On October 21 from 7 to 8:30 pm Eastern Time, the 10 Rotary Clubs in Durham Region (and the Rotary Club of Port Hope ), on behalf of your co-hosts, the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood and Durham College invite you to join our live world-wide broadcast: District 7070's World Polio Day 2021 - Live from The Rotary Global Classroom at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario Canada. ........
The event will run from 7 pm to about 8:30 pm live from The Rotary Global Classroom featuring Dr Bob Scott,(past Rotary International Vice-President and Immediate Past Chair of the Rotary International Polio Plus Committee ), and Mike McGovern, (the current Chair of the Rotary International Polio Plus Committee). We will also hear from Valarie Wafer, Vice President of Rotary International and we are awaiting confirmation of additional senior Rotary International leaders as well. We will get an update about Rotary's latest efforts with our Global Polio Eradication initiative Partners to eradicate polio, our challenges ahead and what we can do to help.
With COVID-19 measures lifting ever so slightly, we are in the planning stages of District 7070's World Polio Day 2021 - Live from The Rotary Global Classroom at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario Canada. We will let you know more as details become confirmed .
We are asking Rotary and Rotaract Clubs in District 7070 to cancel the weekly meetings this week and instead, watch the livestream presentation, with their spouses and friends, as we broadcast from the Rotary Global Classroom, in the Centre for Collaborative Education Building at Durham College, 2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, ON, Canada L1G 0C5 . Many clubs have already cancelled their weekly meeting so that their members can watch.
Here is a promo that you will see on the Rotary International Website in the "Voices" section very soon:
This livestream will be broadcast to all Rotary Clubs in District 7070, throughout Canada , and to the rest of the world. The link is now available right here and the Global Classroom's Class Page is being developed with even more details forthcoming. In addition, this the event will be livestreamed to all of the colleges and universities worldwide on the Durham College Rotary Global Classroom Network.
You will also see Rotary International's 2021 World Polio Day video during our October 21 as we broadcast it to the world , live from the Rotary Global Classroom.
In addition, you will be able to ask questions of the distinguished panel.
Stay tuned for the link to the Class Page for this District 7070 Live Event as we tell the world that Rotary intends to End Polio Now.
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We ask that you tell every Rotarian and Rotaractor that you see to watch, in its entirety, starting at 7:00 pm
The link is now available right here to the 2021 World Polio Day Live from the Rotary Global Classroom of Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada,
Here is a link to the 2020 World Polio Day Livestream to give you an idea what's in store.