President Jan's Final Meeting and Passing of the Gavel
Wednesday, June 17 Socialize @ Noon! 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM Washington Athletic Club
LueRachelle Brim-Atkins
From Segregated Texas to Transformational Leadership: Rotary Welcomes LueRachelle Brim-Atkins
“Leadership begins when we stop waiting for permission to make a difference.” — LueRachelle Brim-Atkins
The Rotary Club of Seattle is honored to welcome LueRachelle Brim-Atkins as our featured speaker at our next meeting — a nationally respected consultant, educator, caregiver advocate, and lifelong voice for equity, inclusion, and community leadership.
Brim-Atkins brings decades of experience helping organizations navigate leadership, diversity, community engagement, and organizational change. Since 1988, she has led the consulting firm Brim-Donahoe & Associates, advising Fortune 100 companies along with public, private, and nonprofit organizations.
Her life story is as compelling as her professional resume.
Born and raised in Naples, Texas, Brim-Atkins grew up during the era of strict segregation in the American South. In a featured interview for PBS’s American Experience, she reflected on how those early experiences shaped her lifelong commitment to justice, education, and racial equity. After moving to Seattle, she became involved in efforts promoting racial equality and integration at the University of Washington during the 1970s — work that would become part of a broader career dedicated to helping communities and institutions grow stronger and more inclusive.
In recent years, Brim-Atkins has also become a powerful advocate for dementia-friendly communities and family caregiving. During a statewide conference on dementia awareness, she shared deeply personal reflections about caring for both her mother and brother, emphasizing the importance of compassion, dignity, and community support systems.
She has also contributed internationally through educational and humanitarian initiatives, including projects supporting girls’ education and empowerment in Africa.
Those who know Brim-Atkins describe her as thoughtful, candid, deeply grounded, and passionately committed to helping people recognize both their history and their potential.
Her Rotary presentation promises to combine personal storytelling, historical perspective, and practical leadership insight — the kind of conversation that challenges us not only to reflect, but to act.
Please join us for what is sure to be an inspiring and memorable program.
Please note that priority will be given to new members completing their blue badge checklist requirement. You may submit multiple dates of availability, but please note we may not accommodate all dates you request. If you are confirmed to greet at a meeting, you will receive a calendar invite from me. I will also run the confirmed greeter schedule in the newsletter.
Inviting a Guest to a Meeting?
If you are bringing a guest to a Rotary Club of Seattle lunch meeting and want to be recognized on the meeting slides as the member bringing them, please make sure to also email mary@seattlerotary.org with this information no later than end of day Monday the week of the meeting.
It is not immediately clear through our registration system who is coming with who, so this will ensure your guest is properly recognized!
Thank you!
This week Club Director Mary joined her first lunch with the Seattle Membership Leaders, a group of association club professionals.
Representatives from the WAC, Rainier Club, Seattle Chamber, and others enjoyed lunch at the WTC Seattle. Discussion topics included ideal days and times for event scheduling and member retention.
History of Rotary Club of Seattle…A Call to Action?
When we talk about our club and its illustrious history, we show pride for what we've achieved in the past. But can we use this past as inspiration and a blueprint for what we can achieve in the future?
Association clubs are in flux nationwide and documentaries such as Join or Die (on Netflix) show us that the way we've organized socially has changed dramatically in the past few decades.
But what hasn't changed? The human need to connect. Global health, environmental, and educational concerns. Local charitable and volunteer support needs.
In looking back to our past, I hope we can all find inspiration as we continue to build our club of the future!
-Club Director Mary
Thank you to everyone that came out to enjoy a beautiful Thursday evening at the Queen City Yacht Club for our annual President's Party! Our long-time party caterer Willie brought the heat (and smoker!).
Get Involved!
In an effort to better inform membership of the health of the club, we will start posting member additions and resignations after each month's club board meeting.
New Members: Kate Tate and Mieka Briejer
Resignations: Alan Bergen, Hisao Inagaki, Candy Lee, Dalia Sherif, May Lin, George Fennell, Jean-Paul Yafali, Frances Walker
We love to see our Rotary members promoting good works in our community and abroad! If you have a project or fundraiser that you are excited about and would like to promote to your fellow club members, please check in with our Club Director, Mary Goldie, before distributing information or invitations through our email roster. We value the privacy of our members’ contact information and can let you know the appropriate ways to reach out to folks in our club. Thank you!!
Serves to fulfill Rotary's mission of "advancing international understanding, goodwill, and peace." The committee selects projects that positively impact the health, education, and welfare of less advantaged people in other countries, with a particular emphasis on youth. Actively works with clubs in our District and abroad to leverage — via matching grants — the amount of money available for a project. Members get involved through direct knowledge of the project or by volunteering. Prior focuses have included malaria projects in Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda; microcredit and water projects in India; de-mining projects in Vietnam and Lebanon; AIDS orphan support in South Africa and Ethiopia; education/literacy projects in Nepal, Chile, and Hungary; and more than a decade of wide-ranging projects in Russia.
For more information on this committee, please email info@seattlerotary.org.
Meets 10:30 am on the second Tuesday of each month via Zoom; please contact Jevon Powell for calendar invite and link.
The mission of the Local Service Committee is two-fold: to coordinate hands-on service activities for club members, and to accept and process grant applications for local service projects and forward those applications to Seattle Rotary Service Foundation for final evaluation and award.
Serves to fulfill Rotary's mission of "advancing international understanding, goodwill, and peace." The committee selects projects that positively impact the health, education, and welfare of less advantaged people in other countries, with a particular emphasis on youth. Actively works with clubs in our District and abroad to leverage — via matching grants — the amount of money available for a project. Members get involved through direct knowledge of the project or by volunteering. Prior focuses have included malaria projects in Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda; microcredit and water projects in India; de-mining projects in Vietnam and Lebanon; AIDS orphan support in South Africa and Ethiopia; education/literacy projects in Nepal, Chile, and Hungary; and more than a decade of wide-ranging projects in Russia.
For more information on this committee, please email info@seattlerotary.org.
Meet fellow Rotarians and get involved in service. See below for a list of committees. Email the committee chair by clicking on their name. Or, contact Mary Goldie for more information.
4. Invite your connections to a weekly meeting, and let mary@seattlerotary.org know so they may be introduced.
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SEATTLE 4 ROTARY AUDIO VISUAL SPONSORS
Video of Seattle 4 Rotary Programs are available online thanks to the generous support of our Seattle Rotary Audio Visual Sponsors.
In addition to supporting our club, becoming a Seattle 4 Rotary Audio Visual Sponsor brings many benefits. To learn more, click here, or contact Mary for more details at mary@seattlerotary.org.
Do You Have Any Musical Instruments to Donate to Students in Need?
Music4Life is a non-profit and project of Rotary District 5030 that distributes musical instruments to public school students in need.
We welcome any gently used musical instruments you wish to donate. They can be delivered directly to these local music stores that are now open: American Music in Phinney Ridge and Kennelly Keys Music in Bellevue, Lynnwood, and Everett.
Please accompany your instrument with the PDF donation form, linked below.
Our Rotary Cares team is ready to listen and to support you. One of the wonderful things about our club is that you have many friends --you just need to reach out to tap into our amazing network of caring people. Please contact our Rotary Cares Committee Chair to let us know how we can help.
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