-31 | Jeff Johnson, UI Wizards, and Retired Assistant Professor of Computer Science, USF-CA |
Technology for an Aging Population | eRev 06-05-2023 <video> |
| 2023-05-24 | Rob Knapp, Ph.D., Physicist | Making Climate-Friendly Buildings: What Exists Is Possible | eRev 05-30-2023 <video> |
| 2023-05-17 | Terry Shames, Mystery Writer and Author of the Samuel Craddock Series |
Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store (and Other Stories) | eRev 05-22-2023 <video> |
| 2023-05-10 | Pate Thomson, Berkeley Rotarian and Scottish Fiddler | Fiddling Around: The Story of Scottish Fiddle Music | eRev 05-15-2023 <video> |
| 2023-05-03 | Graham Morehead, Computer Scientist, Adjunct Professor at Gonzaga University | The Shape of Thought | eRev 05-08-2023 <video> |
| 2023-04-26 | Parisa Vatanka, PharmD, Co-founder of Digital.Health | Digital Health Care Anytime, Anywhere | eRev 05-01-2023 <video> |
| 2023-04-19 | Laura Anne Edwards, NASA Datanaut and Core Member of the Oxford Space Initiative | Space: The Ultimate Innovation Lab | eRev 04-24-2023 <video> |
| 2023-04-12 | Kim Acebo Arteche, Co-Director, Berkeley Art Center | The History and Mission of the Berkeley Art Center | eRev 04-16-2023 <video> |
| 2023-04-05 | Alexander Levy, Co-founder of Atmo, Inc. | Berkeley's New AI Meteorology Company | eRev 04-10-2023 <video> |
| 2023-03-29 | Joe Lurie, Executive Director Emeritus, UC Berkeley International House | The Groundbreaking History of UC Berkeley's International House | eRev 04-10-2023 <video> |
| 2023-03-22 | Carol Christ, Chancellor, UC Berkeley | The State of UC Berkeley | eRev 03-26-2023 <video> |
| 2023-03-15 | Andrew L. Sorenson, M.D., Ophthalmologist, Berkeley | Ophthalmology in Developing Nations/Guatemala | eRev 03-20-2023 <video> |
| 2023-03-08 | Mary Lou Van Deventer, Special Projects Manager/co-owner, Urban Ore | Living the Zero Waste Life | eRev 03-13-2023 <video> |
| 2023-02-22 | Nancy Ng, Executive Director, Luna Dance Institute | Dance for All Children | eRev 02-27-2023 <video> |
| 2023-02-15 | Bridget Ahern, Photographer | Photographing the UC Berkeley Falcons | eRev 02-20-2023 <video> |
| 2023-02-08 | Doug Fielding, Berkeley Rotarian | Dreamers and Fields of Dreams | eRev - coming soon <video> |
| 2023-02-01 | Berkeley Rotary Past Presidents | Secrets from the Berkeley Rotary Rotary Attic | eRev 02-06-2023 <video> |
| 2023-01-25 | Anthony Jackson Director, Berkeley Rep School of Theatre | Berkeley Rep’s Educational Programs | eRev 02-06-2023 <video> |
| 2023-01-18 | Jesse Arreguin, Mayor, City of Berkeley | The State of the City | eRev 01-23-2023 <video> |
| 2023-01-11 | AJ Fox, Media Relations Manager, BAMPFA | Behind the Scenes at BAMPFA | eRev 01-16-2023 <video> |
| 2023-01-04 | Joan Collignon (BRC P), Libby Tyler (BRC PE) | Berkeley Rotary Club Assembly | eRev 01-09-2023 <video> |
| 2022-12-14 | Maureen Forney and Kate Littleboy, Volunteer Activists, Third Act | Decarbonize Your Money | eRev 12-19-2022 <video> |
| 2022-11-30 | Grier Graff and Tina Etcheverry | Annual Endowment Meeting: Where Does Our Money Go? | eRev 12-12-2022 <video> |
| 2022-11-30 | Phil Miller and Robert Girling | Bionic Man Developments | eRev 12-12-2022 <video> |
| 2022-11-16 | Enikia Morthel, Superintendent, Berkeley Unified School District | An Update on the Berkeley Schools | eRev 11-28-2022 <video> |
| 2022-11-09 | Monica Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., Infectious Disease Specialist, UCSF | Rotary Tackled Polio, Infectious Disease Is Coming Back, Let’s Review | eRev 11-14-2022 <video> |
| 2022-11-02 | Jason Russell, Berkeley Rotary Foundation Chair | Annual Foundation Meeting | eRev 11-07-2022 <video> |
| 2022-10-26 | Jeffrey Church, Visitor & Partner Services Manager, Visit Berkeley | Visit Berkeley: Showcasing Community and Culture for Visitors and Locals Alike | eRev 10-31-2022 <video> |
| 2022-10-19 | Ann Harlow, President, Berkeley Historical Society and Museum | The Berkeley Historical Society and Museum: Current Offerings and Future Vision | eRev 10-31-2022 <video> |
| 2022-10-12 | Eleanor Hollander, Manager, Berkeley Office of Economic Development | Berkeley Civic Center Visioning Project | eRev 10-17-2022 <video> |
| 2022-10-05 | Suzanne Bragdon, District Governor, Rotary District 5160 | The Power of Rotary | eRev 10-10-2022 <video> |
| 2022-09-28 | Drue Banta, Director, San Francisco Walk to End Alzheimer’s | Envisioning a World Without Alzheimer’s | eRev 10-03-2022 <video> |
| 2022-09-21 | BRC Peace Committee | International Peace Grove 2022 Dedication" | eRev 9-26-2022 <video> |
| 2022-09-14 | David László Conhaim, Author | When ‘No’ is ‘On’: A Dyslexic Writer’s Journey Through Life, Love, and Craft | eRev 9-19-2022 <video> |
| 2022-09-07 | Francesca Gabourel, Managing Director, Aurora Theatre Company | What's New at the Aurora Theatre Company | eRev 9-12-2022 <video> |
| 2022-08-31 | Neelam Patil, Teacher, Berkeley Unified School District | Miyawaki Forests: Ecosystems in Public Schools | eRev 9-06-2022 <video> |
| 2022-08-24 | Steve Lack, Pleasant Hill Rotary Club | Beer Time | eRev 8-29-2022 <video> |
| 2022-08-17 | Ben Tucker, Storyteller | You Don't Have to be Famous to Write | eRev 8-22-2022 <video> |
| 2022-08-10 | Ellen Lake, Co-Director of Kala Art Institute | Kala Art Institute: Berkeley’s Hidden Treasure | eRev 8-22-2022 <video> |
| 2022-08-03 | Robin Claire, Novelist | A Path to Writing a Book (and Publication) | eRev 8-09-2022 <video> |
| 2022-07-27 | Rick Betts, Member, Berkeley Rotary Club | Home Prices: Up? Down? Maybe! | eRev 8-14-2022 <video> |
| 2022-07-20 | Susan Muscarella, Founding President, California Jazz Conservatory | The California Jazz Conservatory: Celebrating 25 Years! | eRev 7-25-2022 <video> |
| 2022-07-13 | Jeremy Geffen, Executive and Artistic Director, Cal Performances | A Personal Relationship | eRev 7-18-2022 <video> |
| 2022-07-06 | Susie Medak, Managing Director, Berkeley Repertory Theatre | Celebrating the Arts in Berkeley! | eRev 7-11-2022 <video> |
| 2022-06-29 | Past Presidents, Berkeley Rotary Club | Arlene Marcus's Year in Review | eRev 7-05-2022 <video> |
| 2022-06-22 | Gregory Marcus, MD, MAS, Professor of Medicine, UCSF | N of 1 Trials for Atrial Fibrillation: Tailoring Lifestyle Medication and Treatment with Consumer Devices | eRev 6-27-2022 <video> |
| 2022-06-15 | Jason Draut, Member, Berkeley Rotary Club | Running the Boston Marathon | eRev 6-20-2022 <video> |
| 2022-06-08 | Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith, Member, Mt. Shasta Rotary Club | Staying Healthy at Any Age | eRev 6-13-2022 <video> <slides> |
| 2022-06-01 | Kate Harrison, Berkeley City Councilmember, and Berkeley Rotarian | Addressing Equity and Climate Together | eRev 6-06-2022 <video> |
| 2022-05-25 | Pate Thomson, Grier Graff, Berkeley Rotary Club; and Amit Randhawa, Rotacare, Richmond | RotaCare Richmond Free Medical Clinic: Nine Years and One Pandemic Later! | eRev 5-30-2022 <video> |
| 2022-05-18 | Nicky Lindquist, Member, Berkeley Rotary Club | Oasis for Haiti's Children: A Photographic Journal | eRev 5-23-2022 <video> |
| 2022-05-11 | Ken Renworth, Berkeley Rotary Club | The Inland Waterways of Europe | eRev 5-16-2022 <video> |
| 2022-05-04 | Eti Ben-Simon, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Human Sleep Science, UC Berkeley | The Emotional Brain in a Sleepless World | eRev 5-09-2022 <video> |
| 2022-04-27 |
Dwight M. Bullard, Florida State Senator |
Democracy at a Crossroads: Which Path Will You Choose? | eRev 5-02-2022 <video> |
| 2022-04-20 | Natalia Neira Retamal, Executive Director of La Pena Cultural Center | La Pena Cultural Center | eRev 04-25-2022 <video> |
| 2022-04-13 | Team Berkelium, Berkeley High School's Robotics Team | Berkeley High School's Robotics Team present their work | eRev 04-17-2022 <video> |
| 2022-04-06 | Heather Vilhauer, Asst Professor, Cal State East Bay and District Education Chair | How Can Berkeley Rotary Engage the World? Becoming More Inclusive | eRev 04-11-2022 <video> |
| 2022-03-30 | Kathy Suvia, Rotary District 5160 Governor | Happenings in District 5160 | eRev 04-04-2022 <video> |
| 2022-03-23 | The Berkeley Rotary Climate Action Team | Actions We Can Take Now to Address the Climate Crisis | eRev 03-28-2022 <video> |
| 2022-03-16 | Michael Pyatok, Architect; Lara Tannenbaum, Human Services Manager | Roofs Over Their Heads: New Cabin Communities for the Unhoused in Oakland | eRev 03-21-2022 <video> |
| 2022-03-09 | Steven Fish, Comparative Political Scientist, UC Berkeley | Ukraine: The Great Clarification | eRev 03-21-2022 <video> |
| 2022-03-02 | Andrew Sorenson, MD, Chief of Ophthalmology, Alta Bates Medical Center | Transforming the Hospital de la Familia Eye Clinic | eRev 03-15-2022 <video> |
| 2022-02-23 | Daniella Thompson, Historian, writer, and photographer | Maybeck & Morgan: An Enduring Association | eRev 02-28-2022 <video> |
| 2022-02-16 | Lisa Hernandez, MD, MPH, Berkeley Public Health Officer | COVID-19 in Berkeley: An Update | eRev 02-21-2022 <video> |
| 2022-02-09 | Maxim Schrogin and the BRC Peace Committee | Berkeley Rotary Peace Committee Presentation | eRev 02-14-2022 <video> |
| 2022-02-02 | Lewis Ames, Ed Church and other members of the BRC Climate Action Committee | What Are We DOING About the Climate Crisis? | eRev 02-07-2022 <video> |
| 2022-01-26 | Jenny Wong, Berkeley City Auditor | Audits and Accountability: Berkeley's Streets and Police Calls for Service | eRev 01-31-2022 <video> |
| 2022-01-19 | Martha Fiehn, Rotary Global Scholar | Taxation, Inequality, and My Experience in Paris | eRev 01-24-2022 <video> |
| 2022-01-12 | Carlos Porrata, Nature Photographer | Portraits of Wildlife in and around Tomales Bay | eRev 01-17-2022 <video> |
| 2022-01-05 | Jesse Arreguin, Mayor, City of Berkeley | The State of The City | eRev 01-10-2022 <video> |
| 2021-12-15 | Ian Kesterson, Planting Arborist; Daniel Gallagher, Senior Forestry Supervisor; City of Berkeley | Trees? In Berkeley? | eRev 01-03-2022 <video> |
| 2021-12-08 | John Swartzberg, Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley | What Will the New Normal Post-Pandemic Look Like? | eRev 12-13-2021 <video> |
| 2021-12-01 | Grier Graff and Tina Etcheverry, Berkeley Rotary Endowment | Where Does Our Money Go? | eRev 12-06-2021 <video> |
| 2021-11-17 | Adam Janik, Chief of Palliative Care, Alta Bates/Summit Hospital | Advance Care Planning: Having Conversations About What's Important to You When You Are Very Sick | eRev 11-29-2021 <video> |
| 2021-11-10 | Calleene Egan, Executive Director, Berkeley Food and Housing | The Berkeley Food and Housing Hope Center Project | eRev 11-15-2021 <video> |
| 2021-11-03 | Fred Collignon and Tina Etcheverry, Berkeley Rotary Club | How the Rotary Foundation and Berkeley Rotary Endowment Work Together to Create Good Trouble | eRev 11-08-2021 <video> |
| 2021-10-27 | Dr. Waldo E. Martin, The Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of American History and Citizenship at UC Berkeley | From the Black Panther Party to Black Lives Matter and beyond | eRev 11-02-2021 <video> |
| 2021-10-20 | Brent Stephens, Superintendent, Berkeley Unified School District | An Update on the Berkeley Schools in the Midst of the Pandemic | eRev 10-25-2021 <video> |
| 2021-10-13 | Gloria Lenhart, San Francisco Historical Society | Ghost Ships of the Gold Rush: Why are they there? … and how to find them | eRev 10-18-2021 <video> |
| 2021-10-06 | Irving Lubliner, Professor Emeritus, Southern Oregon University | Only Hope: My Mother and the Holocaust Brought to Light | eRev 10-11-2021 <video> |
| 2021-09-29 | Tom Debley, Founding Director, Heritage Resources Department, Kaiser Permanente | Henry J. Kaiser: 100 Years of East Bay History | eRev 10-04-2021 <video> |
| 2021-09-22 | Peace Committee members | Honoring Congressman John R. Lewis, American Civil Rights Leader | eRev 09-27-2021 <video> |
| 2021-09-15 | Doug Fielding, Former Owner/President, Charcoal Companion Group | America vs. China: Who Will Be the Loser in This Economic War? | eRev 09-20-2021 <video> |
| 2021-09-08 | Charmin Smith, Head Coach, California Golden Bears Women’s Basketball Team | Cal Women's Basketball Post-Covid/ | eRev 09-13-2021 <video> |
| 2021-09-01 | Sara Webber, Co-Founder of the Berkeley Food Network | Innovative Ways to Get Food to People in Need | eRev 09-07-2021 <video> |
| 2021-08-25 | Theodore Ellison, Stained Glass Artist | Light in Life – The Glasswork of Theodore Ellison Designs | eRev 08-30-2021 <video> |
| 2021-08-18 | Jennifer Cogley and Jessica Hays, Bayer Berkeley | Development Plan Update for the Bayer Campus | eRev 08-25-2021 <video> |
| 2021-08-11 | Ed McFarlan, AIA, Principal, JRVD Urban International | The Opportunities and Challenges of Building a New Hotel in Downtown Berkeley | eRev 08-16-2021 <video> |
| 2021-08-04 | Valerie Kratzer and Jissel Poblete, Berkeley Public Schools Fund | A Seamless Way for Rotarians to Volunteer with the Berkeley Public Schools | eRev 08-09-2021 <video> |
| 2021-07-28 | Kimberly Deterline, Communications Director for State Campaigns, The Alliance for Safety and Justice | Lessons Learned from 30 Years in Racial Justice | eRev 08-02-2021 <video> |
| 2021-07-21 | Stephen P. Hinshaw, Ph.D, Professor, UC Berkeley and UCSF | Another Kind of Madness | eRev 07-26-2021 <video> |
| 2021-07-14 | Alison Teeman, Certified General Appraiser, Yovino-Young, Inc | Bubble, Bust, or the New Reality: A Look at the State of the High Demand for Local Real Estate Created by Covid, Millennials, and Cash | eRev 07-19-2021 <video> |
| 2021-07-07 | Arlene Marcus, President, Berkeley Rotary Club | President Arlene Marcus' Program | eRev 07-12-2021 <video> |
| 2021-06-30 | Berkeley Rotary Club Members | Celebration of President Chris Ahoy's Term of Service 2020-21 | eRev 07-05-2021 <video> |
| 2021-06-23 | Sophie Hahn, Berkeley City Councilmember | Berkeley: Looking Back, Looking Forward | <video> |
| 2021-06-16 | Dan Lieberman, Marketing Director, East Bay Community Energy | EBCE’S First Three Years: Producing, Sourcing and Collaborating to Achieve East Bay Renewable Energy and to Fight Global Warming | eRev 06-21-2021 <video> |
| 2021-06-09 | Patty Donald, President, Victorian Preservation Center of Oakland | The Cohen Bray House: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow | eRev 06-14-2021 <video> |
| 2021-06-02 | Helena Meyer Knapp, Faculty Member Emerita, Sociology, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA | Mapping COVID from Outbreak to Vaccination: Japan and Other International Perspectives | eRev 06-07-2021 <video> |
| 2021-05-26 | Yalda Uhls, Director, UCLA Center for Scholars and Storytellers | Media Moms & Digital Dads | eRev 05-31-2021 <video> |
| 2021-05-19 | Andy Katz, Director, East Bay MUD | An Update from EBMUD: Climate Change, Drought and Rates | eRev 05-25-2021 <video> |
| 2021-05-12 | Tess Mayer, Director, Berkeley Public Library | The Library's Role in Community Recovery | eRev 05-17-2021 <video> |
| 2021-05-05 | Cal Mann, Rotarian and Peace Corps volunteer | The Rotary - Peace Corps Partnership | eRev 05-10-2021 <video> |
| 2021-04-28 | Rika Niikura, Rotary Global Schoar from Japan | A Rotary Scholar from Japan Looks at Mid-Century Architecture in California | eRev 05-03-2021 <video> |
| 2021-04-21 | Elizabeth Pearce, CEO, SymSoil | Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration | eRev 04-26-2021 <video> |
| 2021-04-14 | BRC Scholarship Committee | Berkeley Rotary Scholarship 20th Anniversary Program | eRev 04-19-2021 <video> BUSD Recognition Proclamation |
| 2021-04-07 | Daniel Newman, President of Maplight | Unrig: How to Fix our Broken Democracy | eRev 04-19-2021 <video> |
| 2021-03-24 | Kate Collignon, Partner, HR&A Advisors | Exploring the Pandemic’s Long-Term Impact on Cities | eRev 04-05-2021 <video> |
| 2021-03-24 | Nancy Skinner, California State Senator | State of the State | eRev 03-29-2021 <video> |
| 2021-03-17 | David Rokeach, Drummer | About Drumming | eRev 03-22-2021 <video> |
| 2021-03-10 | Carol Christ, Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley | Insights into Current Challenges and Developments at the University | eRev 03-15-2021 <video> |
| 2021-03-03 | Amelia Rudolph, Founder of Bandaloop Dance Company | Performance in the Public Sphere | eRev 03-22-2021 <video> |
| 2021-02-24 | Tom Stienstra, Outdoors Writer for San Francisco Chronicle | The Biggest Threat Climate Change Poses to Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife | eRev 03-08-2021 <video> |
| 2021-02-17 | Tina Etcheverry, Biotech Consultant | Vaccines and the Immune Response | eRev 03-01-2021 <video> |
| 2021-02-10 | Fred Collignon, UCB Prof Emeritus, Harvard PhD Economics, and long-time teacher | Is Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) the secret to financing the Green New Deal and Economic Recovery | eRev 02-22-2021 <video> |
| 2021-02-03 | Judith Glass, Ed Church, John Ferguson, BRC Past Presidents | Past Presidents History Presentation | |
| 2021-01-27 | Josh Costello, Artistic Director of the Aurora Theatre Company | Running a Theater Company During the Pandemic | eRev 02-08-2021 <video> |
| 2021-01-20 | Denaya Shorter, Community Engagement Program Officer, Ecology Center | The Berkeley Climate Action Coalition and the Zero Waste Education Project | eRev 02-01-2021 <video> |
| 2021-01-13 | Daniel Nevers, Executive Director, Berkeley Art Center | Reimagining the Community Art Center | eRev 01-19-2021 <video> |
| 2021-01-06 | Jesse Arreguin, Mayor of Berkeley | A Look at What's Happening in Berkeley | eRev 01-12-2021 <video> |
| 2020-12-16 | Ira Glasser, Former CEO, American Civil Libertyies Union | Why the ACLU Continues to Defend the Free Speech Rights of Racists | eRev 12-21-2020 <video> |
| 2020-12-09 | Beverly Crawford, UC Berkeley Professor Emerita | Perfect Storm in the Artic: Climate Change, Resource Depletion, Politics and International Relations | eRev 12-14-2020 <video> |
| 2020-12-02 | Tina Etcheverry, Grier Graff | Where does our money go? Year-end report of the Berkeley Rotary Endowment | eRev 12-07-2020 <video> |
| 2020-11-18 | Becky Jaffe, Photographer & Lecturer | Art Making for the greater good - How the arts catalyze social change. | eRev 11-23-2020 <video> |
| 2020-11-11 | Lindy Lowe, Resilience Program Director, Port of San Francisco | Adapting to Rising Tides | eRev 11-16-2020 <video> |
| 2020-11-4 | Elizabeth Bagley, Director of Learning, DrawDown | Teaching Children About Climate Change | eRev 11-09-2020 <video> |
| 2020-10-28 | Patricia Guera, Producer at '60 Minutes' | News in a Time of Disinformation | eRev 11-02-2020 |
| 2020-10-21 | Darren C. Zook, Global Studies and Political Science, UC Berkeley | Election 2020: Reclaiming Optimism in an Age of Pessimism | eRev 10-26-2020 <video> |
| 2020-10-14 | Victor Mavedzenga, Downtown Streets Project Director | Efforts to Help the Unhoused around Berkeley | eRev 10-19-2020 <video> |
| 2020-10-07 | Mark Roberts, 5160 District Governor | Latest News on Rotary Policy and Worldwide Efforts | eRev 10-12-2020 <video> |
| 2020-09-30 | Ty Alper, Member of Berkeley School Board | Early Feedback on Berkeley's Online Education Effort | eRev missing <video> |
| 2020-09-23 | Dr. Anthony Fauci, Lauren Morany | 2020 Peace Grove Ceremony | eRev 09-28-2020 <video> |
| 2020-09-16 | Heath Massey, Citizens Climate Lobby | The ENROADS Model: An online system for evaluating the effectiveness of various strategies to reduce human contributions to climate change. | eRev 09-21-2020 <video> |
| 2020-09-09 | Jonathan DeYoe, President, DeYoe Wealth Management | "Financial Planning in Light of Recent Events" | eRev 09-21-2020 <video> |
| 2020-09-02 | President's Program: Rotary Foundation Presentation | Larry Goldenberg and David Donald Campbell | eRev 09-07-2020 <video> |
| 2020-08-26 | Dr. Mark Sapir, MD, MPH | "A Single Payer System for Healthcare" | eRev 09-07-2020 <video> |
| 2020-08-19 | Dr. Ambrose Carroll and Rev. Earl Koteen | "Green the Church, an Environmental Justice Coalition" | <video> |
| 2020-08-12 | Marty Nemko, PhD Career Coach | "Work After Covid-19" | eRev 08-17-2020 <video> |
| 2020-08-05 | Yavuz Atila, Western North America Regional Chapter Leader, Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group | "Rotary's New Area of Focus: Supporting the Environment" | eRev 08-10-2020 <video> |
| 2020-07-29 | Dr. Alvin C. Bernstine, Pastor, Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church | "Breaking the Silence on Racism" | eRev 08-03-2020 <video> |
| 2020-07-22 | Dan Kammen, PhD, Professor of Energy, UC Berkeley | "Climate Change: Current Trends/Actions, Policy Recommendations" | eRev 08-03-2020 <video> |
| 2020-07-15 | Rob Olshansky, Environmental Planner, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois | "Adaptation to Sea Level Rise" | eRev 07-27-2020 <video> |
| 2020-07-08 | Lark Doolan, Superintendent/Principal, Peninsula Union School District | "LGBTQ* Inclusion and Belonging" | eRev 07-13-2020 <video> |
| 2020-07-01 | Club President Chris Ahoy | "Tikkun Olam - Repair the World" | eRev 07-06-2020 <video> |
| 2020-06-24 | President Fred's Demotion | eRev 06-29-2020 | |
| 2020-06-17 | Baxter Bell, M.D. | "Yoga for Healthy Aging" | eRev 06-23-2020 |
| 2020-06-10 | John Swartzberg, M.D., Professor Emeritus, UC School of Public Health | “The Covid-19 Crisis: Where are we? How did we get here? Where do we go from here?” | |
| 2020-06-03 | Speaker: Lance Knobel, Co-Founder, Berkeleyside | "All the News that's Fit to Post" | |
| 2020-05-27 | Joan Blades and Brooke Deterline | Living Room Conversations and Berkeley Rotary Club | eRev 05-26-2020 |
| 2020-05-20 | Panel Discussion: California's Housing Shortage | Panel Discussion: "How the California Housing Shortage Developed and What Can be Done About It" | |
| 2020-05-13 | Russell Kassoff | Stories and Music from a Master Musician and Composer | eRev 05-18-2020 |
| 2020-05-06 | Mike & Marsha Crosby | An Update on Rotary's Polio Plus Program | eRev 05-11-2020 |
| 2020-04-29 | Joanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director, Berkeley Repertory Theater | The Berkeley Arts Scene in a time of COVID-19 | |
| 2020-04-22 | Erin Rhoades, Executive Director, Berkeley Schools Fund | "Educating and Supporting Berkeley Students During the Pandemic" | eRev 04-28-2020 |
| 2020-04-15 | Peter Gorman, UC Student Housing Project Manager | "Proposal for Student and Supportive Housing for the Formerly Homeless at People's Park" | eRev 04-20-2020 |
| 2020-04-08 | Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle columnist | "Stories from the Bay Area’s colorful past" | eRev 04-13-2020 |
| 2020-04-01 | John Caner, Executive Director of the Downtown Berkeley Association | Berkeley Relief Fund | eRev 04-06-2020 |
| 2020-03-25 | Julie Ann Winkelstein | Homeless Youth | eRev 03-30-2020 |
| 2020-03-18 | Cliff Dochterman (video) | "If I was President Again" | |
| 2020-03-11 | Dr. Lewis Feldman, Executive Director, UC Botanical Garden | "The UC Botanical Garden: Its History and Impact - A Unique Resource During a Time of Climate Change" | eRev 03-23-2020 |
| 2020-03-04 | Scott Gelfand, Executive Director, Friends of Berkeley Tuolomne Camp | "An update on Berkeley camps, planting trees and the rebuilding of Tuolomne" | eRev 03-09-2020 |
| 2020-02-26 | Hannah Hitchcock & Conrad Brenneman | Cal History, Spirit and Traditions | Two current Cal students/campus historians discuss the illustrious history of the #1 public university in the world, from its humble beginnings in the 1860's to the present day. |
| 2020-02-19 | Dr. Robert Uhrhammer, Emeritus Professor of Seismology, UC Berkeley | An Earthquake Early Warning System | |
| 2020-02-12 | Charlene Stern, Berkeley RC Member and Documentary Film Maker | "Not Here, Not Now, there is no time or place for hate." | eRev 02-23-2020 |
| 2020-02-05 | Past Presidents' Presentation | Entertaining hindsight and foresight from our troupe of past presidents. | eRev 02-10-2020 |
| 2020-01-29 | Dr. Gregory Marcus, Associate Chief of Cardiology for Research, UCSF Health | "A Proposed Collaboration between UCSF Cardiology and Rotary" | eRev 02-03-2020 |
| 2020-01-22 | Dr. Bob Sorenson | Hospital de la Familia: Rotary Project 2019 | eRev 02-10-2020 |
| 2020-01-15 | Club Mental Health Professionals | Panel Discussion on Mental Health | eRev 01-21-2020 |
| 2020-01-08 | Speaker: Members of Supportive Housing Committee | Housing Committee Reviews Our Work and Challenges the Club | eRev 01-13-2020 |
| 2019-12-18 | Tina Cole Kreitz, Author | "The Last Gift Box, a Present to Those Who Follow Me." | eRev 12-30-2019 |
| 2019-12-11 | Annie Kim, Director of Oakland's Family Education and Resource Center | "The ‘S’ Word – Stigma. Why We Don’t Talk About Mental Health and Why We Should." | |
| 2019-12-04 | Susun Kim, ED of the Family Justice Ctr of CCC & Dana Filkowski Deputy DA of CCC | Human Trafficking, the problem next door: approaches being taken in Contra Costa County | eRev 12-15-2019 |
| 2019-11-20 | Nadesan Permaul | "Divided America: The Politics of Culture" | eRev 12-02-2019 |
| 2019-11-13 | Dr. Arvin Gouw: Cancer Researcher/VP for R & D at Rare Genomics Institute | "The CRISPR Gene Editing Revolution: An Overview from Science to Ethics" | |
| 2019-11-06 | Grier Graf, Co-Chair of Grants Committee | ||
| 2019-10-30 | Tina Akins, DG, Rotary District 5160 | "It All Adds Up" | |
| 2019-10-23 | Wangmo Dixey, Executive Director of Dharma College | "From the Sea of Enlightenment to Urban Berkeley Wisdom Center" | |
| 2019-10-16 | Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carlson | "The Upcoming 2020 Census" | |
| 2019-10-09 | Neal Grace | Author of "Fresh Eyes Upon the World" | eRev 10-13-2019 |
| 2019-10-02 | Steve Beckendorf, Orchid Conservation Alliance | "Creating Orchid Reserves in the Andes" | eRev 10-21-2019 |
| 2019-09-25 | 2019 Berkeley Rotary Club Peace Award presentation to Dr. Paul Farmer | Honoring Dr. Paul Farmer, "the man who would cure the world," Dr. Farmer has pioneered novel, community-based treatment strategies that demonstrate the delivery of high-quality health care in resource-poor settings in the U.S. and other countries most especially Haiti and Rwanda. WE MEET AT THE ROTARY PEACE GROVE, TILDEN PARK Reserve your box lunch ahead $15.00 | |
| 2019-09-18 | Fran Gallati, CEO of the Berkeley Y | "Trends and New Programs initiated by the Berkeley Y" | eRev 09-24-2019 |
| 2019-09-11 | Ed Church, PhD., ED of the Institute for Environmental Entrepreneurship | "The problem with plastics, and what we can do about it." | eRev 09-16-2019 |
| 2019-09-04 | Larry Goldenberg & David Campbell - BRC | The Rotary Foundation | |
| 2019-08-28 | Jane Anne Staw | "How to think small, to move beyond anxiety, depression and overwhelm in a world overrun with action, screens and media." | eRev 09-03-2019 |
| 2019-08-21 | Beverly Crawford, Prof. Emeritus, UC Berkeley | "Why don't Refugees Fly? National Borders and the Migration Crisis" | eRev 09-03-2019 |
| 2019-08-14 | Lance Knobel, Founder, Berkeleyside | eRev 08-18-2019 | |
| 2019-08-07 | JOHN KING | John King Urban Design Critic San Francisco Chronicle | John King Urban Design Critic San Francisco Chronicle |
| 2019-07-31 | Regina Evans, Poet | Raising Awareness About Sex Trafficking | eRev 08-14-2019 |
| 2019-07-24 | Alejandro Flores, president of the Tocoa, HONDURAS Rotary Club, | WASH in Schools The pilot program focuses on providing clean water and sanitation systems, and equipping teachers to educate students on better hygiene practices. | |
| 2019-07-17 | Annalise Hoopes, Founder & Director of The Changemaker Project | "The Power of Young People to Change the World" | |
| 2019-07-10 | Barbara Williams, Program Mngr, Gateway Div, Berkeley Age-Friendly Continuum | Planning for Healthy Aging | |
| 2019-07-03 | Fred Fassett | "The Year Ahead" | |
| 2019-06-26 | President Beth's Demotion | ||
| 2019-06-12 | Warner Chabot, Exec Dir., San Francisco Estuary Institute | "Bay Area Strategies for Adapting to Sea Level Rise" | eRev 06-18-2019 |
| 2019-06-05 | Sara Webber, Exec. Director, Berkeley Food Network | "What Would it Take to Create a Hunger-Free Berkeley?" | eRev 06-10-2019 |
| 2019-05-29 | Elias Mater | Video: "Flight of the Refugees, Walk with Us" | eRev 06-03-2019 |
| 2019-05-22 | Martin Bourque, Exec Director, Ecology Center | The Ecology Center's Current Efforts | eRev 06-03-2019 |
| 2019-05-15 | Erin Rhodes | "On a Mission for Teachers and Students" | eRev 05-20-2019 |
| 2019-05-08 | Aaron Blumenfeld | The Analysis of Blues Piano | Mr. Blumenfeld is a composer, author, teacher & concert pianist who has worked intensively in three disparate fields of music: classical, jazz and Jewish music. Mr. Blumenfeld studied at Juilliard School of Music under John Mehegan, and received his M.A. in music composition from Rutgers University, New Brunswick for his research into early jazz piano music, which eventually resulted in two published books on the art of blues and barrelhouse piano improvisation. He received a grant from the New Jersey Council on the Arts to compose his Barrelhouse Piano Concerto, which was performed in the S.F. Bay Area in 1980. Many of his extensive list of compositions include movements of jazz music. He has been a frequent recipient of ASCAPLUS (ASCAP) AWARDS. He taught a popular course, Free Improvisation at the Piano at the University of California, Berkeley Extension School for twenty years and at the Berkeley Jazz School for five years. Prior to his work in the field of Jazz, Mr. Blumenfeld worked extensively in the field of Jewish music as a composer, teacher, cantor and conductor of synagogue choirs. He has composed several large symphonic works on Jewish themes. Mr. Blumenfeld is primarily a classical composer. He has composed eleven piano concertos (three have been performed,) many works for various chamber ensembles, much music for solo piano and many art songs. Ten songs from his two operas were recently performed in Berkeley as part of the (Berkeley, CA) Trinity Chamber Concerts series, a venue which has presented much of his chamber music for several years. All of Mr. Blumenfeld’s original manuscripts are in the music archives of the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Blumenfeld has performed multiple times at Yoshi’s, Oakland. <pastedGraphic.png> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obx- shYx1Kg Mr. Blumenfeld lives in Richmond California where he composes, writes & teaches. |
| 2019-05-01 | Robert Birgeneau, Chancellor Emeritus, UC Berkeley | Undocumented Graduate Students: A Forgotten National Resource | eRev 05-06-2019 |
| 2019-04-24 | Professor Alonzo Addison | Crowds, Clouds and Culture: The Future of the Past. A look at heritage in the digital age. | eRev 05-06-2019 |
| 2019-04-17 | Stuart Baker, Executive Director of Telegraph Business Improvement District | What the heck is happening to Telegraph Avenue? | eRev 04-29-2019 |
| 2019-04-10 | UCB Professor Emeritus Fred Collignon | The Pros, Cons and Challenges of Introducing a Wealth Tax | eRev 04-16-2019 |
| 2019-04-03 | Bob Sorenson, George Luna, Jacob Sese and Jocelyn Cheng | Sustainable Vision Care in Guatemala - An update on the Eye Clinic at Hospital de la Familia | Sustainable Vision Care in Guatemala - An update on the Eye Clinic at Hospital de la Familia Berkeley Rotarians: Bob Sorenson and George Luna Cal Rotaractors: Jacob Sese and Jocelyn Cheng |
| 2019-03-27 | Adam Berman, Founder and ED, Urban Adamah | "A Farm in Berkeley?" | |
| 2019-03-21 | Jeffrey Verwekh, Executive Director, Berkeley Humane | "Animals we love" | Satellite Club: Series of Talks and Discussion about Science and Technology in Berkeley Jeffrey Verwekh, Executive Director, Berkeley Humane Come hear why BRC supports Berkeley Humane |
| 2019-03-20 | Casting About - Everything you've ever Wanted to know about Rotary but were afraid to ask | Casting About - Everything you've ever wanted to know about Rotary but were afraid to ask See, Arlene Marcus | |
| 2019-03-20 | Gavin Raders, Co-Founder & Co-Director, Planting Justice | Building the Alternatives: Tangible and Replicable Models for Food Justice, Economic Justice, Ecological Health, Community Health and Successful Re-Entry for Returning Citizens | SPEAKER: GAVIN RADERS , Co-Founder and Co-Director, Planting Justice “BUILDING THE ALTERNATIVES: TANGIBLE AND REPLICABLE MODELS FOR FOOD JUSTICE, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, ECOLOGICAL HEALTH, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SUCCESSFUL RE-ENTRY FOR RETURNING CITIZENS” Speaker Provided by Team #1, "Amy Tan" See, Jackie Hammond & Rowena Tomaneng |
| 2019-03-13 | Lisa Bullwinkel, CEO, Another Bullwinkel Show | “How to Create Community in the Age of Isolating Screen Time” | eRev 03-17-2019 |
| 2019-03-06 | Mara Melandry | "Family Camps of Berkeley" | Speaker provided by President Beth |
| 2019-02-27 | John Knox, Exec Director Emeritus, Earth Island Institute | Can We All Get Serious about “Making a Difference”? | eRev 03-04-2019 |
| 2019-02-21 | Bruce Riordan, Director of the Climate Readiness Institute | "What Climate Readiness Means for the Bay Area" | https://www.dacdb.com/Rotary/Accounts/5160/Bulletins/428/eRev%2001-14-2019.pdf |
| 2019-02-20 | Darren Zook, Professor, Political Science and International & Area Studies, UC B | What’s Wrong with Diversity? | eRev 02-25-2019 |
| 2019-02-13 | Ian McIntyre, HUMM/Skydeck Startup | Presentation of a wearable neurotech device that improves cognitive performance | eRev 02-17-2019 |
| 2019-02-06 | John Ferguson: BRC Past President 2002-2003 | Berkeley Rotary: Past, Present and Future | Yogi Berra said “When you’ve arrive at a fork in the road, take it”. We all love Yogi’s misspeaks, but in my case, this is not a murdered phrase- I’ve come to that fork 3 times in my career-and the distance from where I started and where I’ve ended (at least for now) has not been the straightest distance by between 2 points, but I was never good at geometry, but what a journey, the characters I’ve met, the lessons learned, and ultimately the discovery of myself has been well worth it. If you’re up to a 30 minute ride at breakneck speed, jump aboard! |
| 2019-01-30 | Barry Roeder, SF Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development | An open source platform for people seeking supportive housing: development and impact. | eRev 02-12-2019 |
| 2019-01-24 | Chris Ahoy | Creating a World Class Organization | eRev 01-29-2019 |
| 2019-01-23 | H.E. REV. PATRICK McCOLLUM | Interfaith chaplain, spiritual mentor, and peace counselor "THE WORLD PEACE VIOLIN: A METAPHOR FOR PEACE AND HEALING IN THE WORLD” | |
| 2019-01-16 | Rita Lucarelli, Professor of Egyptology, UC Berkeley | "Ancient Egypt: Magic and Demons" | eRev 01-21-2019 |
| 2019-01-09 | Jacquilin McCormick, City of Berkeley, Anne Pardee and Joanne Dickerson-Harper | BRC Supportive Housing Committee: Where we've been and where we're going | eRev 01-14-2019 |
| 2018-12-19 | Skyler Barton , Pace Pathways Counselor at BCC | "Preparing Under-Represented Students for Success: Lessons Learned" | eRev 12-27-2018 |
| 2018-12-12 | Dennis and Jenny Hacker | Our Year in Africa | eRev 12-17-2018 |
| 2018-12-05 | Janiele Maffei, Chief Mitigation Officer for the California Earthquake Authority | Earthquake history and readiness | Janiele Maffei, Chief Mitigation Officer for the California Earthquake Authority Her talk will be on earthquake history and readiness , offering insight on what communities, homeowners, and businesses can do to prepare for an earthquake, and what recovery steps to take following a natural disaster |
| 2018-11-28 | Severin Borenstein, Haas School of Business; Faculty Director, Haas Energy Inst | "California Climate Policy: What's Working and What's Not" | eRev 12-03-2018 |
| 2018-11-14 | Martin de Muchas Flores and Joleen Ruffin, Exec. Director, BCF | The Berkeley Promise: Support for Community College Students | eRev 11-26-2018 |
| 2018-11-07 | Grier Graff, Kurt Hauch, Tina Etcheverry | ||
| 2018-10-31 | Peter Ralston, M.D., UCSF, Neuroscientist | Pain: Treatment and Addiction | eRev 11-05-2018 |
| 2018-10-24 | DG Jon DwyerLeadership meeting with DG Visit - Jon Dwyer | Leadership meeting with DG Visit - Jon Dwyer | Leadership meeting with DG Visit - Jon Dwyer |
| 2018-10-24 | DG Jon Dwyer | DG visit | |
| 2018-10-18 | Dr. Jill Fuss, Founder and CTO,Cinder Biological, Inc. | Amazing Microbes and Extreme Enzymes | Satellite Club: Series of Talks and Discussion about Science and Technology in Berkeley Dr. Jill Fuss, Founder and CTO,Cinder Biological, Inc. |
| 2018-10-17 | Mayor Jesse Arreguin, City of Berkeley | State of the City | eRev 10-22-2018 |
| 2018-10-10 | Mike Mitchell, AcariFish.com | Reinventing the Devil Fish in Southern Mexico | eRev 10-15-2018 |
| 2018-10-03 | Ruben Canedo, Director, UC Centers for Education Equity and Excellence | UC Berkeley Basic Needs: Economic, Food, and Housing Justice | eRev 10-08-2018 |
| 2018-09-26 | Melanie Miksis, Community Outreach & Comm Coordinator, 1951 Coffee Company | Job Training in the Specialty Coffee Industry for Refugees & Asylees | 1951 Coffee Company's Mission to support refugees and asylees in the Bay Area by providing job training and employment opportunities in the specialty coffee inductry. |
| 2018-09-20 | Dr. Peggy Lemaux and Dr. Rebecca Mackelprang, UC Dept of Plant and Microbiology | eRev 09-25-2018 | |
| 2018-09-19 | Peace Grove Ceremony - Honoree: German Chancellor Angela Merkel | eRev 09-25-2018 | |
| 2018-09-12 | Hal Aronson, Co-Founder, We Care Solar | Suitcase Solar Systems | eRev 09-17-2018 |
| 2018-09-05 | Larry Goldenberg & David Campbell | Rotary Foundation Presentation | |
| 2018-08-29 | Cindy Dickerson, Exec. Dir.,Ctr. for Early Intervention for Deafness (CEID) | The Sky is the Limit: Maximizing Communication Potential for Children and Adults who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing | eRev 09-04-2018 |
| 2018-08-22 | Dan Lindheim, Director, UC Berkeley Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement | eRev 08-27-2018 | |
| 2018-08-15 | Dr. Ron Lee, UCB Prof Econ & Demography | Changing Trends in Demography | eRev 08-19-2018 |
| 2018-08-08 | judy Bebelaar, co-Author, “And Then They Were Gone” | Judy will discuss her book concerning her students experiences with the People’s Temple and Jonestown | Judy taught in SF public high schools for 37 years. Her students have won many prizes, some on the national level, for their writings. She was one of the founders of Opportunity 1 and 2 alternative public high schools, and is a teacher consultant with UCB’s Bay Area Writing Project. Her poetry has been published widely in magazines and 3 anthologies. The most recent “River of Earth and Sky: Poems for the 21st Century. Her first book of poetry “Walking Across the Pacific, was published in 2014 by Finishing Line Press. |
| 2018-08-01 | The Team: Robot + B. Federov, N. Manyasli, E. Feldher, M. Willig, K. Tomashevsky | FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5499 -- with robot. | https://www.dacdb.com/Rotary/Accounts/5160/Bulletins/428/eRev%2008-06-2018.pdf |
| 2018-07-25 | Pamela Garcia, The WASH in Schools Project, Honduras | BRC Assist in Funding Projects in the Colon Region of Honduras | Pamela Garcia, owner and founder of the Columbus School, a private English-speaking school located in Saba, Colon., Honduras, and President of the Rotary Club of Tocoa, Honduras will discuss the following projects that our Club helps fund: Teacher Education; Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene System Upgrades; Parent Empowerment; Menstrual Hygiene Management; Data Gathering for Evaluation of Project Results. ; |
| 2018-07-18 | Terry A. Kupers, M.D., M.S.P. , Institute Professor Emeritus, Wright Institute | The Social Costs of Mass Incarceration and Supermax Isolation | While “lock-‘em-up-and-throw-away-the-key implies prisons exist somewhere apart and prisoners are all heinous criminals, the truth is that prisons are very much part of our social fabric and the huge majority of prisoners are fairly ordinary people who saw their lives go awry earlier on. When nearly 2 1/2 million people are disappeared behind bars (plus another million immigrants in detention), society is impacted in many subtle and not-so-subtle ways. The turn toward solitary confinement is merely one example of the harm that results. Some re-thinking about criminal justice is urgently needed. Terry A. Kupers, M.D., M.S.P. is Institute Professor Emeritus at The Wright Institute and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He provides expert testimony in class action litigation regarding the psychological effects of prison conditions including isolated confinement, the quality of correctional mental health care, and the effects of sexual abuse in correctional settings. He is author of Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It (Univ of California Press, 2017); Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It (1999) and co-editor of Prison Masculinities (2002). He is a Contributing Editor of Correctional Mental Health Report. He received the 2005 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). |
| 2018-07-11 | Demotion of 2017-2018 President Tina Etcheverry | Demotion of 2017-2018 President Tina Etcheverry | Demotion of 2017-2018 President Tina Etcheverry |
| 2018-07-10 | Michael Trumpis, Current Topics In Neural Interfacing | Satellite Club: Current Topics In Neural Interfacing: Brain-machine interfaces | Satellite Club: Series of Talks and Discussion about Science and Technology in Berkeley Current Topics In Neural Interfacing: The physiology and technology behind brain-machine interfaces |
| 2018-06-27 | Matthew O'Brien, Photographer and Author | An alternative view of Colombia: Colombia in Photographs | |
| 2018-06-20 | Peter Kasin | The Music and Lore of Sea Chanties | The Music and the Lore of Sea Chanties. Toy boats will be allowed. |
| 2018-06-13 | Steven Campbell, MSIS | The Amazing Learning Process | The Amazing Learning Process |
| 2018-06-12 | Satellite Club: Vivienne Ming, Executive Chair and co-Founder, Socos Labs | AI for Good: Augmented Intelligence | Series of Talks and Discussion about Science and Technology in Berkeley |
| 2018-06-06 | Karen Monroe, Alameda County Sup’t.. Of Schools | Education and Access for ALL our Public School Students | Since taking office in 2015, Karen Monroe has worked to position the Alameda County Office of Education as a model of social justice in action. At a time of tremendous change in public education, including broad shifts in funding, standards, testing, and accountability, Karen’s vision for the office includes a commitment to equip the most vulnerable students and those who serve them with the tools to successfully make their way to, in, and through our public schools. |
| 2018-05-30 | Jon Jarvis, Exec. Director, Institute for Parks, People and Biodiversity, UCB | The Future of Conservation in America: A chart for rough water | |
| 2018-05-23 | An In-House Silent Auction at the regular May 23 club meeting | A fun-raising event to help make up for the club's loss of the income from Golden Gate Field's Dollar Days. *** HELP US RAISE $6000 TO FUND OUR SERVICE PROJECTS*** | |
| 2018-05-16 | DR. DARREN ZOOK, UC Berkeley Professor of Political Science | Cyber Security, the Broad and Narrow Pictures | Cyber Security, the Broad and Narrow Pictures: International political hacking, voting and election issues, social media concerns, and your personal data. Darren C. Zook has taught for 16 years at UC Berkeley, and has been recognized numerous times for his contributions to education on campus. He teaches courses on comparative politics, security studies, human rights, and conflict resolution, and has extensive field experience in nearly every part of the world, including two trips to North Korea. In 2012 he was a Fulbright Research Scholar based in Singapore, conducting research on cybersecurity threats in the Asia-Pacific region. |
| 2018-05-09 | Elliot Warren Acting Director of Library Services | The Role of the Library in Community Building | |
| 2018-05-08 | Satellite Club: Shawdee Eshgli, Senior Scientist | The power, promise and limitations of gene editing. | " The power, promise and limitations of gene editing.” Shawdee Eshgli, Senior Scientist, Caribou Biosciences is from one of the leading firms (Jennifer Duodna’s work) on CRISPR. |
| 2018-05-02 | Kathy Kramer, Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour | California Native Plants for your Garden | For the past 14 years, Kathy Kramer has organized the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour. This year’s Tour is on Sunday, May 6 from 10:00 to 5:00. The Tour will feature over 40 gardens in the East Bay that have utilized native plants in the landscape. Kathy will speak about her love of native plants, and what the benefits are to using them in your yard. Kathy was the Jefferson Award winner in 2013 for her volunteer work in restoration and native plantings. To learn more about the garden tour, visit http://www.bringingbackthenatives.net , and come hear Kathy’s talk. |
| 2018-04-25 | Noel Russell, Development Office, Covenant House | ||
| 2018-04-18 | Showing we care; RI Foundation and Paul Harris Awards | Showing we care; RI Foundation and Paul Harris Awards | Shawn Rowles presiding. |
| 2018-04-11 | Dr. John S. Edelen, Chief of Cardiology Alta Bates, Director of Cardiac Rehab | How to keep from getting Heart Disease, and cool things to do if you get it | How to keep from getting Heart Disease, and cool things to do if you get it |
| 2018-04-04 | Nipam Patel | Prof. Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley | The Physics of Beauty: Structural Colors in Butterflies |
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| 2018-03-21 | Arlie Russell Hochschild | Writer and Sociologist | Her book: "Strangers in Their Own Land" |
| 2018-03-07 | Peter Kasin | Maritime Vocal Harmonies | |
| 2018-02-28 | Carol Christ | Chancellor, UC Berkeley | |
| 2018-02-21 | Dean Rutherford | Water Purification Projects in Puerto Rico and Mexico | |
| 2018-02-14 | Professor David Zilberman and Mio Katayama | UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources | Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program |
| 2018-02-07 | Dr. Frank Zimring | Prof. of Law, UC Berkeley, Author, "When Police Kill" | When Police Kill, How to Change the Rules of Engagement |
| 2018-01-31 | BRC Members Ed Church, Pate Thompson, Alan Fraser | Berkeley Rotary: 101 Years and Counting | |
| 2018-01-24 | Evelyn Larson | Senior Program Coordinator, YMCA | Thriving with Execise as we Age |
| 2018-01-17 | Cloey Hewlett | Executive Director | Cal Alumni Association |
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| 2018-01-10 | Sosun Kim | Exec Director of Family Justice System, Contra Costa County | Family Justice Center (What it is, what we do) |
| 2018-01-03 | Special Presentation from Berkeley Rotary Endowment Grant Recipients, and Shawn Rowles on Accessory Dwelling Units | ||
| 2017-12-20 | Fiddling Around: Music and Friends | ||
| 2017-12-13 | Dr. William Jagust | Prof. of Public Health and Neuroscience, UC Berkeley | The Future of Alzheimer's Disease |
| 2017-12-06 | Lisa D. White | Director of Education and Outreach, UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology | What You Can Learn about Climate Change from Paleontology |
| 2017-11-29 | Michael Shea; David Kissinger; Alexey Bulankov | Wealth Strategist, Mechanics Bank; Sr. VP, Sr. Invest. Mngr. Mechanic's Bank; CFP, VP & Portfolio Mngr. Mechanic's Bank | Current State of the Economy |
| 2017-11-25 | Terrie Light, Jamie Hiteshew | Exec Dir, Berkeley Food and Housing, Bridge Housing | The Berkeley Way Project |
| 2017-11-15 | Kimi Kodani Hill | Grandaughter of Japanese Artist and Teacher, Chiura Odata | The Life and Art of Chiura Obata |
| 2017-11-11 | Clair Greensfelder | From the Paris Climate Agreement to the New Nuclear Weapons Ban | |
| 2017-11-08 | Kristina Hill | Assoc. Professor, UC Berkeley | Sea Level Rise |
| 2017-11-04 | Grier Graff and Beth Roesnner | BRC Members | Grants Make Us Great - Berkeley Endowment Annual Report |
| 2017-11-01 | Rotaractors and Middletown Rotarians | End Polio Now | |
| 2017-10-18 | Dr. Jennifer Stokes Draut | California’s Water Systems of the Future | <slides> |
| 2017-09-27 | Matt Botill | Climate Change Program: The Cap-and-Trade Branch |
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| 2017-09-20 | Jesse Arreguin; Sophie Hahn | Mayor, City of Berkeley and BRC member Councilmember, City of Berkeley | The Pathways Project, Addressing Homelessness in Berkeley |
| 2017-09-13 | Jon Tracy | Artistic Director, Theater First, Berkeley | |
| 2017-09-06 | Dick Beahrs | Cal Student Body President 1967-1968 | Reflections on the Summer of Love |
| 2017-08-30 | Kwawaja Ashraf | BRC Member | The Politicization of Islam |
| 2017-08-23 | Atlanta RI Conference Attendees: G. Graff M.A. Rathbun, A. Pardee, J. Collignon, A. Henderson | BRC Members | The 2017 Atlanta RI Conference |