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


       4 racism efforts.                             President, Rotary International
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