2020-2021 Weekly Programs
The Conway Morning Rotary Club held virtual meetings during the COVID-19 crisis.
The Conway Morning Rotary Club held virtual meetings during the COVID-19 crisis.
July 7, 2020
Rotary Opens Opportunities
Linda Tyler
July 14, 2020
Honorable Darrin Williams, CEO
Southern Bancorp
Linda Tyler
July 21, 2020
UCA President Houston Davis
Update on UCA Fall reopening
Phillip Bailey
July 28, 2020
J.D. Gingerich
History of CMRC
August 4, 2020
Dr. Guo-ou Zhuang, Director, UCA Confucius Institute
Confucius Institute of Arkansas programming mission and controversies
Phillip Bailey
August 11, 2020
Why I am a Rotarian Panel
Claudia Davis, Rifat Akhter, and Steve Floyd
August 18, 2020
Dr. Mary Bane Lackie, Interim Vice President for Advancement
Update on the UCA Foundation
Joan Shofner
August 25, 2020
Floyd Lancia, PDG and Rotary International Director
Why I am a Rotarian
Linda Tyler
September 1, 2020
Chris Hervey
Race
JD Gingerich
September 8, 2020
Tab Townsell
Update on Metroplan
Linda Tyler
September 15, 2020
Allen Frost
Foundational Principles of Social and Racial Justice
Jack Frost
September 22, 2020
Dr. Ken Barnes, UCA History Professor
The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas
Phillip Bailey
September 29, 2020
Judge Olly Neal
OUTSPOKEN: The Olly Neal Story
October 6, 2020
Lorie Tudor
Issue 1- 1/2 cent sales tax initiative
Phillip Bailey
October 13, 2020
Greg Murry
Update on reopening of Conway Public Schools
Steve Floyd
October 20, 2020
Chief William Tapley Conway PD
Update on Conway Police Dept.
Heidi Crane
October 27, 2020
Dr Tennille Lasker
Race (continued)
Chris Hervey
November 3, 2020
PDG Jennifer Van Houtte, District Rotary Foundation Coordinator
Rotary Foundation
Bill Devore
November 10, 2020
PDG Allen Morgan
Rotary Foundation
Bill Devore
Conway Christian-Rachael Blacketer, Bo Cunningham
November 17, 2020
Dr. Kristina Bondurant
How to discuss the pandemic with children
Alice Hines
November 24, 2020
Sheila Franklin
Faulkner County Juvenile Court
Saying Yes to Social Justice for Girls of Color
Faye Shepherd
December 1, 2020
Governor Jamie Higgins
Linda Tyler
Conway High School
Maggie Batson, Cidney Gabbard
December 8, 2020
New Member Introductions
Charles Finkenbinder & Ashley Pettingill
December 15, 2020
Gerone Hobbs, Pulaski County Coroner
Coroner's office during COVID pandemic
Sharmin Moody
December 22, 2020- No Meeting
December 29, 2020- No Meeting
January 5, 2021
CMRC small group discussion
Small group discussion of 4 questions posed by Sheila Franklin
Subcommittee on social justice
January 12, 2021
Kwami Abdul-Bey, Co-Convener
Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement (APJMM)
Linda Tyler
January 19, 2021
Sharmin Moody Q and A
Being black in CMRC
Subcommittee on social justice
St. Joseph High School
Julianna Ferrar, Jacob Bailey
January 26, 2021
Harvell Howard
Arkansas Summit On African American Males (ArSAAM): The Art of Collaboration
Alice Hines
February 2, 2021
Scott Hamilton, Interim CEO
Urban League of Ark
Sharmin Moody
Conway Christian
Jace Kramer, Haley Shourd
February 9, 2021
Ty Ledbetter, Conway Fire Department
Conway Covid update
Heidi Crane
February 16, 2021
Austin Westjohn
Serving in Army Band in Wash. DC
Steve Floyd
Conway High School
Hannah Gordon, Cade Swindle
February 23, 2021
Diedra Levi, Executive Director
Opportunites to serve with Conway Housing Authority
Phil Bailey
March 2, 2021
Dr. Mark Sutherland
Covid and Vaccines
JD Gingerich
Conway High School
John Sutton, Tavis Taylor
March 9, 2021
Jessica Richardson, Executive Director
Conway Cradle Care
Linda Tyler
March 16, 2021
Rotary Foundation
Bill Devore
Conway High School
Cynthia Santos Perez, Sunny Jones
March 23, 2021
Christie Hensley, Pres. Greenbrier Club
Greenbrier Club Service projects
Phil Bailey
March 30, 2021
Maggie Malone
The Olympics Experience
Linda Tyler
April 6, 2021
Frank Scott, Mayor of LR
Little Rock
Sharmin Moody
April 13, 2021
Sarah Riffle, Chief Development Officer
Arkansas Foodbank
Sharmin Moody
April 20, 2021
Dr. David Montague, UALR
Author of Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman who Revolutionized Naval Engineering
Linda Tyler
April 27, 2021
Club Assembly
May 4, 2021
Marge Betley, CEO
Arkansas PBS Foundation
Linda Tyler
May 11, 2021
No Program
Linda Tyler
May 18, 2021
Debra Robinson, Director of Faulkner County Center on Aging
How the Center has handled COVID
Mary Kay Dunaway
May 25, 2021
Charlotte Strickland
Affirming Civility in a Volatile Society
Linda Tyler
June 1, 2021
Tina Fletcher
Connecting the Dots: A Close Look at the School-to-Prison Pipeline in AR
Claudia Davis
June 8, 2021
Jeff Collum
Superintendent of Conway Public Schools
Steve Floyd
June 15, 2021
Jeanette Anderton
Log Cabin Democrat
Linda Tyler
June 21, 2021
UnBanquet
Home of Jan and Granger Davis
37 Shady Valley Drive
June 22, 2021
NO Meeting
Rotary Opens Opportunities
Linda Tyler
July 14, 2020
Honorable Darrin Williams, CEO
Southern Bancorp
Linda Tyler
July 21, 2020
UCA President Houston Davis
Update on UCA Fall reopening
Phillip Bailey
July 28, 2020
J.D. Gingerich
History of CMRC
August 4, 2020
Dr. Guo-ou Zhuang, Director, UCA Confucius Institute
Confucius Institute of Arkansas programming mission and controversies
Phillip Bailey
August 11, 2020
Why I am a Rotarian Panel
Claudia Davis, Rifat Akhter, and Steve Floyd
August 18, 2020
Dr. Mary Bane Lackie, Interim Vice President for Advancement
Update on the UCA Foundation
Joan Shofner
August 25, 2020
Floyd Lancia, PDG and Rotary International Director
Why I am a Rotarian
Linda Tyler
September 1, 2020
Chris Hervey
Race
JD Gingerich
September 8, 2020
Tab Townsell
Update on Metroplan
Linda Tyler
September 15, 2020
Allen Frost
Foundational Principles of Social and Racial Justice
Jack Frost
September 22, 2020
Dr. Ken Barnes, UCA History Professor
The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas
Phillip Bailey
September 29, 2020
Judge Olly Neal
OUTSPOKEN: The Olly Neal Story
October 6, 2020
Lorie Tudor
Issue 1- 1/2 cent sales tax initiative
Phillip Bailey
October 13, 2020
Greg Murry
Update on reopening of Conway Public Schools
Steve Floyd
October 20, 2020
Chief William Tapley Conway PD
Update on Conway Police Dept.
Heidi Crane
October 27, 2020
Dr Tennille Lasker
Race (continued)
Chris Hervey
November 3, 2020
PDG Jennifer Van Houtte, District Rotary Foundation Coordinator
Rotary Foundation
Bill Devore
November 10, 2020
PDG Allen Morgan
Rotary Foundation
Bill Devore
Conway Christian-Rachael Blacketer, Bo Cunningham
November 17, 2020
Dr. Kristina Bondurant
How to discuss the pandemic with children
Alice Hines
November 24, 2020
Sheila Franklin
Faulkner County Juvenile Court
Saying Yes to Social Justice for Girls of Color
Faye Shepherd
December 1, 2020
Governor Jamie Higgins
Linda Tyler
Conway High School
Maggie Batson, Cidney Gabbard
December 8, 2020
New Member Introductions
Charles Finkenbinder & Ashley Pettingill
December 15, 2020
Gerone Hobbs, Pulaski County Coroner
Coroner's office during COVID pandemic
Sharmin Moody
December 22, 2020- No Meeting
December 29, 2020- No Meeting
January 5, 2021
CMRC small group discussion
Small group discussion of 4 questions posed by Sheila Franklin
Subcommittee on social justice
January 12, 2021
Kwami Abdul-Bey, Co-Convener
Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement (APJMM)
Linda Tyler
January 19, 2021
Sharmin Moody Q and A
Being black in CMRC
Subcommittee on social justice
St. Joseph High School
Julianna Ferrar, Jacob Bailey
January 26, 2021
Harvell Howard
Arkansas Summit On African American Males (ArSAAM): The Art of Collaboration
Alice Hines
February 2, 2021
Scott Hamilton, Interim CEO
Urban League of Ark
Sharmin Moody
Conway Christian
Jace Kramer, Haley Shourd
February 9, 2021
Ty Ledbetter, Conway Fire Department
Conway Covid update
Heidi Crane
February 16, 2021
Austin Westjohn
Serving in Army Band in Wash. DC
Steve Floyd
Conway High School
Hannah Gordon, Cade Swindle
February 23, 2021
Diedra Levi, Executive Director
Opportunites to serve with Conway Housing Authority
Phil Bailey
March 2, 2021
Dr. Mark Sutherland
Covid and Vaccines
JD Gingerich
Conway High School
John Sutton, Tavis Taylor
March 9, 2021
Jessica Richardson, Executive Director
Conway Cradle Care
Linda Tyler
March 16, 2021
Rotary Foundation
Bill Devore
Conway High School
Cynthia Santos Perez, Sunny Jones
March 23, 2021
Christie Hensley, Pres. Greenbrier Club
Greenbrier Club Service projects
Phil Bailey
March 30, 2021
Maggie Malone
The Olympics Experience
Linda Tyler
April 6, 2021
Frank Scott, Mayor of LR
Little Rock
Sharmin Moody
April 13, 2021
Sarah Riffle, Chief Development Officer
Arkansas Foodbank
Sharmin Moody
April 20, 2021
Dr. David Montague, UALR
Author of Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman who Revolutionized Naval Engineering
Linda Tyler
April 27, 2021
Club Assembly
May 4, 2021
Marge Betley, CEO
Arkansas PBS Foundation
Linda Tyler
May 11, 2021
No Program
Linda Tyler
May 18, 2021
Debra Robinson, Director of Faulkner County Center on Aging
How the Center has handled COVID
Mary Kay Dunaway
May 25, 2021
Charlotte Strickland
Affirming Civility in a Volatile Society
Linda Tyler
June 1, 2021
Tina Fletcher
Connecting the Dots: A Close Look at the School-to-Prison Pipeline in AR
Claudia Davis
June 8, 2021
Jeff Collum
Superintendent of Conway Public Schools
Steve Floyd
June 15, 2021
Jeanette Anderton
Log Cabin Democrat
Linda Tyler
June 21, 2021
UnBanquet
Home of Jan and Granger Davis
37 Shady Valley Drive
June 22, 2021
NO Meeting