Events

Genevieve graduated from Ludington High School in June 2024.  As a member of the Rotary Interact Club, Genevieve traveled to El Salvador in March to help build houses for the people of Talnique. The project is a Rotary District 6290 program that has been sending interact students for the past 20 years.

Alison Helminski
Shoreline FORCE Update
 

Current District 6290 Governor

Brianna Scott:

 Attorney/Entrepreneur Brianna T. Scott, was born & raised in Muskegon, MI – a graduate of Mona Shores High School. She received her B.A. from Michigan State University & Juris Doctorate from Wayne State University Law School. After graduating from law school, she was hired as the FIRST African American Assistant Prosecutor in the Muskegon County Prosecutor’s office & in 2005 opened her law firm, Brianna T. Scott & Associates, PLLC, in  Muskegon, Michigan. She also successfully passed the HARDEST Bar Examination in the Country – the New York Bar, on her first try in 2002, and remains dually licensed to practice law there to this day.

In 2018, Ms. Scott was the top University Candidate vote getter, with over 1.8 million votes from across the state of Michigan, earning her a 8 year term on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. A testament to the high regard placed on Ms. Scott for her professional accomplishments, ethical standards and peer recognition, Ms. Scott was named a 2019 Athena of the Lakeshore Award Recipient, 2021 Greater Muskegon Woman’s Club Woman of Accomplishment, 2022 Presidential Award Recipient from the Muskegon County Black Women’s Political Caucus and 2022 Living Legend Awardee from the Young Black Professionals. In 2014, she became the FIRST person of color to serve as President of the prestigious Muskegon Rotary Club, where she served for many years as the Co-Chair of the DEI Committee, Membership Engagement & Retention Committee, the Community Service Projects Committee and the Life Leadership Committee. She will also serve as the District 6290 Governor of Rotary International for 2024-25. As well, Ms. Scott serves as President of the Muskegon Heights Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and serves on the Boards for Boys & Girl’s Club of the Muskegon Lakeshore and Panel One of the Michigan Attorney Disciplinary Commission (County of Muskegon). Scott is also an active member of the Muskegon Rotary Club. In the past she has served on the following boards: United Way of the Lakeshore, Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce, Access Health and Family Services Center Workforce Development Center. Additionally, she serves as Legal Counsel for the International Churches of God In Christ, which is the largest African American church in the world., her proudest accomplishment is being the mother of her son.

Duane Wolf, Epworth Museum Manager, will give a tour of the Epworth Hotel and Museum. 

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15, we will be joined by a panel of speakers.  Each speaker will answer the question: What does Hispanic Heritage mean to me? 

1. Irma Hinojosa – Oceana Hispanic Center/West Shore Community College
2. San Juanita Estrada (retired social worker from MDHHS)
3. Rosalinda Rangel (retired worker for the State of Michigan Labor & Economic Opportunity office)
4. Zulema Perez (West Shore Community College part-time employee in Financial Aid/Student)
5. Carlos Avilez (Northwest Michigan Health Services and DACA status) *** still awaiting confirmation ***

Monica Jewell, Executive Director, Pennies from Heaven Foundation

Jody Maloney, Mason County Promise Zone Director & College Access Network Specialist

World Polio Day is a time for Rotary members, public health advocates, and all who want a world free from polio to come together, recognize our progress in the fight to end polio, and talk about the actions we need to take in order to end polio for good.
 

Tonight's meeting has been cancelled due to the weather.