September is Rotary International’s Basic Education and Literacy Month
Rotary’s goal is to empower communities to support basic education and Literacy, reduce gender disparity in education and increase adult literacy.
World Literacy Day is coming up on September 8th. Literacy Day serves as a reminder of the Importance of Literacy for individuals and society. Let’s get involved by – donating books, Time or Money and spreading the word on Social Media. Changing lives, support literacy projects. Read and share a story with your child / grandchildren. Read, Write, Empower.
Celebrate Indigenous Literacy day on September 2nd where books produced by Indigenous communities are launched. support and donate to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, being DG Phil and Judy's District Project.
Many clubs and rotarians in District 9780 do great work in this area. Celebrate the wonderful Literary projects that your club is involved with. Or, introduce a new project for club members to be work on.
Let the District 9780 Literary Resource Chair, Judy Beasley, know what your club is doing in this area of focus.
Email: j.beasley490@gmail.com
Invite a guest speaker on Literacy during September. Rotarian James Carter from the Rotary Club of Camperdown has a great story to tell about his literacy journey. James would be happy to speak at your club. For further details on how to contact James...
Dear Clubs,
Re: - Guest Speaker on Literacy.
I have been a Rotarian for around forty years and been in a number of Clubs all around Australia, from Metro Melbourne to the north west of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, now a member of the Rotary Club of Camperdown.
Born with “Dyslexia” I didn’t learn to read and write till my late teens well after leaving school. My presentation is a light hearted address highlighting some of the funny things that happened to me, and how I got through life in a literate world. How I learnt to read and write and I give an insight into life without the skills of literacy. Now University educated running my own business, making a positive contribution to the community, when I was told many times as a child that “I didn’t have the brains to be a dust-man”.
From 1987 for the next few years I presented my Program “Illiteracy a Personal Esperance” to many Club and District Conferences as a keynote speaker. Now PDG Greg Ross introduced me in Canberra to an audience of around 3,000 delegates as the best speaker their Club had since Len Beadell the out-back surveyor and explorer.
With September being Literacy Month and the 8th of September being International Literacy Day, would your Club be interested in having me come to your club as a guest speaker and give my presentation to your members. This is hoping that things are better around September with Covid-19. You may wish to pass this to your Program Director and Vocational Chair, my contact details are below I suggest you contact me on my mobile number as I am out in the community a great deal.
Yours in Rotary
Rtn. James Carter
Mobile: 0428 554 106
Email: tcjamesc@iprimus.com.au