BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:273@usrotary.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250424T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250424T083000 DTSTAMP:20250220T191447Z URL:https://usrotary.org/events/program-ezra-teshome-polio-eradication-and -the-current-anti-vax-movement-april-24-2025/ SUMMARY:Program: Ezra Teshome\, "Polio Eradication\, and the Current Anti- Vax Movement\," April 24\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:\nJoin the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featu ring Ezra Teshome.\n\n\n\nThe \;program will be presented on Zoom on T hursday morning with the Zoom line opening at 7 a.m. \; The formal mee ting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. \; \;No regist ration is required\, and the program is free.\n\n\n\nThe meeting will be a vailable via Zoom. \;Click here to join the meeting Thursday morning.& nbsp\; The Zoom line will open shortly after 7 a.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ nEzra Teshome emigrated from Ethiopia in 1971 and enrolled at Highline Col lege shortly after coming to the United States. In 1973 he graduated from Highline and went on to Seattle University\, where he earned his bachelor' s degree in political science and pre-law. Through the service organizatio n Rotary International\, Teshome\, has spent nearly a decade leading volun teer teams to Ethiopia to help immunize children against polio.\n\n\n\nIn October of 2005\, Teshome and his 35-member team were part of the national immunization campaign that reached 16 million children.\n\n\n\nHis dedica tion to the polio eradication effort led "Time" magazine to honor him last November as one of 10 global health heroes at the Time Global Health Summ it\, which pulls together public health experts and policy setters to addr ess the world' critical health issues. Other humanitarian projects include arranging delivery of ambulances to his home country\, providing low-cost housing for the poor and establishing micro-credit programs to help famil ies become self-sufficient. In 2004–05\, he was one of the leaders of a comprehensive plan to bring safe water to the most critical areas of Ethio pia.\n\n\n\n"As a student\, Ezra was concerned about the human condition\, and how he could help to improve it\," says Davidson Dodd\, who has been teaching at Highline for 36 years and had Teshome in one of his political science courses.\n\n\n\n"He wasn’t grandiose about his commitment. He wa s simply appreciative of his good fortune and hoped that others could have the opportunities he had been blessed with." "What is so impressive about Ezra is how positive he has stayed\, and how active he continues to be. H e is fueled by energy\, compassion\, and I believe a strong religious fait h."\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThanks to Victoria Wenick for her work on this program. \n CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR