Events

Autism at Work: Making Diversity and Inclusive Hiring Work for All

Despite often possessing valuable skills for the workplace, autistic individuals have traditionally had alarmingly high unemployment and under-employment rates. With an estimated 50,000 autistic adults entering adulthood annually, overcoming the barriers to successful employment has become a pressing national issue. During this program, Dr. Stobbe and colleagues, Hala Annabi and Natasha Harrington, will highlight some of the current barriers to successful hiring and will focus on strategies that are showing promise not only for the autistic adult, but also potential benefits for the businesses focusing on diversity and inclusive hiring.

Technology and the State of the World: A View from Canada
 

The Rotary Club of Seattle is hosting a business networking event at the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Seattle. This is your chance to build business connections with Rotary members as well as other professionals in the downtown core.

Here are the details:

• Thursday, September 26 at the Hard Rock Cafe
• $8 for non-Rotarians
• Free for Seattle 4 Rotary members
• No-host bar plus delicious appetizers

Grab your business cards and get ready to connect!!

Philip Welkhoff is the Director of the Malaria Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Previously, he served as Director of Research at the Institute for Disease Modeling.  There, he helped develop computer simulations of malaria, polio, and other disease transmission dynamics to assist public health professionals and other scientists in planning the eradication of different diseases.

Philip received a Special Achievement Award by a Hertz Fellow in 2009 for his work on malaria modeling. He earned dual undergraduate degrees in mathematics and aerospace engineering at The University of Texas, Austin and holds a PhD in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton University.  At Princeton, his work focused on biophysically-inspired models of neural circuits for perceptual decision making.  

He has served on the Board of the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation and he now serves as a Senior Interviewer.  Prior to joining the Gates Foundation, he served as a pro bono external advisor to various programs, including Agriculture and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. 

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This event is brought to you by the Peace Builder Committee of Seattle #4 Rotary and Seattle City Rotaract. Both of these organizations have directly supported REST and are excited to see where our donations are going! Seattle #4 Rotary Peacebuilder Committee put forward a $500 Assistant Governor Grant to purchase red jackets for the social workers who do outreach to prostituted individuals on North Aurora. Seattle City Rotaract organized a drive to stock the REST Drop-In Center with feminine hygeine products.

Please join us for a site visit of the REST Drop-In Center and a FAQ with Engagement Director Julie McNamara-Dahl. The REST Drop-In Center provides a safe space to rest, connect with other survivors, build a community of support, and get assistance in accessing resources like housing, employment, education, transportation, and our newly launched Integrated Health Clinic. The Drop-In Center is open four days a week, and guests have access to food, including a hot dinner served nightly, quiet and relaxing spaces, and the resource closet where they can pick up clothes, hygiene items, and other necessities.

Rotarians and Rotaractors will be visiting the Drop-In Center on an evening when it's not serving survivors, a Friday night. Due to the tight quarters, the maximum head count for this event is 20. The tour and FAQ will last about 75 minutes. Immediately afterwards we'll adjourn to dinner at a nearby restaurant, for those who are interested.

We hope to see you there!! Questions about this event can be directed to Virginia McKenzie at virginia.mckenzie74@gmail.com or 425-785-7946.