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We invite guest speakers to present to our members at our weekly meetings on a variety of interest points and issues – from “What ‘Indigenous’ Means in Current Times” to “Local Watershed Challenges” to “Has The Digital Age Changed The Way the Holocaust Affects Us: Telling My Father’s Auschwitz Story”.
Upcoming Rotary Arts Conversation Speakers
Unless otherwise specified,
Location: Park Avenue Community Center
Time: x:xx pm
Month x - Speaker Name
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Month x - Speaker Name
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December 18 - CADES lunch with the Silvertones
Holiday Event at CADES with the SHHS Silvertones
2025 Speakers
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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Speaker |
Topic |
| 4-Dec-25 |
Sean Halbom, Swarthmore Town Manager |
Update on The Borough |
2024-2025 Jane Billings, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 3-Jul-25 | No Meeting | Happy Independence Day |
| 26-June-25 | Justin Kulish, Vice President at Carpenter Technology | Pennsylvania’s Role in Manufacturing Titanium for the World’s Aerospace and Medical Industries |
| 19-June-25 | Donna Dougherty, President, Theodora K. Psitos, Board Member, Players Club | The Players Club of Swarthmore – a Community Theater serving YOUR community! |
| 12-June-25 | Club Assembly | |
| 5-June-25 | Mary Ann Santangelo, Community Volunteer Leader, American Red Cross | The Red Cross: More than Blood and Floods |
| 22-May-25 | Richard Shimko, Swarthmore Rotary Club | SHHS Scholarships |
| 15-May-25 | Conlen M. Booth, Chief, Swarthmore Fire & Protective Ass’n | Implications of Crozer’s Closure on the County’s EMS system |
| 8-May-25 | Mark Hopkins, Director, Moody’s Analytics | The Global Trade War Takes a Dark Turn |
| 1-May-25 | Breakfast Meeting | |
| 24-Apr-25 | Swarthmore Mayor Marty Spiegel | My Time as Mayor |
| 17-Apr-25 | Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) | Remarks from Rep. Scanlon to a Joint Meeting with Media Rotary Club |
| 10-Apr-25 | Alec Staley, Director, Swarthmore Public Library | Swarthmore Public Library – Looking Forward |
| 3-Apr-25 | Meeting Cancelled | |
| 27-Mar-25 | Ben Yagoda, author, coauthor or editor of fourteen books, Swarthmore Resident | The Britishisms Invasion: A Talk about his latest book, Gobsmacked!, British words and phrases that have invaded the US |
| 20-Mar-25 | Pan-African Sistehood Health Inititive, Philadelphia (PASHI) | |
| 13-Mar-25 | Rachal Pastan and Beth Murray | Celia Bookshop |
| 6-Mar-25 | Breakfast Meeting | |
| 27-Feb-25 | Donna Henry | Eastern States Student Exchange (ESSEX) program |
| 20-Feb-25 | Terry Nolen, co-founder Arden Theater Company, Philadelphia | |
| 13-Feb-25 | Colleen Duran, Executive Director, Delco Literacy Council | 50 Years – Delco Literacy |
| 6-Feb-25 | Breakfast Meeting | |
| 30-Jan-25 | Angie Tseng, President, Board of Directors, Swarthmore Town Center | Nurturing the Swarthmore Sparkle: Swarthmore Town Center’s plans to keep our town beautiful, vibrant, and fun |
| 23-Jan-25 | Charles Cresson, founding member, S. Horticultural Society, Author | Keeping Swarthmore Green and Blooming: The Swarthmore Tree Committee and the Swarthmore Horticultural Society |
| 16-Jan-25 | Dr. Lisa O’Mahony | Service Project |
| 9-Jan-25 | Dr. Max Cooper, ER Doctor, NE Township Commissioner | Health Care Infrastructure in Delaware County |
| 2-Jan-25 | Holiday – No Meeting | |
| 26-Dec-24 | Holiday – No Meeting | |
| 19-Dec-24 | Samuel Slewion, United Methodist Church, Liberia | Rotarians working Together can think locally and Act Globally To Change lives. |
| 12-Dec-24 | Silvertones Holiday Concert | Silvertones Holiday Concert at CADES, Swarthmore |
| 5-Dec-24 | Breakfast Club Meeting | Inn at Swarthmore |
| 28-Nov-24 | Holiday – No Meeting | |
| 21-Nov-24 | Tom McGrath, former editor Philadelphia Magazine, author and journalist | How 1980s’ Yuppies Created the World We Live In Now (from Tom’s new book Triumph of the Yuppies) |
| 14-Nov-24 | Ben Yagoda, Author, Co-Author or Editor of fourteen books, Swarthmore Resident | The Britishisms Invasion: A Talk about his latest book, Gobsmacked!, British words and phrases that have invaded the U.S |
| 7-Nov-24 | Breakfast Club Meeting | Inn at Swarthmore |
| 31-Oct-24 | Christine Jackson, Executive Director, Hope for Hallie | Mental Health Matters |
| 24-Oct-24 | Aimee Rubin, Founder and Exec Director, ANEWAY Project/Game on State | ANEWAY For Purpose: Finding Success For All |
| 17-Oct-24 | Sean McCormick, PhD, Associate Director Of Public Health Programs, HPCSP | Nicotine, Vaping, Vape Shops, and The Work of the Delaware County Tobacco and Vape-Free Coalition |
| 10-Oct-24 | Kaycee Conallen, founder and owner, Kaycee Conallen Design, LLC | Swarthmore’s Kaycee Conallen Design Studio |
| 3-Oct-24 | Breakfast Club Meeting | Inn at Swarthmore |
| 26-Sep-24 | Professor Fred Dickenson, UPenn and Theresa Carney JASGP, exec director | Japan in the Making of a Global Philadelphia |
| 19-Sep-24 | Vijay Kapoor, Chief of Staff to the Receiver for the City of Chester. | Chester, PA Bankruptcy |
| 12-Sep-24 | Professor Emeritus Joy Charlton, Swarthmore College | The Rotary Peace Fellowship Program |
| 5-Sep-24 | Breakfast Club Meeting | Meeting begins at 7:30 at the Inn at Swarthmore |
| 29-Aug-24 | David Boonin, Borough Council Member | A Chat with a Councilmember – A Look Ahead |
| 22-Aug-24 | Donna Francher, Swarthmore Coop, Board President | What’s new at the Co-op |
| 15-Aug-24 | Prof. Betsy Bolton, Environmental Studies, Swarthmore College | Natural History and Beauty in the Crum Woods |
| 8-Aug-24 | Syon Bhanot, Associate Professor, Swarthmore College, Economics | Irrationally Kind: How Behavioral Science Can Explain and Amplify Prosocial Behavior |
| 1-Aug-24 | Breakfast Club Meeting | Meeting begins at 7:30 am, The Park Avenue Community Center, 129 Park Ave |
| 25-Jul-24 | Professor Carr Everbach, Engineering, Swarthmore College | How Concert Hall Acoustics Affected the Music Composers Were Writing |
| 18-Jul-24 | Jane Billings, Club President | Rotary International Convention – Singapore! |
| 11-Jul-24 | Lev Boonin, Action Committee for Transit (Maryland) | The New Urbanist Nesting Doll: How to gradually modify suburban spaces to be human centered – A case study in Swarthmore |
| 4-Jul-24 | Independence Day – No Meeting |
Interested in joining The Rotary Club of Swarthmore? We always welcome new members!