Rotary Club of Westwood Village Meetings Thursday Noon @Hillel at UCLA 574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024 A 100% Paul Harris Club! UCLA Rotaract Webpage Co-Presidents, Rotary Year 2025 - 2026 Benjamin Fisher July1 - Oct 31 Mark Rogo November 1 - February 28 Diane Good March 1 - June 30 Bob Simon, President Elect Peter More, VP Janet Schwartz, Secretary Terry M. White, Treasurer Jim Crane, Sergeant-at-Arms Steve Day, Foundation Chair Chris Gaynor, David Stover Board Members at Large Mark Rogo, Membership Ronald Lyster, Webmaster Yang Shen, Matthew Yuan, and Ethan Kim Social Media Nevin Senkan, International Christine Clayburg, Community Samuel Botbol, Youth Ethan Kim, Vocational Marsha Hunt, Peace *Last Zoom Meeting* //  Join Hybrid Meetings (First and Third Thursdays) Events 2025   September 18 - Tom Johnstone Tom Johnstone is a member of the Westchester Rotary Club.  He will speak to us about Youth Protection, a requirement of Rotary International in order to work with young people including Rotaracts.  To the best of their ability, Rotary members, their partners, and other volunteers must safeguard the children and young people with whom they come into contact and protect them from physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. September 25 - Steve Aaron Steve Aaron is UCLA Professor Emeritus, and current President and CEO of the Autry Museum of the American West.  A recent project of his was Can We All Get Along: An Alternative History of the American Frontier. October 2 - Discussions About Antisemitism Chuck McCreary will moderate a discussion meeting on antisemitism as a follow up to  Rabbi Sherman's talk in July. October 9 - Jacqueline Hantgan Jacqueline Hantgan is Director of Outreach and Advocacy at Americans for Cures, is a patient advocate with decades of experience working in advocacy, fundraising and education. She served as a member of the successful 2004 campaign for California's Proposition 71 which formed the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and provided $3 billion for stem cell and related research to develop therapies and cures for chronic illness and disease. She was also a senior staff member on the YES on 14: Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments, and Cures Initiative in 2020, which secured an additional $5.5 billion in funding for CIRM. Jacqueline graduated from Tulane University with a BA in Anthropology and continued her studies at Teachers College, Columbia University with a Masters in Education and Anthropology. She is currently pursuing a degree in Alternative Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law.   2025 September 20 - District Dodger Night October 5 - District Breakfast November 1 - District Foundation Celebration November 20 - District Governor Visit           Rotary International Fellowships   Windmill Roster Local Clubs World Clubs Past Presidents Rotarians of the Year Anniversary Books: 25   50  75 Club Handbook Rotary is a leadership organization made up of local business, professional and civic leaders who meet regularly to get to know each other, form friendships and, through that, get things done in our local community.  Rotary is the world's oldest and largest service organization (founded in 1905).