Events

Corodata, Inc. 

A son's untimely passing

Community Service Project

In 2004, after raising money to build a school in Afghanistan and discovering how U.S. involvement in the country had impacted its people, MacKenzie founded Trust in Education, a nonprofit, grassroots, people-to-people organization, to help Afghans rebuild their lives and country. For twenty-one years he has provided aid to Afghan villages, children and  families.

He will share his experiences, observations, and the challenges faced in providing aid to the people considered the unhappiest and poorest in the world. 

Karyn Sinunu-Towery is a 30-year veteran prosecutor in Santa Clara County who has volunteered with the Innocence Center. She will tell the story of how she helped gained the freedom for Jeremy Puckett through the Center. Karyn Sinunu-Towery is the past president of the San Jose Rotary Club. 

The Innocence Center is an independent non-profit law firm dedicated to freeing the innocent from prison, educating the public on the causes of wrongful conviction, and assisting freed clients as they reenter society. 

The Innocence Center launched in 2023.  The Board and Staff have decades of innocence work under their belt, all having worked at the California Innocence Project as a staff or faculty member.  Collectively, the group has freed more than 40 people who have served 560+ years in prison for crimes they did not commit.  The team has been responsible for getting a dozen laws changed to prevent future injustices and make it easier to free the innocent.  The Innocence Center is a member of the Innocence Network.

They will be talking about the latest iniatives and partnerships with Rotary District 5170 Ambassadors of Compassion. 

Our very own Dave Eschelman will enchant, inform, and enterain us with the latest scientific fun facts. 

Anita joined LEAD Edu in 2023 and serves as the Executive Director, where she leads the organization's strategic direction, development, and global growth. She brings expertise in international education and program development and is passionate about providing children with meaningful opportunities to learn, play, and lead. Anita began her career in education as a primary school and English teacher in Morocco, as well as the Resident Director for the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y). She later transitioned to Training Resources Group, where she worked as an Adult Learning Specialist, designing learning solutions and training for USAID, the World Bank, and the US Forest Service. Anita holds a Bachelor's Degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and Master's Degree in International Education from George Washington University. She speaks Moroccan Arabic, or Darija, and Persian. 

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Gita is the founder of AFEC (A Future for Every Child: https://afec.giving/our-work/#top) and has done an outstanding job of providing opportunities and changing lives for a number of youth in India.