The Other One Percent
Overview to the Homelessness series of interviews
Jacqueline Janssen
What is Rotary?
Rotary is a leadership organization comprised of local business, professional, and civic leaders. We meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships, do business together, and, through that, we are able to accomplish significant things – in our local community and in the world. Rotary is a worldwide network of inspired individuals who translate […]
Carnaval 2010! San Francisco
San Francisco’s Carnaval celebration was initiated in Precita Park 32 years ago by its multicultural and multiethnic founders who dearly missed traditional Carnaval celebrations in their respective home countries. Musicians, dancers, artists and a host of local residents continue today to join together in San Francisco’s Mission District to create a rich fantastical day long […]
The History of Nova Ro Apartments
It began in 1973; by 2003, 126 units in three complexes have been complied and are fully occupied. It’s a model of cooperation, compassion and volunteering.
Along the Sacred Valley
A photographic journey along the Sacred Trail with members of the Siam Society of Thailand.
Brian Redmond
Brian Redmond was born in Liverpool, England, in 1938, just in time to witness some of the devastation of World War II. He became a Conventual Franciscan friar, in the hope of promoting a better world. He was sent to Japan on missionary work, and came to realize that religious truth was not the province […]
Peian Harness
Past President Marty Wickenheiser of the Rotary Club of Novato, interviews Peian Harness.
Leon Lessinger
Leon Lessinger, now 92 years old, is a retired US Government official living in California. As a young man, he witnessed the testing of the first atomic bombs during his service as an Army engineer. This experience, and the knowledge of what it led to, left him saddened and shocked at what people can do […]
Facing the World: Kaleidoscope
Facing the World, Kaleidoscope captures most of what we experience in our hearts during our travels: the sheer beauty in a moment that can’t truly be described. It’s a glimpse of our inner sanctum, seemingly disparate shots of an instant in time when we stopped, focused, and caught our breath in awe.
T.C. ‘Kip’ Chase
My first book, “Where There’s a Will” was written on a Remington portable typewriter on the fender of a Ford panel truck parked along the coastline of Trinidad. (The truck contained navigational equipment for an offshore geophysical crew for whom I worked.) An agent found a publisher in England–Hammond, Hammond & Co–and I signed a […]
Phil Dougherty
Past President Marty Wickenheiser of the Rotary Club of Novato, interviews Phil Dougherty.